Business Law of English Legal System Assignment

Business Law

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
Section 1...........................................................................................................................................1
P 1. Structure of English legal system and various sources of laws.......................................1
P 2. Role of legal bodies in setting norms and application of statuary and common law......4
P 3. (a) Legal obligations of employers .................................................................................6
b) Significant influence of contract and employment law upon the business........................7
Section 3...........................................................................................................................................8
P 4. Effectual judicial solutions for business issues...............................................................8
P 5. Justification....................................................................................................................9
P 6. (a) Conception and advantages of utilising Alternative Dispute Resolution Process ....9
b) Recommending effectual solutions to different business issues .....................................11
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................12
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................13

INTRODUCTION
Legislation is nothing but collection of policies and principles that is setted by legal
bodies in order to create an environment that should be free from all types of crimes and
discrimination. At the same time, business law is also imposed by government body that simply
refers to the set of norms that is used for operating a business ethically and lawfully. Such laws
have to be followed and adopted by every companies who are running their business in United
Kingdom as well as those also which is used to import their goods and services in UK. The
present report is segmented into different sections whereby in first section structure of English
legal system and various sources of legislations has been discussed effectively. In addition to
this, the roles of government in designing norms has been explained (Bagley, 2010). Apart from
this, application of common and statutory laws in the judicature courts is also highlighted. In
other section, various types of acts such as equal opportunities, workers compensation,
occupational health and safety, etc. is described in this project. Besides this, several cases are
solved and appropriate lawful solutions are provided here.
Section 1
P 1. Structure of English legal system and various sources of laws
English legal system is also known as European legal structure that is applied in
numerous of nations including the previous English colonies. One of the main attribute of this
system is that it is considered as doctrine of judicial precedents whereby magistrate is bounded
by different assemblies. In - fact , it is covering several other laws associated with the societal
group and is imposed for the safeguarding of different religions and communities who are
surviving in society. This has been examined that frame work of European legitimate system is
based on the hierarchy or series (Bodie, Kane and Marcus, 2014). Here the judgement of
supreme court is considered as concluding and other courts have to respect as well as accept their
final decisions. It exits at the top of the hierarchical structure and is also named as House of
Lords as they take correct decision and are obligated to remove all thrones or difficulties by
making every one's life full of roses. There are different types of court in UK which is described
along with this structure below :
 High Court : It is known as third highest court in United kingdom which is dealing with
civil cases and also used to appeal judgements made in lower assemblies. This is situated
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in London at Royal Courts of Justice but having district registries through - out Wales
and England wherein nearly each and every high court legal proceeding might be heard
and issued. There are three divisions within High Court that are listed below :
1. The Queen's Bench division
2. The Family Division
3. The Chancery Division
 Magistrate Court : It is considered as lower division assembly that is holding trials for
concise offences and preliminary hearings for some serious cases also.
 Crown Court : This is a criminal court of both appellant and original jurisdiction that in
additional also handles a limited amount of civil cases also.
 County Court : The jurisdiction of such assemblies is strictly or purely civil having its
sitting in around 92 cities throughout England and Wales. These courts mainly deals with
the cases and challenges associated with civil issues. Circuit or district judge are involved
in these assemblies for presiding over the cases.
Apart from this, there are different role of barristers, solicitors and judges in the UK legal system
which is mentioned below :
 Solicitors : These are those individual that works in county and magistrate courts. They
are liable to represent a case in tribunal and its involvement happens once advocacy prior
a court is required.
 Barristers : Their duty is translating and organised the view of customer's events into a
legal argument.
 Judges : These authorities are liable to hear cases of both parties and at last giving correct
judgement that is unbiased in nature.
Considering the next level construction of court, it is gain categorised into two parts which is
discussed below :
 Civil law : This is a branch of legislation that comprises of non – criminal laws. It deals
with the rights and responsibilities of common people that is individuals and firms. This
a code of norms which was derived from Roman legislation historically. It is generally
having the duty of resolving day to day disputes and any type of losses which occurs in
society. Civil law is again divided into two sections that is statuary and non – statuary
norms.
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