| 1 | Agency: overview The practice note summarises the key legal and commercial considerations when contracting with a sales or marketing agent, in particular the application of the Commercial Agents Regulations 1993 and UK and EU competition law. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 2 | Distributorships: overview The overview summarises the key legal and commercial considerations when appointing a distributor, including a comparison of distributors, agents and commissionaires, and the application of UK and EU competition law. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 3 | EU competition law: overview The overview provides a route-map guide to the EU competition law regime. It outlines the key legal, procedural and practical aspects likely to be encountered when confronting a competition law problem. You should read this at the start of any transaction or specific research, to give you a broad overview of the main points that are likely to arise. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 4 | Franchising: overview The overview summarises the key legal and commercial considerations when setting up a franchise in the UK or overseas, including issues relating to property, advertising, intellectual property rights, the regulation of franchising, the CRC Energy Efficency Scheme and the application of UK and EU competition law. The overview also considers provisions commonly found in franchise agreements dealing with such matters as the scope of the franchise, payment of fees, franchisor's and franchisee's obligations, products covered, restrictive covenants and termination. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 5 | Overview: UK competition law The Overview provides a route-map guide to the current UK competition law regime. You should read this at the start of any transaction or specific research, to give you a broad overview of the main points that are likely to arise. In March 2012 the government announced its decision on proposals to reform the UK competition regime. The government decided to establish a new single Competition and Markets Authority to replace the OFT and Competition Commission. The government also decided on various, largely procedural, changes to strengthen the mergers, markets and antitrust enforcement regimes. For further information see Government decisions on establishment of Competition and Markets Authority and reform of UK competition regime. These changes will be implemented by the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (see Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill 2012 -13: competition tracker). | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 6 | Competition regime: Public procurement Public procurement is the purchase of goods or services by public bodies. This Practice note considers the European Union obligations imposed on purchasing authorities to award contracts on an open, competitive and non-discriminatory basis. The options available to a supplier of goods or services where a purchaser does not comply with EU procurement rules are also explored. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 7 | Flowchart guides: Article 101 and commercial agreements This flowchart guide contains a short overview of the application of Article 101 to commercial agreements, designed to give the user a general understanding of the key legal and practical issues relevant when negotiating or operating commercial agreements in the EU. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 8 | Flowchart guides: Competition Act 1998 and commercial ... Competition law is a complex subject and is not easy to summarise succinctly. The flowchart guides extract the essence of the more complicated or technical areas of the law, providing a short overview of the application of the Competition Act 1998 to commercial agreements, designed to give the user a general understanding of the key legal and practical issues involved. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 9 | Framework agreements This note is about the effective use of framework agreements in both the private and public sectors. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 10 | Net neutrality This note explains the principle of net neutrality and what regulation exists and is likely to be introduced to preserve the neutrality of the internet in the EU and the UK. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 11 | Open source software in the UK public sector A practice note on open source software (OSS) and the legal and practical implications of its use by public authorities. The note considers: The reasons for using OSS. The government's policy on doing so. The risks inherent in using OSS. Guidance on the public procurement implications. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 12 | Public procurement of ICT This note covers the procurement (including outsourcing) of telecommunications and information goods and services by the public sector. The note explains the practical and policy boundaries and regulatory regime for these procurements, examines the use of framework agreements by the public sector, analyses the standard contract documentation developed for the public sector by the Office of Government Commerce and others, and addresses the key contentious issues which arise when the public sector engages with the private sector. NOTE: this practice note is in the process of being rewritten by Richard Bonnar and PLC Public Sector and a revised version will be published during the course of 2013. | Practice notes | 14-Feb-2011 |
| 13 | Public sector transparency programme and future ... A practice note on the government's transparency programme and future developments in the transparency agenda. The note: Provides an overview of the government's transparency requirements. Summarises some of the relevant guidance on implementing the transparency requirements. Highlights some of the privacy implications of the transparency requirements. Looks at the impact of the transparency requirements on public procurement processes. Looks at future legal developments in relation to transparency and rights to data. Provides a checklist to help public sector lawyers advise their organisations on the transparency requirements. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 14 | Seeking a reference to the ECJ This note explains what the Court of Justice of the European Union (formerly known as the European Court of Justice (ECJ)) is, why a reference would be made to it and who can make a reference. The note gives examples of questions which might be referred to the ECJ and sets out a brief summary of the procedure to be followed and the effect of a ruling by the ECJ on the question referred. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 15 | Software business acquisition: competition and regulatory ... This note summarises some of the key competition law and regulatory issues to be addressed whilst undertaking a due diligence exercise on a software business. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 16 | The European Union after the Treaty of Lisbon This Practice note examines the impact of the Treaty of Lisbon on the decision-making procedures and substantive policies of the European Union. | Practice notes | Maintained |