Report on Structure of English Legal System (DOC)

BUSINESS LAW

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
P1 Explain the structure of the English legal system and discuss the different sources of laws
that organisations must comply with. ....................................................................................1
P2 Explain the role of government in Law making and How statutory and common law is
applicable in the justice court.................................................................................................3
M1 ..........................................................................................................................................4
D1 ..........................................................................................................................................4
SECTION 2 .....................................................................................................................................4
P3 Explain legal obligations of the employers and explaining the impact of employment and
contract law. ..........................................................................................................................4
SECTION 3......................................................................................................................................5
P4 Description on the legal solution for the given case scenario. .........................................5
P5 Description on the justification for the solutions. ...........................................................6
SECTION 4 .....................................................................................................................................7
Description on Alternative dispute resolution .......................................................................7
Description on the alternative legal solution for the given business problem........................9
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................11
REFERENCES .............................................................................................................................12

INTRODUCTION
P1 Explain the structure of the English legal system and discuss the different sources of laws that
organisations must comply with.
English legal system is the law which comprised in the EU. English system is applied in
all business activities to sustain proper discipline level in the country. It makes company
sustainable and reliable (Allen, and Kraakman, 2016). This involves employment contact and
many other laws which are needed to run the business. It consists of common law as well as civil
laws. All decisions are taken by the judges in the court. It makes new form of culture and lawful
environment in order to identify safe environment in the country. This law is follows by many
countries such as Australia, Canada etc. English legal system has form of hierarchical structure
and the last decision is taken by the Supreme Court. England most authoritative law is supreme
legislation. In the absence of any law in that situation common law is the substitute of law based
on judicial decision. Mainly, it consists of common law and civil law. Common law is the most
important law which takes mainly high cases and decision making approach. This law is
amended by the parliament (Blount and Nunley, 2015).
Purpose of the English court structure is that to govern the regulatory system and better
efficient goal making task. It includes various kinds of structure and goals making task such as
magistrate court, crown court, high court, court appeal, supreme court. Magistrate court is a
lower court where several jurisdictions and all criminal case were taken into consider. Crown
court is the another court of England and Wales it is one of the senior court laws considered
criminal cases. Besides, supreme court is the another way of the necessary regulator body.
Structure of English legal systems.
The top management of English legal system is the Supreme Court which takes
all final decisions. Besides this, all the decision is taken by the judges or on the basis of legal
legislations. In this legal system, all cases of criminal law are solved by the judges or from the
concern of jury. Besides this, civil law cases will solve by the interaction with people. As per the
enactment of European Communities act 1972 (English legal system.2016). Supreme Court
recognised is the highest court in English legal system. This supreme court hierarchy structure
splits into two ways civil and criminal divisions (Cheeseman, 2016. ).
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Different sources of law
There are any sources of law which is mandatory to follow by all the organisation. By
avoiding the following legislations, company will face heavy issues and trouble for their own
functioning. This sources of law guide the company to adopt legal ethical working environment
for the business activities (Claypoole, 2016). This consists several legislations to protect the
interest of employees and human rights. Such sources are mention below.
European Union Law: This law is made for the English people of EU. There are several
laws is contains in this source of law, which guides organisation to run business activities in
ethical manner. Overall it makes organisation protective and free from uncertainties. This law
defines employment law and contract law. In employment law, it describes all duties and
responsibilities of employer towards employees. Besides contract law describes the laws and
code of conduct to maintain the contract valid. European source of law guides organisation to
apply aEnglish legal system.2016ll those laws and regulations to run the business activities
smoothly (Elkouri and et.al, 2016). Overall, this source of law is mandatory for smooth
functioning otherwise, government take strict action against fraud organisation.
Jurisprudence: it is the next source of law which focuses on civil rights, Human rights
etc. Jurisprudence works in the direction of improvement in legal systems and develop the laws
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Illustration 1: English Legal Structure
Source: Structure of English court system .2016 Source: English legal
system.2016