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ARTICLE · 04 SEPTEMBER 2007

It´s Over!? Not If I Can Help It...

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Have you ever said goodbye to someone who just won't let go? My second semi-serious boyfriend just didn't want to accept defeat. Time and time again I told him – "it's over" – but he was no quitter. He denied to everyone including himself that we were done. He even tried to convince me that I'd made a huge mistake.

AustraliaAccounting and Audit
Anna Fergusson
Anna Fergusson
Have you ever said goodbye to someone who just won't let go? My second semi-serious boyfriend just didn't want to accept defeat. Time and time again I told him – "it's over" – but he was no quitter. He denied to everyone including himself that we were done. He even tried to convince me that I'd made a huge mistake.

I imagine this was how Frontline Retail (Frontline) felt when it tried to end its franchise agreement with Aura Enterprises (Aura). Instead of letting go, Aura took its battle to the NSW Supreme Court, asking for a binding decision that Frontline was not talking sense, and that their relationship was not really over.

So what happened?

In Frontline Retail v Aura Enterprises,1 Frontline operated an employment recruiting franchise. Aura was Frontline's franchisee in the Sydney metropolitan area pursuant to a franchise agreement.

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