Legal advice has been sought by the Association of Optometrists after Boots Opticians decided to shift all its indemnity insurance across to the Federation of Ophthalmic and Dispensing Opticians.
The AOP has argued that Boots' requirement would not stand up in court.
AOP director of operations David Craig said: 'The AOP is advising Boots franchisees that it has taken legal advice about Boots' demand that their franchises should take out FODO insurance that advice suggests that the requirement will not stand up in court.'
The multiple advised all owned and franchise practices to take out their cover with FODO in a bid to bring more consistency to its arrangements last month (News 18.11.11).
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