Business Law: Types of Laws and Legal Solutions

This presentation provides an overview of contract law, employment law, and company law. It discusses legal solutions for three different cases and evaluates their effectiveness. It also explores alternative legal advice and the role of alternative dispute resolution in business disputes.

Business law
Task 2

 Introduction
 Contract law
 Employment law
 Company law
 CASE 1
 CASE 2
 CASE 3
 Comparing and contrasting the effectiveness of the recommendations
 Critical evaluation of appropriate legal solutions and alternative legal
advise
 Conclusions
Table of content

 In the present the discussion related with different
types of laws including contract, employment and
company law is defined.
 With this the legal solutions on 3 different cases is
given with taking reference from the provisions of
above mentioned laws.
 The effectiveness of the legal solutions is discussed.
Critical evaluation of the legal solutions and
alternative legal advise is also outlines in his
presentation.
Introduction

Contract law
 The contract law in UK is legislated through the Sale
and Supply of goods Act, 1994.
 This provides protection to the seller and buyer.
 When a legal person purchase good from a supplier a
contract came into existence.
 This law regulated the provision of formation,
breach remedy and discharge of the contract between
parties to a business transaction.

Employment law
 The Employment law had been recently reformed and
a new law with modification under the name of
Employment law, 2018 have come into force.
 The employment Rights Act, 1996 is another act
related with employment
 This regulates the provision of employee and
employer relations under the contract of employment.

Company law
 The provision of a company registered in the
companies houses is regulated by the provisions of
Companies act, 2006.
 This regulates the actions and operations of a
company from the day of its formation till the date of
its legal dissolution.
 It defines the legal steps that a business is required to
follow to make its business authentic and legal.

Case 1
Legal points:
 The legal point in this can be outlined as t
 whether there is he right of the Gordon to get salary
which is a right under the employment contract.
 Is the variation in the contract to willingly forgo the
salary is legally enforceable.
 Can Gordon be able to receive back the salary for
2015-2017.

Legal solution:
 As per the employment Rights Act, 1996, the
employment contract between employee and
employers have certain basis predetermined
conditions.
 One of them is related to get a national minimum
wages whatever the circumstances be.
 It is the basis right of an employee under employment
having a legal and valid contract of employment.
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Justification to advise:
 this legal advise is provided to Gordon from taking
reference from the provision of the employment
Rights Act
 It clearly states that the employee is bound to receive
what is mentioned in the employment contract.
 Gordon has a legal right to get the salary and
commission both or each years of his employment the
Orange Computer Ltd.
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Legal points
 Is there a contract between Virgin mobile and Janet.
 Can virgin mobile charge Janet for both telephone
line and internet package for a 3 weeks.
 What is the legal position of Virgin mobile as well as
Janet in the given circumstances.
Case 2

Legal solution:
 As per the provision of the contract act, 1999 to
forms a contract there need to be valid agreement
with both parties accepting the offers and counter
offers after negotiation.
 In the given there is a valid contract as per the
provision of Sale and Supply of goods Act, 1994 as
under the sales contract the legal intention is
mandatory which have an evidence of proof in form
of documentation.
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Justification to advise:
 The above given advice is
legal as this is based on the
provisions of contract as
well as Sale and Supply of
Goods Act. 1994.
 Janet can be charged after
what is promised is
completed and from the
time when it is completed.

Case 3
Legal points
 Can creditors have a
right to file winding up
petition.
 What legal remedy is
available to Blackhorse
Ltd.

Legal solution:
 As per section 122 of the Insolvency Act, 1986
creditors have a right to fie a compulsory winding up
petition in the court to liquidate the company when
amount due is more than £750.
 In this Blackhorse have dues more than £750 so they
have legal right to do so.
 In the same act legal solution is provided as a
company can go under CVA (Compulsory voluntary
agreement) with its creditors.
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Justification to advise:
 The recommendation to enter in CVA is given as this
is a legal remedy under the insolvency Act, 1986.
 Blackhorse Ltd. can repay all its debts in agreed time
with its creditors and can run the operation without
being wound up.
 Moreover the creditors do not have a right to carry
on with winding up process under this solution.
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 All three legal advises have been provided as per the
relevant laws and legal provisions.
 In all three cases the parties are given the resolution
to the dispute against the defendant.
 All of them are different from each other as they
follow various distinct acts.
Comparing and contrasting the
effectiveness of the
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Role of Alternative dispute resolution:
 The ADR is a legal remedy to the business disputes
which allows parties to solve the issue without going
to court.
 It assists in reaching to a solution with or without
involvement of a third party.
 It is informal in nature, less time consuming and
cheap as well as compared to the litigation process
Critical evaluation of appropriate
legal solutions and alternative legal
advise

Tribunals:
 It is a method of ADR is a replica of the court system
and is informal in nature.
 This is less intimidating as compared to court
proceedings and the decisions can be questioned by
the council of tribunal
Role of union and citizen advise:
 The unions try to solve the disputes among employer
and employee through ADR methods
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 To conclude it can be stated that different laws have
direct or indirect impact on the business.
 These laws provide remedies to the people under
occupations and those operating the business as well.
 All the legal advises given in different cases is
justified
 All of them have been provided as per the legal
provision of relevant laws and acts.
Conclusion

 Cortés, P. ed., 2016. The new regulatory framework
for consumer dispute resolution. Oxford University
Press.
 Creutzfeldt, N. and Bradford, B., 2016. Dispute
resolution outside of courts: procedural justice and
decision acceptance among users of ombuds services
in the UK. Law & Society Review. 50(4). pp.985-
1016.
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