Effective February 1, 2017 BC will become the 6th Canadian province to enact franchise legislation.
On October 18, 2016, McCarthy Tétrault hosted a seminar that featured highlights of the new BC Franchises Act and Franchises Regulation and issues arising therefrom, including:
- An overview of the framework of the BC Franchises Act and Franchises Regulation;
- practice points for preparing compliant national franchise disclosure documents; and
- other important legal developments to be mindful of, including restrictions on obtaining releases of claims under the act and jurisdictional issues
The presentation can be accessed here.
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