Solicitors have reportedly begun visits to Brisbane-area Baskin Robbins shops, offering to organise a "class action" compensation lawsuit against Allied Brands Ltd., Dunkin Brands USA, and Baskin Robbins Australia directors and management personally.
Solicitors for the large unnamed litigation firm claim that the franchise industry has long needed a "get square" against the rogue franchisors that operate unchecked in Australia. With the name recognition as well as connection to American companies, Baskin Robbins Australia franchisees may be an ideal test case for the kind of abuses that have gone on in Australian franchising. With little stock available to them and other franchisors offering conversions to different brands to key locations, clearly the brand is going to have difficulty surviving the onslaught of buzzards now picking over the corpse.
Several of the Korean victims of the company's "Visa Sale Scam" have been located as well and said to be already signed on to go after these companies and individuals. While clearly Allied Brands will be judgement-proof after they enter inevitable administration, the other defendants will be the deep pockets funding this action.
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