We will be hosting our Annual Franchising Half Day on Thursday 9 February and we’d be delighted if you could join us. The full agenda can be found below.
We will be joined by leading competition law expert, Professor Eyad Maher Dabbah. Professor Eyad Maher Dabbah joined Queen Mary, University of London in October 2001. Prior to that he was a lecturer in law at King’s College, University of London where he taught EU competition law on the LLM programme and EU law, property law, trusts law and business tenancies on the LLB programme. Learn more about his expertise here.
Please note that spaces at this conference are limited. Please register your interest via email at events@gatehouselaw.co.uk.
Programme
13:00-13:45
Registration and lunch
13:45-14:30
Post-termination restrictions
Following Quantum Actuarial LLP v Quantum Advisory Limited [2021] EWCA Civ 227 and Dwyer (UK Franchising) Limited v Fredbar Limited and Shaun Rowland Bartlett [2022] EWCA Civ 889, what are the guiding principles, if any? How might a well-advised franchisee seek to attack their enforcement?
- David Lewis KC and Martyn Griffiths
14:45-15:30
Meta or metaphorical: the future of franchising
How important is the digital future on the franchise model in the UK?
- Brie Stevens-Hoare KC
15:30-16:00
Coffee break
16:00-16:45
Case law update
Aside from Dwyer, what else has happened in the last year or so in the courts which might be relevant to a franchise lawyer?
- Paul Strelitz
16:45-17:25
The imminent competition law reform
Change is coming on 1st June 2023. Reflections on how competition law affecting franchising will change. What are implications of the reform for franchising post-Brexit.
- Professor Eyad Maher Dabbah
17:25-19:00
Networking
Related barristers
Brie Stevens-Hoare KC
David Lewis KC
Paul Strelitz
