Nature of Legal System on Businesses

Business Law

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................1
Section 1 – Nature of legal system on businesses............................................................................1
TASK 1........................................................................................................................................1
TASK 2........................................................................................................................................6
Section 2 – Legal solutions to business problems...........................................................................9
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................11
REFERENCERS ...........................................................................................................................12

INTRODUCTION
In the law terminology, business law is defined as the various kind of standards and
regulations that are imposed by legal authorities on a business entity so that operation and
activities are performed respectfully (Barry and Wilkinson, 2011). In general legal system are
considered to be the process that supports in implementing various kind of law within a country
so that overall economy keeps on increasing. English judicial system has developed over the
years and is among the oldest legal structure. The legal system was originally established by
royal civil law justices who distributed over the years and called it regulations for the nation.
Different sources help to provide meaningful information for developing laws which support in
dealing with several issues within community or business. Across the years, business culture has
modified and business law allows to implement those adjustments without any legal
implications.
The report consist, Legal structure of united kingdom with various sources of regulation
within a nation. Duty of legal authority in setting laws and implication of common and statutory
laws, new legislation and standard followed by company. In addition, different type of laws that
a business need to follow to determine the solution of problem are discussed.
Section 1 – Nature of legal system on businesses
TASK 1
1. Explanation of the legal system
The parliament of UK is consider to be the top upper level authority that help in making
laws for the betterment of country (Bebchuk and Jackson 2012). It is also supportive in
formation of fundamental laws that is ascertained from various sources which further benefit in
making legal structure of UK. The purpose of law in any nation is to maintain orders, establish
standards, resolve disputes and protect the liberties and rights. In UK, there are basically various
kind of laws like criminal, civil, statute and common. Civil and Criminal laws are considered as
two separate and broad entities of law, where criminal law includes those cases which involves
burglary, murder and more (Yosifon, 2013). While cases like negligence or any kind of
malpractice are comes under civil laws. The basic difference among these laws, can be
determined as -
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Difference between Civil and Criminal law -
Basis of
comparison
Civil Law Criminal law
Definition Civil law generally deals with cases
like disputes among parties,
organizations and more, where one
party demands for compensation
from second one.
While criminal law defines as body
of law which handle cases related
with crime and criminal offenses,
that results into legal punishment.
Burden of proof It falls on the plaintiff as
'preponderance of evidence', where
one party must require to show
evidence for compensation.
Here, burden of proof considers as
'beyond the reasonable doubt' and is
always on government.
Types of
punishment
Civil litigations generally involves
the compensation for damages or
disposition of property
Hereby, a victim is punished by
fines or incarceration and sometime
death penalties also.
Appeal Any one disputed party Only by defendant
Cases filed by Private organisations or parties State / Government
2. Sources of law in United Kingdom.
Legislation: These are the laws created by a national legislature or the nation's ruling
body. The British parliament is the regulatory body that is responsible for developing different
laws and various parliamentary acts which are considered to be the main sources of laws. The
legislature was made up of several houses such as the Chamber of Common houses as well as
House of Lords. A majority from both houses and royal group approval is needed to pass any bill
throughout the parliament.
European Union law: As a participant of the European parliament, every laws and rights
produced or enforced, shall be applied to the UK. Such rules would act as the British legal
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