On October 30, 2015, the Divisional Court dismissed a motion brought by the Plaintiff franchisees for leave to appeal the decision of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in Addison Chevrolet Buick GMC Ltd. v. General Motors of Canada Ltd. In that decision, General Motors of Canada successfully struck four paragraphs of the statement of claim as it related to the duty of good faith. A summary of that decision can be found in the following link:

http://www.consumerretailadvisor.com/2015/08/not-everyone-is-a-party-some-comfort-for-foreign-franchisors/

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