Assignment on Business Law of English Legal System

BUSINESS LAW

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
SECTION 1......................................................................................................................................1
P1 Discussing the structure of English legal system and different sources of law ...............1
P2 Government's role in the process of making law..............................................................3
SECTION 2......................................................................................................................................4
P3 (a) Employer's obligation..................................................................................................4
P3 (b) Relevance of employment and contract law................................................................5
SECTION 3......................................................................................................................................6
P4 Legal solutions for given case scenarios...........................................................................6
P5 Providing justification for the solutions............................................................................7
SECTION 4......................................................................................................................................7
Concept of Alternative Dispute Resolutions..........................................................................7
Alternative legal solution for the given business problem.....................................................9
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................10
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................11

Illustration Index
Illustration 1: Structure of English legal system..............................................................................1

INTRODUCTION
Business Law deals with the laws related to conducting of a business. The major concern
of people these days is to conduct a business considering all the legal factors that have been
issued by the government. The report discusses the structure of English legal system which
includes, criminal and civil law. Further, different sources of law have been discussed in the
report such as, case law, legislation, human rights law etc. Moreover, workplace safety measures
have also been discussed. It ponders on Alternative Disputes Resolutions (ADR) where various
benefits of ADR have been examined. In the end, some methods of ADR such as arbitration and
mediation have been considered in the report.
SECTION 1
P1 Discussing the structure of English legal system and different sources of law
English legal system is followed in England and Wales which consists of criminal and
civil law. There is no specific code of conduct followed as the law is prepared by the judges
sitting in the court. It is made in reference to the previous cases and decisions. Supreme court is
the highest appellate of United Kingdom (Bodie, Kane and Marcus, 2014).
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Illustration 1: Structure of English legal system