Jenny Buchan

(Dr/ Professor Emeritus)
  • Emeritus Professor, Business School, UNSW

19 years to 1999 as commercial lawyer in NZ, Melbourne and Sydney.
2002 - 2021 academic at the Business School, UNSW Australia.
2022 - ongoing: Professor Emeritus, UNSW.
I research the law behind business format franchising, especially franchise regulation, governance and the legal consequences of franchisor insolvency.
Member of the ACCC's Small Business and Franchise Consultative Committee 2010 - 2022.
Section editor of the franchising and small business sections of the Australian Business Law Review.
Member Dept of Primary Industries, NSW, Secretary's Animal Care and Research Committee.
Senior Advisor at H&H Lawyers.

Experience

  • –present
    Senior lecturer in franchising and contract law, University of New South Wales

Education

  • 2010 
    Queensland University of Technology, PhD/ law
  • 1993 
    University of Melbourne, LLM
  • 1974 
    Otago University, LLB

Publications

  • 2013
    Franchisees as Consumers: Benchmarks, Perspectives and Consequences, Springer

Grants and Contracts

  • 2012
    Franchisors “in administration”: profiles, factors and impacts
    Role:
    Chief Investigator
    Funding Source:
    Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia

Contact Jenny for

  • General
  • Media request
  • Speaking request
  • Consulting / Advising
  • Research collaboration
  • Research supervision