Business Law in the UK: Classifications, Sources, and Employment Law

BMP4002 Business Law
Assessment 1
Legal System for Business
Law
1

Contents
Introduction 2
Part 1: Classifications of Law p-p
Define laws and identify the respective legal systems in the UK
p
Explanation with examples the following as means of classification
of laws in the English Legal system p-p
a) Civil Law p
b) Criminal Law p
Explanation of the role of the following Courts in the English Legal
system p-p
a) High Court p
b) Supreme Court p
Part 2: Source of law p-p
Explanation of Case Law as a source of laws p
Explanation of the process of making Legislation p
The meaning and examples of Delegated Legislation p
Part 3: UK law making process: Employment Law p-p
Statutory Duties of Employers to their employees p
Wrongful Dismissal and Unfair Dismissal Actions
Conclusion p
2

3

Introduction
Business laws are the rules and regulations which gives the guidelines to all
the business organsizations in the United Kingdom to run the business and to make
them aware about all the legal issues and procedure to perform the busienss
operations. It becomes the obligations for the businesses organsiations to obey all
the laws of business law and perform their busines operations under the guidance of
business law. United Kingdom would got cosidered the most safest and the easiest
place to do business around the world. The whole UK is got divided into three
different jurisdiction such as; England & Wales, Scotland and Northern Island. These
jurisdiction's contain their own laws, courts, judges and the legal system but, for the
final appeal which is held only in the Supreme Court is the one fro all the three
jurisdictions which is situated in England. The image of the UK in business sector
was made by the parliament by enacting the act like Company act which is the best
effort done by the UK parliament in their law making history (Rice, and Wallis, 2022).
The companies act contains 1300 sections and 16 schedules which provides the
rules, rights and the obligations of running the business in UK. It is the main act
which govern all the business organisations and helps the companies in establishing,
winding up and to run the company legally. Apart from the company act there are
some other laws also which has some impact on business organsiation's like; an
Employment Act, this act maintain the business environment by building the
employer's- employee's relationship. The contract act which plays the crucial role in
framing the contract between the companies to do businesses. Through contract
companies bind each other to perform their part of business.
Part 1: Classifications of Law
Define laws and identify the respective legal systems in the UK
Laws are not defined in any statute, there is not a proper definition of law but
some jurist and the judges define the laws as the set of rules which provides the
guidelines to the humans to live their life peacefully without facing any problem and
without harming others. Through laws only an individual would get aware about the
rights and duties. Laws are not only for the persons there are laws for the companies
and the corporate bodies also. The main importance of laws is that, it provides the
discpline in life of the persons and even in the organisations.
4