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The Lawyer’s Daily published a three-part series of articles written by Ben Hanuka, with the assistance of Anthony Pugh, associate at Law Works, titled “Franchise law: three important appeal decisions”.

In the articles, published in August 2022, Ben analyzed a trio of franchise rescission decisions by the Court of Appeal for Ontario released between October 2021 and June 2022.   All three decisions upheld rescissions granted by the Superior Court of Justice under section 6(2) of Ontario’s franchise legislation, the Arthur Wishart Act (Franchise Disclosure), 2000, and further developed key legal rights and obligations about rescission ground and personal liability.


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Ben Hanuka
JD, LLM, CS (Civ Lit), FCIArb, of the Ontario and BC Bars

Highlights:

  • JD, LLM (Osgoode '96, '15), C.S. in Civ Lit (LSO), Fellow of CIArb, member of the Bars of Ontario ('98) and BC ('17)
  • Principal of Law Works PC (Ontario)/LC (British Columbia)
  • Acted as counsel in many leading franchise court decisions in Ontario over the past twenty-five years, including appellate decisions.
  • Provided expert opinions in and outside Ontario
  • Presented at and chaired numerous franchise and civil litigation CPD programs for over 20 years
  • Chair of OBA Professional Development (2005-2006) - overseeing all PD programs
  • Chair of Civil Litigation Section, OBA (2004-2005)

Notable Cases:

Mendoza v. Active Tire & Auto Inc., 2017 ONCA 471

1159607 Ontario v. Country Style Food Services, 2012 ONSC 881 (SCJ)

1518628 Ontario Inc. v. Tutor Time Learning Centres LLC (2006), 150 A.C.W.S. (3d) 93 (SCJ, Commercial List)

Bekah v. Three for One Pizza (2003), 67 O.R. (3d) 305, [2003] O.J. No. 4002 (SCJ)