Article De Nationale Franchise Gids: “Increasing protection against recruiting franchisees” – dated 2 April 2019 – mr. AW Dolphin
The Acquisition Fraud Act offers injured parties great advantages in demonstrating unlawful conduct. Although the Acquisition Fraud Act is, according to some, intended to provide protection against phantom invoices and telephone sales, the Den Bosch Court of Appeal has now also ruled that the Acquisition Fraud Act also applies to franchising.
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