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Competition
Consumer
Commercial law
(general – contract, jurisdiction and applicable law)

Company law
Corporate governance
Financial reporting
Financial services
Intellectual property
Law

Competition

Competition Commission
www.competition-commission.org.uk

Confident consumers - BERR
www.berr.gov.uk/consumers/index.html

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Consumer

Consumer Support Networks
www.csnconnect.org.uk


DG Health and Consumer Protection

http://europa.eu.int/comm/dgs/health_
consumer/index_en.htm

LACORS
www.lacors.gov.uk/lacots.asp

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Commercial Law (general - contract, jurisdiction and applicable law)

DG Justice & Home Affairs
http://europa.eu.int/comm/dgs/justice_home/
index_en.htm

European Parliament - Committee on Legal Affairs and Internal Market
www.europarl.eu.int/committees/juri_home.htm

European Parliament – Committee on Citizens’ Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs
www.europarl.eu.int/committees/libe_home.htm

Department of Constitutional Affairs
www.dca.gov.uk/

Hague Conference on Private International Law
www.hcch.net/index.html

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Company law

Companies House
www.companieshouse.gov.uk

FSA Listing Rules
www.fsa.gov.uk/ukla/2_listinginfo.html

Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators
www.icsa.org.uk

Insolvency Service
www.insolvency.gov.uk/home.htm

Takeover Panel
www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk

DG Internal Market
http://europa.eu.int/comm/internal_market/en/company/company/index.htm

European Company Lawyers Association
www.ecla.org

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Corporate governance

Combined Code
www.fsa.gov.uk/pubs/ukla/lr_comcode3.pdf, 144kb

BERR
www.berr.gov.uk/bbf/financial-reporting/acc-audit-developments/page21322.html

Financial Reporting Council
www.frc.org.uk

DG Internal Market
http://europa.eu.int/comm/internal_market/en/company/company/index.html

European Parliament
www.europarl.eu.int/committees/econ_home.htm

US Sarbanes-Oxley Act
www.sec.gov/spotlight/sarbanes-oxley.htm

International corporate governance codes
www.ecgi.org/codes/all_codes.htm

OECD Corporate Governance
www.oecd.org/EN/home/0,,EN-home-28-nodirectorate-no-no--28,00.html

Public concern at work (whistleblowing)
www.pcaw.co.uk/policy_pub/

Institute of Chartered Accountants - corporate governance
www.icaew.co.uk/corporategovernance

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Financial reporting

International Accounting Standards Board
www.iasc.org.uk/cmt/0001.asp

The Accountancy Foundation
www.accountancyfoundation.com

The Accounting Standards Board UK
www.iasc.org.uk/cmt/0001.asp

Financial Reporting Council
www.frc.org.uk

DG Internal Market
http://europa.eu.int/comm/internal_market/en/company/index.htm

European Parliament
www.europarl.eu.int/committees/econ_home.htm

Fédération des Experts Comptables Européens
www.fee.be

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Financial services

Financial Services Authority
www.fsa.gov.uk

HM Treasury

www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/Documents/Financial_Services/fin_index.cfm

International Financial Services London
www.ifsl.org.uk

DG Internal Market
http://europa.eu.int/comm/internal_marketen/finances/index.htm

Committee of European Securities Regulators
www.europefesco.org

European Parliament
www.europarl.eu.int/committees/econ_home.htm

European Parliament Financial Services Forum
http://epfsf.org

Financial Services Skills Council
www.fssc.org.uk/

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Intellectual property

DG Internal Market
http://europa.eu.int/comm/internal_market/en/intprop/index.htm

European Parliament
www.europarl.eu.int/committees/juri_home.htm

European Patent Office
www.european-patent-office.org

UK Patent Office
www.patent.gov.uk

IP information
www.intellectual-property.gov.uk

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Law

The Bar Council
www.barcouncil.org.uk

The Law Commission
www.lawcom.gov.uk

The Law Society
www.lawsociety.org.uk

Find a solicitor
www.solicitors-online.com

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