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A recent decision of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (the Court) highlights the risks for franchisors and principals of franchisors for failure

A recent Ontario court decision certifying a class action on behalf of 207 franchisees against their franchisor, General Motors of Canada Limited (GM), contains three important messages franchisors should consider in dealing with franchisees.

With these amendments, Ontario franchise legislation has received a mini-modernization-makeover.

If it feels like you’ve been hearing about the drafting, re-drafting and re-re-drafting of Canada’s anti-spam legislation for years, it’s because you have.

Jonathan Mesiano-Crookston will co-chair the Ontario Bar Association's 16th Annual Franchise Law Conference on November 17, 2016

A recent Ontario Superior Court decision examines the termination of a month-to-month franchise agreement following failed renewal negotiations between a pizza chain franchisor and its former franchisee.

In 2355305 Ontario Inc. v. Savannah Wells Holdings Inc., 2019 ONSC 1220, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice recently confirmed the relatively low threshold for the granting of a motion.

"Trillium Motor World Ltd.. v. General Motors Canada Ltd." and "Cassels Brock and Blackwell LLP" is the latest in a string of recent franchisee favourable decisions in class action claims made under the "Arthur Wishart Act (Franchise Disclosure)".

In a recent decision of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, Royal Bank of Canada v. Everest Group Inc.1, the Court rejected a novel and creative franchise-related argument ...

In 1051214 Ontario Limited v. Vivo Pizza Pasta Franchise Inc.,1 the defendant franchisor successfully brought a motion to strike a variety of claims made against the franchisor and/or its principal, Pino Trichilo.

When advising franchise clients, franchise lawyers frequently lament the relative infancy of the industry’s legislation in Ontario.

On Monday, October 5, the Liberal government in B.C. introduced Bill 38 (the Bill), enacting a Franchises Act (the Act), for first reading in its legislature.

In a recent decision of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, 2130489 Ontario Inc. v. Philthy McNasty’s (Enterprises) Inc. (2011 ONSC 6852), the court examined the issue of limitation periods in respect of statutory rescission claims under the Arthur Wishart Act (Franchise Disclosure), 2000 (the "Act").

Franchisors are often dragged into legal disputes between their franchisees and those franchisees' customers and employees.

For franchisors selling franchises in those provinces with franchise disclosure legislation, the law requires that they must provide all prospective franchisees in those provinces with a disclosure document.

On November 9, 2023, The Government of Saskatchewan introduced Bill 149, The Franchise Disclosure Act (the "Act"), which proposes a legislative regime that will govern franchised businesses in Saskatchewan...

The guarantor argued that the company's losses should be set off against the amounts the guarantor owed to Cora under the guaranty.

In Kalbow Restorations Inc. v. Goodbye Graffiti Inc., the Ontario Superior Court of Justice rejected an attempt by a franchisee (Kalbow) to seek injunctive relief preventing the franchisor...