Samenvatting Engels – Module 1 – 2024/25
Part One: Legal topics
1: Business and the law
- In what ways will the law have an involvement in the different departments
of an international company?
o HR department contract of employment
o Sales department contract law/commercial law
o Finance department tax law/investment law
- What kinds of legal claims might be made against a company
o By employees discrimination/unfair dismissal
o By suppliers breach of contract
o By competitors unfair competition
Reading comprehension (lees artikel p.5)
- Which four general areas of running a business are typically affected by
the law?
o People, products, premises, profit
- How would you describe Elegance to someone who knew nothing about it,
in about 10 words.
o An international cosmetics organisations with offices & factories
worldwide.
- What kinds of products does Elegance sell which have more than simple
cosmetic properties?
o Medicated skincare products
- Which people are described as being affected by the law?
o Employees, management, shareholders, costumers
- Which is important from a legal point of view about the way a jobs is
advertised?
o Law relating to discrimination, diversity and equal oppurtunities
- What kind of responsibilities does a manufacturing company have towards
consumers?
o To ensure a product is safe and reliable
- What is important from a legal point of view about how products are
advertised?
o What i said and how it is said
- Why is intellectual property law important for companies like Elegance?
o Because it needs to protect its right to patents to avoid
infringements
,- Which laws are relevant for Elegance as regards the working environment
in its offices and factories?
o Health and safety laws
- What can companies do to reduce the amount of tax they have to pay?
o Use taks avoidance scheme.
Vocabulary
- rules of conduct or correct business practice which don’t have the force of
law
o codes
- with permission of (another company)
o under licence from
- agreements between employers and employees
o contracts of employment
- employed, hired
o recruited
- unfairly choosing one person in favour of another
o discrimination
- being fired
o dismissal
- the people who own a company
o shareholders
- the legal standing of a company
o legal status
- a legal challenge resulting from a product that causes harm
o product liability claim
- compensation ordered by a court to be paid to someone who had suffered
loss or injury
o damages
- written laws
o legislation
- when a contract is broken
o breach of a contract
- going to court
o litigation
, - copying someone’s registered invention
o infringement of patents
- a word describing a building and the land it stands on
o premises
- property (offices, houses, etc.)
o real estate
- not to pay tax, but in an illegal manner
o tax evasion
Word partnerships
- equal opportunities
- disciplinary procedure
- consumer protection
- real estate
- criminal offence
sentence completion
- the women in the office felt they hadn’t been offered … when compared
with their male colleagues.
o Equal opportunities
- Saying your competitors make bad-quality products may be commercially
unwise but is it a …?
o Criminal offence
- We deal in offices, factories and other kinds of… .
o Real estate
- He was late again! We will now have to follow the company … and give
him a written warning.
o Disciplinary procedure
- … legislation has grown over the last 50 years. The buying public is now in
a much stronger position.
o Consumer protection
Legal teminology – different areas of law
- The law related to hiring and firing
o Employment law
- The law that protects the buying public
o Consumer protection law
- The law regulating the manufacture and sale of pharmaceuticals
o Medicines law
, - The law relating to a share of profits paid to the state
o Tax law
- The law concerning the well-being of employees
o Health and safety law
Legal expressions – prepositions
Made under licence
Guilty of serious misconduct
Made a claim against the company
All manufacturers must comply with the new safety regulations
breach of contract.
2: Setting up a business
- an individual person who ownes all the ssest of the business and is liable
for all its debts.
o Sole trader
- The business is not a seperate legal entity, so liability rests with the
owners of the company.
o Unlimited liability
- Cash and assets
o Equity/company capital
Physical objects (equipments, buildings, vehicles,..)
o Tangiable assets
Non-physical objects (goodwill, copyright, trademark)
o Intangiable assets
- All corporations must be entered here
o Register of companies
- Document in which the relationship between the company and its
shareholders is set out
o Articles of association
Word partnerships:
Register/run a company
Raise/contribute capital
Submit/reject an application (for entry in a register)
Draw up a contract/a partnership agreement
Part One: Legal topics
1: Business and the law
- In what ways will the law have an involvement in the different departments
of an international company?
