Business

Liquidations

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Update on Unfair Contract Terms and Unconscionable Conduct Regime

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Latest case regarding the No Access Clause in the ADLS Deed of Lease

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New Unfair Contract Terms and Unconscionable Conduct Regime
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Impact of No Access Clause in the time of Covid - Part 2
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Impact of No Access Clause in the time of Covid - Part 1
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Legal pitfalls of selling a business
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Entrepreneurs: buying, building and selling businesses
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Solicitor's approval clauses
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Terms of trade
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Franchising

Results of the 2024 Franchising New Zealand Survey

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Franchising 2024 - Virtual Round Table (six franchise law experts discuss various aspects of the franchisor/franchisee relationship)

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Misleading and Deceptive Conduct

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What happens when a franchisee closes it’s business?

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Ultratune faces further consequences

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Marketing Funds are important

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SGL contribution to the Legal 500 Country Comparative Guides: Franchise & Licensing laws in New Zealand Q&A
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Corporate governance is good for franchising
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While you are sleeping your brand could be destroyed
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What is a franchise?
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Franchising in New Zealand
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‘Must Know’ info about franchising in New Zealand
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Legal aspects of franchising in New Zealand (article 1)
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Legal aspects of franchising in New Zealand (article 2)
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In evaluating a move into franchising
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Prospective franchisee checklist
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Franchising is like a marriage
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Buying a small business or franchise?
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Territory: do you really know what you are getting?
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Termination of Master Franchise Agreements and the consequences
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Setting Prices for Customers - Is It Legal?
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International Franchising and Licensing

Franchise Law Review 10th Edition - Stewart Germann discusses franchising in New Zealand (reproduced with permission from Law Business Research)

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Getting the deal through - Licensing 2023 (reproduced with permission from Law Business Research)

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Getting the deal through - Franchise 2023 (reproduced with permission from Law Business Research)
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The international comparative legal guide: Franchise 2020
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The impact of risk and compliance on crossborder sales and franchise agreements
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Aspects of international franchising in relation to New Zealand
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Trade Marks: what are they and how do you register them?
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Copyright: what does the law say?
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Trade Secrets: protect your business
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Mediation: find a constructive resolution to a dispute
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Privacy: what to disclose and what not to
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Data protection under the Privacy Act 2020

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Dispute Resolution

Privacy Act

Intellectual Property