LAW 
                     COMPANY 
                  Case Studies in a Business Context 
        Companion volume 
        Commercial Law - Case Studies in a Business Context Desmond Painter 
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                          COMPANY LAW 
                     Case Studies in a Business Context 
                               Desmond Painter 
                                Senior Lecturer in Law 
                            Dorset Institute of 
                                       Higher Education 
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                                      Desmond Painter 1988 
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                                  Painter, Desmond                            in  business 
                                      Company law: case studies 
                                      context                                       Law 
                                      1.    Great Britain. Companies. 
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