o HR department contract of employment
o Sales department contract law/commercial law
o Finance department tax law/investment law
- What kinds of legal claims might be made against a company
o By employees discrimination/unfair dismissal
o By suppliers breach of contract
o By competitors unfair competition
Reading comprehension (lees artikel p.5)
- Which four general areas of running a business are typically affected by
the law?
o People, products, premises, profit
- How would you describe Elegance to someone who knew nothing about it,
in about 10 words.
o An international cosmetics organisations with offices & factories
worldwide.
- What kinds of products does Elegance sell which have more than simple
cosmetic properties?
o Medicated skincare products
- Which people are described as being affected by the law?
o Employees, management, shareholders, costumers
- Which is important from a legal point of view about the way a jobs is
advertised?
o Law relating to discrimination, diversity and equal oppurtunities
- What kind of responsibilities does a manufacturing company have towards
consumers?
o To ensure a product is safe and reliable
- What is important from a legal point of view about how products are
advertised?
o What i said and how it is said
- Why is intellectual property law important for companies like Elegance?
o Because it needs to protect its right to patents to avoid
infringements
,- Which laws are relevant for Elegance as regards the working environment
in its offices and factories?
o Health and safety laws
- What can companies do to reduce the amount of tax they have to pay?
o Use taks avoidance scheme.
Vocabulary
- rules of conduct or correct business practice which don’t have the force of
law
o codes
- with permission of (another company)
o under licence from
- agreements between employers and employees
o contracts of employment
- employed, hired
o recruited
- unfairly choosing one person in favour of another
o discrimination
- being fired
o dismissal
- the people who own a company
o shareholders
- the legal standing of a company
o legal status
- a legal challenge resulting from a product that causes harm
o product liability claim
- compensation ordered by a court to be paid to someone who had suffered
loss or injury
o damages
- written laws
o legislation
- when a contract is broken
o breach of a contract
- going to court
o litigation
, - copying someone’s registered invention
o infringement of patents
- a word describing a building and the land it stands on
o premises
- property (offices, houses, etc.)
o real estate
- not to pay tax, but in an illegal manner
o tax evasion
Word partnerships
- equal opportunities
- disciplinary procedure
- consumer protection
- real estate
- criminal offence
sentence completion
- the women in the office felt they hadn’t been offered … when compared
with their male colleagues.
o Equal opportunities
- Saying your competitors make bad-quality products may be commercially
unwise but is it a …?
o Criminal offence
- We deal in offices, factories and other kinds of… .
o Real estate
- He was late again! We will now have to follow the company … and give
him a written warning.
o Disciplinary procedure
- … legislation has grown over the last 50 years. The buying public is now in
a much stronger position.
o Consumer protection
Legal teminology – different areas of law
- The law related to hiring and firing
o Employment law
- The law that protects the buying public
o Consumer protection law
- The law regulating the manufacture and sale of pharmaceuticals
o Medicines law
, - The law relating to a share of profits paid to the state
o Tax law
- The law concerning the well-being of employees
o Health and safety law
Legal expressions – prepositions
Made under licence
Guilty of serious misconduct
Made a claim against the company
All manufacturers must comply with the new safety regulations
breach of contract.
2: Setting up a business
- an individual person who ownes all the ssest of the business and is liable
for all its debts.
o Sole trader
- The business is not a seperate legal entity, so liability rests with the
owners of the company.
o Unlimited liability
- Cash and assets
o Equity/company capital
Physical objects (equipments, buildings, vehicles,..)
o Tangiable assets
Non-physical objects (goodwill, copyright, trademark)
o Intangiable assets
- All corporations must be entered here
o Register of companies
- Document in which the relationship between the company and its
shareholders is set out
o Articles of association
Word partnerships:
Register/run a company
Raise/contribute capital
Submit/reject an application (for entry in a register)
Draw up a contract/a partnership agreement
