The Bribery Act 2010 will come in to force this Friday, 1 July 2011. Much has been written about its likely implications. At the start of the debate, it would even be fair to say there was a degree...

In difficult economic times employers will inevitably look to reduce the costs of employment. However, achieving this in practice can be fraught with legal, practical and also emotive issues. In some circumstances contractual change may be achieved ...

The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has confirmed that workers are only entitled to holiday pay under regulation 16 of the Working Time Regulations 1998 (WTR) when they actually exercise their right to take the leave in question.  The EAT made...

Today, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has handed down its decision in the case of  KHS AG v Winfried Schulte, an important case about whether a worker on long term sick leave has the right to carry forward annual leave accrue...

From Wednesday 26 March 2014 WorldBridge will no longer be providing visa services for applicants applying for a UK visa from the US. The visa processing service, which until how has been provided by WorldBridge, will be provided by VFS Global from ...

In Germany, the provision of temporary personnel is strictly regulated by the German Temporary Employment Act (“AÜG”). The principle is straightforward: the agency is the employer and supplies the temporary employees to the hirer. A...

For one who is contemplating becoming a self employed business person for the first time, there is more to consider than 'the franchise'.  The franchise is merely a method of establishing a business.  Of course one has to consider many ...

Editorial Last year we devoted an issue of Franchising Focus to the international market place in view of the increasing interest in cross border franchising and in global growth by so many systems. There have been a number of changes in the la...

Moldova We are providing more detail on Moldova as the provisions in many respects are quite unusual to an extent which makes one wonder how much the draftsman understood franchising.  Moldova's approach has been to provide a Chapter i...

Introduction The long-awaited regulations on the Administration of Commercial Franchise Operations (the 'New Regulations') were promulgated by the State Council of the PRC on 6 February 2007, and will take effect on 1 May 2007. They apply equally t...

New filing and information disclosure rules relating to franchising regimes in China came into effect on 1 May 2007. Following the implementation of these rules  a clearer franchise regime has come into shape in China. The Filing Rules The Fi...

Franchising is expanding Our franchising team is currently working on a number of exciting new instructions. Most of these have an international flavour and it is clear that franchising is now the major way to build brands in other countries. Our ...

The Criminal Justice and Immigration Act, which received royal assent on 8 May 2008, introduces a new section into the Act allowing the IC to impose a fine where there has been a serious breach of the eight data protection 'principles' set out in th...

The courts continue to be asked by franchisees to limit the scope of their post termination restrictive covenants. It is becoming key for franchisors to show that the duration of their restrictions reflect the time that it would...

We have notified you in an earlier e-briefing of additional powers being granted to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) to take enforcement action against breaches of the Data Protection Act (DPA). A new power to is...

Franchising is an often underestimated sector of the South African economy. With millions of South Africans seeking employment, small business is positioned...

The Advocate-General (AG) to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has issued his opinion in response to several claims in France against internet giant Google, relating to the operation of its search-related advertising service Adwords. Google's Adw...

The block exemption provides a safe harbour from the prohibition on anti-competitive agreements contained in Article 81(1) EC. It can apply to any agreement between parties at different levels of the supply chain where that agreement contains rest...

In it’s effort to curb the activities of illegal mining especially on the gold which has become an essential money making commodity that is wide spread across communities in the country the minister of Mines and Steel Development, MMSD, Arc Olamilekan Adegbite, has promised to liase with other government ministries, official security and border control […]

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Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ibrahim Pantami has directed agencies under the Ministry to make available research grants for the development of digital solutions to COVID 19 and innovative ideas in the post COVID 19 era in the country. Pantami made the remarks during the virtual Final Demo and Prize Giving Day […]

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Governor Nasir El-rufai of kaduna state has reportedly demolished a popular beer joint located opposite command secondary schools in kaduna south local government. Eyewitness and security man who spoke to Nigerian pilot under anonymity said government official led by four Hilux loaded with security operatives were responsible for the demolition which occurred around 4pm on […]

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….As Forum laments crime rates amdist COVID-19 lockdown in Kaduna, Nigeria Kaduna based Islamic leader, Dr. Imam. Muhammad Nurayn Ashafa has expressed hundreds percent support for the ban on Almajiris systems, saying the system is out of fashion, and could no longer work in North. “it is unfortunate that people could born child that they […]

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