I. – Civil law
Persons: law of persons; enjoyment and deprivation of civil rights.
The family: minority; guardianship and emancipation; protected adults.
Property: movable and immovable property; inheritance and gifts.
Securities and privileges.
Obligations: proof and effects; extinction of obligations.
Contracts.
Civil liability.
Company: civil partnership; joint venture.
Matrimonial property regimes: general concepts.
II. – Commercial law
Traders.
Commercial agents.
Commercial deeds.
The trade and companies register and other legal publicity registers.
The business and its components.
Commercial companies.
Economic interest groupings.
Law governing companies in difficulty.
Cheques and bills of exchange.
Protests and certificates of non-payment.
Commercial sureties and liens.
Leasing.
Competition law.
Commercial contracts.
III. – Civil and commercial procedure
Civil procedure
Civil courts: organisation, jurisdiction, composition and operation. Guiding principles of the trial. The judgment.
The conduct of the proceedings.
Administration of evidence.
Enforcement of the judgment.
Routes of appeal.
Commercial procedure
Commercial courts: organisation, jurisdiction, composition and operation.
Procedure before the commercial court.
Commercial summary proceedings and orders on petition.
Procedure for companies in difficulty.
Injunction to pay.
Procedural time limits.
Legal aid.
IV. – Professional regulations for the commercial court clerk
Status and ethics.
Tariffs.
The clerk’s role in the operation of the commercial court.
V. – Organisation and management of a court registry
General concepts of employment law.
General concepts of accounting.
Accounting and social obligations, deadlines.
