Date: Tuesday, January 18, 2022

Time: 1pm EST/ 10am PST/ 2pm AST

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Duration: 1.5 hours including Q&A

Cost: Complimentary

Where: This is an online event

Contact

Ben Hanuka
Law Works

ben@lawworks.ca 
    

Join Ben Hanuka on Tuesday, January 18, 2022, for an analysis of recent developments on the duty of good faith in franchising. The discussion will feature court decisions since the start of the pandemic, involving allegations of bad faith conduct about operating standards, the right to termination and post-termination covenants.

This program has been accredited by the Law Society of Ontario for Professionalism and Professionalism EDI content:  
  • This program contain 0 hours and 40 minutes of Substantive Content  
  • This program contains 0 hours and 25 minutes of Professionalism Content
  • This program contains 0 hours and 25 minutes of EDI Professionalism Content
In BC, where only substantive content is accredited, the Law Society of BC has accredited this program is accredited for substantive content for its full length.   

What You Can Expect

In addition to a discussion of court decisions, the presentation will address lawyers' professional and ethical obligations in cases involving allegations of bad faith conduct, ulterior motives, and dishonesty, including the following:

  • duty to explain to clients their legal obligation to fully disclose all relevant evidence;
  • heightened duty of making full and frank disclosure of all facts and evidence in bringing or responding to injunction motions/applications;
  • right of disclosure of all relevant evidence by opposing parties;
  • duty of confidentiality to non-party franchisees;
  • ethnical duties of lawyers as advocates and officers of the court.

The webinar will also cover Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) issues to help lawyers recognize and deal with cultural and language barriers and unconscious bias, when representing racialized clients in difficult franchise cases, or clients involved in such disputes against racialized parties, including:

  • addressing barriers to access to justice, such as cultural barriers to retaining and instructing counsel;
  • communicating and confirming instructions with clients about their legal rights and obligations and recommended positions;
  • preparing clients for witness questioning/examinations;
  • examining opposing parties during witness questioning/examinations.

Who Should Attend

Attendance is restricted to lawyers from across Canada practising as:

  • Corporate/commercial solicitors
  • Commercial litigators
  • Franchise in-house counsel

Please feel free to submit questions for the webinar to ben@lawworks.ca, in advance.

Complete the registration form to reserve your spot.