Dense on purpose.
Fees, restrictions, and termination triggers are spread across two dozen sections in legal language. The brochure gets read. The disclosure gets skimmed.
200 pages of clauses, schedules, and cross-references. We inspect each one, label what is structural, and flag what is going to crack under load.
Fees, restrictions, and termination triggers are spread across two dozen sections in legal language. The brochure gets read. The disclosure gets skimmed.
Canadian disclosure law gives you 14 calendar days. Not working days. Not minus the long weekend. Not minus the time to find counsel who returns your call.
Termination, transfer fees, supplier exclusivity, renewal. Each clause is fine alone. Read together, they tell a different story — the only one that matters.
By the time most buyers engage a lawyer, the deposit is paid and emotional commitment is sunk. Walking away gets harder by the day.
Full FDD, schedules included. PDF only. No account, no login, no sales call.
Fees, termination, transfer, renewal, territory — cross-referenced, ranked by severity, tied to section numbers.
Plain-English report. Take it to your lawyer, your accountant, or a current franchisee. Walk in prepared.
Franchisor may modify operating standards, suppliers, and required equipment at their sole discretion. You bear the cost. Plain reading: they decide what your business looks like, you write the cheque.
$25,000 transfer fee plus franchisor approval if you sell. Approval is not “not unreasonably withheld” — it is sole discretion.
Two years, 25 km radius. Enforceability varies by province but the cost to defend is yours, regardless of the outcome.
A franchise lawyer review runs $3K to $5K and is worth every dollar. The inspection does not replace counsel. It makes the conversation shorter, sharper, and roughly 30× cheaper to start.
Delivered after analysis. Print and PDF-friendly.