Law, Legal System, and Legal Solutions

Law, the Legal System
and some Legal
Solutions

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................4
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................4
P1 Explain different sources of law............................................................................................4
P2 Explain the role of government in law-making and how statutory and common law is
applied in the justice courts.........................................................................................................5
M1 Evaluate the effectiveness of the legal system in terms of recent reforms and
developments...............................................................................................................................6
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................6
P3 Using specific examples illustrate how company, employment and contract law has a
potential impact upon a business.................................................................................................6
M2 Differentiate between legislation, regulations, and standards to analyse potential impacts
upon a business. .........................................................................................................................7
D1 Provide a coherent and critical evaluation of the legal system and law, with evidence
drawn from a range of different relevant examples to support judgements................................7
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................8
P4 Explore how different types of business organisations are legally formed...........................8
P5 Explain how business organisations are managed and funded..............................................9
M3 Assess the advantages and disadvantages of the formation of different types of business
organisations...............................................................................................................................9
D2 Critically evaluate the formation of different types of business organisations. .................10
TASK 4..........................................................................................................................................11
P6 Recommend legal solutions for resolving a range of disputes using examples to
demonstrate how a party might obtain legal advice and support..............................................11
M4 Compare and contrast different sources of legal advice and support for dispute resolution.
...................................................................................................................................................13
D3 Evaluate the effectiveness of legal solutions, legal advice and support for dispute
resolution...................................................................................................................................13
CONCLUSION .............................................................................................................................14
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................15

INTRODUCTION
The English legal system contains both common and statutory law which have common
and equal relevancy and validity. The common law consists of judge made law which is made
through judicial precedents and the statutory law is such which is made by the Parliament who
have the supreme authority to enact the law. There are different laws which are made by the
parliament in order to maintain law and order in the society. The business contributes majorly to
the economy and runs with a motive of profit making (Shi, Liu and Shen, 2018). It is necessary
to regulate the business which requires rules and regulations to run it. The business law is a vast
field which includes contract act, employment law, companies act, data protection act,
intellectual property laws and many other. This report shall deal with basic nature of legal
system, potential impact of law on business and different types of business organisations. Further
it will cover appropriate legal solutions for different disputes.
TASK 1
P1 Explain different sources of law.
The English legal system consists of different laws which are taken from different
sources. These sources are discussed below-
Primary source
These are the original and the authoritative statements of the laws, these include-
 Legislations- These made by the supreme authority of the country which is Parliament. It
contains two houses which are House of Lord and House of Common and also includes
the Head of the State. These are called the statutory law. Case laws- These are the decisions of the court. It includes facts, issues and the
judgement which becomes the law through judicial precedents. The court either interpret
the existing law or brings on the new law from the cases (Kelly and et. al., 2020).
Secondary source
These are referred to as the commentaries of the law. It includes-
 Legal encyclopedia- It involves key points, legislations and cases. These are considered
as the starting point for the research.

 Parliamentary and non Parliamentary publications- It contains the background of the
law and involves consultation papers, debates and discussions of the Parliament while
enacting any law.
 Law Journals- It is a mix of the case commentaries and articles which helps in
understanding the legal issues.
 Text books- It involves the content written by the academicians for the students in order
to make them understand the law. It is the best place to start a research (Miller, 2016).
P2 Explain the role of government in law-making and how statutory and common law is applied
in the justice courts
The government has the supreme authority to enact the law which is called the statutory
laws. It is made by the Parliament which consists of House of Lords, House of Commons and the
Head of the State. Firstly a bill is introduced in the Parliament and then the procedure is begin to
make the law. The Bills can be be presented in either House and both have their set stages to
examine, debate and suggest the changes to be made in the draft. The procedure for law making
in the Parliament is discussed below- First reading- In this, the bill is arrived in the House. It involves a formality where the
name of the bill is read. Second reading- Here the debates begins on the key areas and purpose of the bill.
Discussion is done on the specific area or concerns where the changes are needed.
Generally no votes are taken at this stage. Committee stage- In this, the detailed line by line scrutiny is done of the text with the
amendments. The scrutiny is done from the start to the end and votes are taken at this
stage. Report stage- Another opportunity is given to examine the bill and amendments are
debated. Votes take place in this stage. Third reading- It involves closing the loopholes of the bill as it the last chance for the
amendments. Consideration of amendments- Under this stage, if Lords have made the changes, it is
send to the Commons for agreeing. The Commons may accept or reject it. There are
several rounds of it which is called the Ping Pong (Graw and et. al., 2019).