The course deals with the legal topics that are important to know if you are going to start your own business, lead or sit in the management of a company, sit on a board of a company etc. What laws and regulations are important for a business and for a company? The course therefore deals with topics such as company law, employment law, intellectual property law, money and credit law, guarantee and mortgage law, as well as bankruptcy law.
The company law topics will have the main emphasis on the limited company. The following topics are covered: Formation of companies, the functions of the corporate bodies and the relationship between the various bodies (the board, general meeting, general manager, etc.), board liability, dividends/distributions from companies, capital reductions/capital increases and liquidation of companies.
The labour law topics cover individual labour law, as well as key issues concerning collective labour law. The following topics are covered: Requirements for the hiring process, effect of appointments, dismissals, dismissals and the employer's management prerogative. In the collective labour law, the right to organise, collective agreements, industrial action/the right to strike/the duty of peace will be dealt with.
The intellectual property rights topics include copyright, design law, patent law and trademark law (name of the company, trademark, logo, etc.), with particular emphasis on copyright and character sets.
Money and credit law includes the rules on monetary claims in the form of remuneration claims and credit claims. The following topics are dealt with in more detail in the law of monetary claims: how to establish a valid monetary claim (valid loan), assignment of monetary claims, settlement of monetary claims and default of monetary claims.
Guarantee and lien rights include the rules on personal collateral for natural or legal persons, and the rules on the provision of collateral through the establishment of special rights in specific assets (real security). The following topics are dealt with in more detail in guarantee and mortgage law: General information on guarantee agreements (establishment, maturity, termination and objections to creditors), guarantee agreements with financial institutions (parties, establishment of agreements, maturity of guarantees, reduction and lapse of guarantee agreements), establishment of a mortgage, what may be subject to pledge, legal protection and priority for liens, the rules on mortgages during the security period and the rules on the realisation of the mortgage.
Debt prosecution and bankruptcy law includes the rules on enforcement, debt negotiations and bankruptcy. The following topics are dealt with in more detail in bankruptcy law: the rules on grounds for enforcement and disbursement in connection with individual debt collection, the rules on voluntary and compulsory debt negotiation, as well as the rules on insolvency, the bankruptcy creditors, the debtor's position, the bodies of the estate, annulment, contractual obligations and priority rules in connection with bankruptcy.