In-house Course

Agency Distributorship and Franchising

Duration

This is a six hour training session, qualifying for 6 CPD hours.

(This course can also be delivered in-house as a three hour session on Distributorship and a three hour session on Agency and Franchising).

Objectives 

The objectives of the training session are to enable participants to:

  • Appreciate the advantages and disadvantages of agency and distributorship agreements.
  • Consider different forms of distributorship agreements and assess the impact of UK and EC competition law on distributorship agreements.
  • Interpret the Commercial Agents (Council Directive) Regulations 1993 and consider their application to the drafting of an agency agreement.
  • Appreciate the main points to consider when drafting a franchising agreement.