Business Law: Classification, Sources, and Employment Law in UK

BUSINESS LAW

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION..........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................3
CLASSIFICATION OF LAW....................................................................................................3
Definition and identification of laws...........................................................................................3
Forms of Laws in United Kingdom.............................................................................................4
1. Civil law...................................................................................................................................4
2. Criminal law.............................................................................................................................4
Role of courts in UK ...................................................................................................................4
High Court(HC)...........................................................................................................................4
Supreme Court.............................................................................................................................5
Various Sources of Law.............................................................................................................5
Case Law as a source of law.......................................................................................................5
Process of making legislation.....................................................................................................5
Meaning and example of Delegated Legislation.........................................................................6
Law making process of United Kingdom under Employment law.............................................7
Legal duties of Employer ............................................................................................................7
Wrongful and unfair dismissal under employment law...............................................................7
CONCLUSION...............................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES...............................................................................................................................1

INTRODUCTION
The rules and regulations that are related to the enterprise and commercial activities are
known as business law. It involves all the policies that govern how to start manage and run
the business. Business laws play a very vital role in regulating the business activities in a
country (Adams 2012). It helps to handle the various compensation issues in the
organisation and also helps in safeguarding the rights of the shareholders. The employment
law is established to protect the rights of the employees and also specifies the various duties
of employer and employees (Аkramov, et.al, 2020). The report includes the different
classifications of laws in UK, Its legal system highlighting the functions of High Court and
Supreme Court and the report also gives the detailed description of various sources of law,
process of making legislation, examples and meaning of secondary legislation, statutory
duties of employer and unfair dismissal of the employees at workplace under Employment
Law of United Kingdom.
MAIN BODY
CLASSIFICATION OF LAW
Definition and identification of laws
Laws is defined as the set are the set of rules and policies enacted by the government of the
country and for the protection of the rights of the citizens. These rules are binding on the people
of the country, and they are bound to follow the regulations of the country (Slapper and Kelly
2013). These laws help in resolving the disputes that can arise at workplace and also binds the
employer and employee to follow the duties and responsibilities assign under the act. The rules
of the law of UK is based upon the case law which adapts to the changing needs and
requirements of the society. The common law legal system is defined as the collection of the
legislation and is based on the precedents (LeBaron, et.al, 2019). These laws are framed by
passing the regulation by the authorities that is headed by the ‘Head of state’ House of Commons
and House of Lords. The House of Commons is directly elected by the people and the Prime
Minister is the member of the House.