Report on Framework of English Legal System and Sources of Law

BUSINESS LAW

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1
P1 Structure of the English legal system and different sources of laws.....................................1
P2 Role of government in law-making and statutory and common law.....................................3
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................6
P3 Impact of law on business firm..............................................................................................6
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................8
P4 Appropriate legal solutions for both issues and cases...........................................................8
P5 Justifications for solutions by referring to a relevant statute or given cases.........................9
TASK 4..........................................................................................................................................10
P6 (A) Concept and benefits of Alternative Dispute Resolution .............................................10
(B) Recommendations of alternative legal solutions................................................................10
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................11
REFERENCES.............................................................................................................................12

INTRODUCTION
Business law consists all legal legislation that prescribe for running a business firm. It
consists all legal system that regulate how to start a firm, purchase, manage and control all
business related activities. It helps in control all business related transactions. The legal system
of every country is different from each other. Parliament formulated laws and it is the
responsibility of government is to implement them (Abdi and Aulakh, 2012). In this report
mentioned about the framework of English legal system and various sources of laws.
Government plays important role in law making and in what manner common law is applies in
courts. It is necessary for business firms to adopts and uses various rules and regulations in its
business. In this present report mentioned about the meaning and process of alternative dispute
resolution. Parliament introduce many acts and rules which a company has to applied on its
business industry.
TASK 1
P1 Structure of the English legal system and different sources of laws
English legal system is a common law in which includes common law, criminal law and
some another legal norms which are formulated by parliament and a judiciary. Under a criminal
law, Crown take some strict decisions against people for any criminal activities and it is passed
by parliament. Under a civil law, there is applicant, who apply to court for any case or in relation

to defend any person. There are various types of laws which can related with the many principles
and sources of legislations (Bagley, 2010). The English law is pry of judiciary system and
hierarchical framework. In hierarchical structure, supreme court is situated is on the top and it is
also known as House of Lords and mainly decisions are taken up by courts or judges. Criminal
and civil law are the main parts of this English Legal system. There are mainly four sources of
laws:
 Legislation- It is a common and primary sources of new legal system. The
legislation is generally passed or formulated by government of United Kingdom.
It comprises all rules and regulations by a team. Every country has its own legal
system. There are two types of legislation primary and secondary. The primary
legislation is formed by parliament of UK and there is no role of government. All
details related to this is finalised by a public body for instance local authority. On
the other hand, secondary legislation is known as the delegated legislation and it
is related with extra powers of law making to other government.
 Common law- It is a part of English legal system. Under this legislation, the
judges of courts regard only those decisions which are taken by previous judges
Illustration 1: Sources of law
(Source: Sources of law, 2017)