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Principal of Law Works PC (Ontario)/Law Works LC (British Columbia) Ben Hanuka

  • Member of the Ontario and British Columbia Bars
  • JD and LLM (1996 and 2015) degrees from Osgoode Hall
    Law School in Toronto
  • Certified by the Law Society of Ontario as a Specialist in Civil Litigation
  • Acted as counsel in many leading franchise court decisions
    in Ontario over the past twenty-five years
  • Holds arbitration certification qualifications
  • Frequent writer and presenter about franchise and commercial disputes

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Consequences of Franchise Terminations and Settlement Options

By: Ben Hanuka, Law Works Editor: Rebecca Colley, Law Works   There are several areas that parties to a franchise agreement should pay close attention to when...

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The Canadian Duty of Good Faith in Hotel Renovations Disputes Post-Pandemic

This article, written by Ben Hanuka, originally appeared in the December 2022, issue of Hotel Business Review. By Ben Hanuka, Law Works PC (Toronto)/Law Works LC (Vancouver)*...

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Resolving Franchise Disputes: How Mediation and Arbitration Differ

By: Ben Hanuka, Law Works Editor: Rebecca Colley, Law Works   In our earlier article about franchise mediation, we provided an overview of the key features and...

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Commercial Lease Renewal Disputes

By: Ben Hanuka, Law Works Editor: Rebecca Colley, Law Works   In our practice, we often represent landlords and tenants in commercial lease renewal disputes. It is...

Ben Hanuka Principal of Law Works PC (Ontario)/Law Works LC (British Columbia)

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Reducing the risk of rescission claims: key information to give to your franchise lawyer when preparing an FDD

By: Ben Hanuka, Law Works Editor: Rebecca Colley, Law Works   In addition to the fundamental disclosure requirements, such as franchisor’s financials and a signed franchisor’s certificate,...

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Hudson’s Bay not entitled to relief from forfeiture and rent deferral during COVID: Ontario Court of Appeal

By: Ben Hanuka and Anthony Pugh, Law Works In Hudson’s Bay Company ULC v. Oxford Properties Retail Holdings II Inc., an August 15, 2022, decision of the...

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