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Case Study on Employment and Contract Law

   

Added on  2020-06-06

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Business Law

Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1Section-1 .........................................................................................................................................1P1 Determine the English legal system's structure and different law sources............................1P2 Role played by government in creation of a law and also state application procedure ofcommon and statutory laws in courts..........................................................................................3Section 2:.........................................................................................................................................4P3 a). Brief description of employers legal obligations..............................................................4Occupational health and safety.................................................................................................4Workers Compensation...............................................................................................................4Harassment..................................................................................................................................4Equal opportunities.....................................................................................................................4P3 (b). Based on the case study, evaluate relevant employment and contract law.....................5Section-3..........................................................................................................................................5P4 Legal solution for the business problem................................................................................5P5 Justifications of legal solutions .............................................................................................6Section 4...........................................................................................................................................6a) Alternative dispute resolution process....................................................................................6b) Business problem legal solution.............................................................................................7CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................8REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9Online........................................................................................................................................10

INTRODUCTIONEvery organisation needs to follow some rules and regulation in order to perform theiractivities effectively and these norms are known as business laws. All the tasks which arenecessary to govern an entity such as buying, selling, managing, etc. have to follow certainstandards setted by government (Thompson, 2017). This report is helpful in understanding themethods that can be used to apply these laws to run a company. In order to study the importanceof government, their role in law-making is also discussed. Further, this study overs the impact ofrules and regulations on their business operations and decision-making. This report is based onseveral cases which will assist in dealing the different situations occurring in business.Section-1 P1 Determine the English legal system's structure and different law sources.The English legal system follows a hierarchical structure in which different type of casesare dealt in different courts. For example- Basic criminal cases are heard in magistrates courtwhereas serious cases based on crimes are committed to the crown court (Abdussalam andNielsen, 2017). Further, the appeals from crown court are sent to the High court from wherefurther entreaties are sent to the court of appeal or even to the supreme court. The structure ofEnglish legal structure according to the hierarchical order is explained further:Magistrates court: It is the lowest level of the structure which deals the general casessuch as gaming, liquor, etc. The decision taken in these judicatures can be appealed to thecrown courts.Crown Court: Chargeable criminal cases are deal by the crown courts. Further, appealsfrom the magistrates court are also handled in these tribunals. The claims are heard by ajudge or a jury member.Country courts: Such courts deals the cases which are neither extreme complicated norvery simple. Mainly the issues based on property, business, etc. are heard in thesetribunals. High court: Decision that are appealed by the lower courts are treated in thesejudicatures. There are further three division of high court, which are the chancery section,the family division and the Queen's bench division. Lawsuits based on commercial fraud,conflicts in business are controlled by the chancery division. In contrary to this, family1

division handles the matrimonial matters, divorce cases, etc. Whereas, the Queen's benchsection hears the judicial reviews, statutory appeals and applications.Court of Appeal: The appeals against the crown assembly, materialist courts and highcourt are done to such courts (Law and Act, 2016). This tribunal can be further categoriesin two part, criminal and civil. Supreme Court: These courts are formerly the House of Lords. In this highest segment ofstructure the cases are heard by 5 justices which are also known as law lords. Means of attaining the knowledge of rules and regulations are known as law sources.There are different means of acquiring the knowledge of laws. Some principle sources of UKlaw are as follows:2Illustration 1: The English legal structure(Partington, 2016)

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