Canada:
Québec Court Of Appeal Recognizes Implied Obligations In Franchise Agreement: What Does This Really Mean?
20 April 2015
McCarthy Tétrault LLP
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The Québec Court of Appeal has recently released
its long awaited decision in Dunkin' Brands Canada Ltd. c. Bertico
inc., 2015 QCCA 624 reading into the franchise agreement
an implied contractual obligation on the part of the franchisor to
protect and enhance its brand. Readers of the Consumer & Retail
Advisor blog may be interested in the analysis of this decision by
McCarthy Tétrault's Franchise & Distribution Group:
http://news.mccarthy.ca/en/news_template.asp?pub_code=7080&news_code=2326&single_page=1.
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