The Legal System & The Application of the Law

The Legal System &
The Application of the
Law

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................3
Explain different sources of law and laws that business organisations trading in United
Kingdom must comply with........................................................................................................3
Explain the structure of the courts systems and the role of the judiciary....................................5
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................7
Explain the duties of employer and employees under the employment of contract with
examples and legal precedents.....................................................................................................7
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................8
Explain the statement “Not all agreements are contract”............................................................8
Solve the case study.....................................................................................................................9
Corporation aggregate under the Companies Act 2006 are classified according to their mode
of creation, namely (1) by charter (2) by statute and (3) by registration...................................10
TASK 4..........................................................................................................................................10
Explain the meaning and role of Alternative Dispute Resolution with examples.....................10
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................13
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................14

INTRODUCTION
Legal System is defined as the procedure of for interpreting as well as enforcing the law
within the specific area or premises. It is necessary to work as per the guidelines of law because
it directly or indirectly allows the organisation to accomplish the goal with the specific time
period. Legal System is helpful any of the area whether it is the commercial sector or for the
propose of resolving any of the civil or criminal matter. The thing which is important in it is
related with working as per the guidelines of law which plays the most important role.
In context of the file, four different task will be covered where first task will have a detail
explanation about the sources of law that a business organisation must comply. Along with this
court procedure will discussed with role of judiciary. In second task, duties of employer and
employees will be presented as per the employment contract. While discussing about third task,
it can be said that the main topic in this task will be related with contract law and corporation
law. In the last task, role as well as meaning of Alternative Dispute Resolution will be explained
in detail.
TASK 1
Explain different sources of law and laws that business organisations trading in United Kingdom
must comply with
In current scenario, role of legal system in increasing day by day and it is becoming
mandatory to follow every single guideline for making any of the decision. It is said that the
legal system of UK is wider where they cover large geographical area. In order to improve the
legal system and its effectiveness within the premises of UK there is the requirement of multiple
source so that illegal activity or wrong decision cannot be taken. In context of UK, there are
multiple source through which makes their law effective. But, it is not necessary that all of the
sources of forming law is applicable in each sector (Bodansky, 2016). As per the requirement of
question, major focus is one on those sources which is required to be complied by business
organisation conducting their business within the premises of UK, the sources are discussed
below:
Act of Parliament: In present scenario, the role of Parliament is very crucial because
they are the one who is authorised to take final decision for the commencement of any new law.

On a yearly basis they commence hundreds of laws and regulations which is applicable to
business entity. It is necessary that those laws and regulations must be followed because breach
of those laws and regulations can put company into pressure because of several penalties which
can be imposed upon the business entity. Some of the main laws and regulations which has been
formed by Act of Parliament in context of business organization are Companies Act,
Employment law and many more.
Common law: Basically, it is also known as case law where any of the new law is
formed as per the requirement of situation. The power of commencement of this types of law has
been given to the judicial body of the nation who manages day to day affairs where any of the
terms and condition has been breached. In context of business organization, it is necessary to
have common law because it simply uplift the standard through which any of the case can be
solved easily. There has been number of new concept of conducting business can be introduced
through it which can be effective in obtaining the desire result. Salomon v Salomon Ltd one of
the landmark case where common law introduced the concept that company and its member are
different from each other must comply with the guidelines of law (Musson, 2018).
European Union law: Before Brexit of European Union, there were number of laws and
regulations which has been commenced by European Union for UK. It is necessary to understand
that European Union has commenced number of new laws which are applicable to business
organization and company must comply with all of those laws and regulations. This law and
regulation is applicable for the entity and provides guidelines that how they are required to make
any of the decision in best possible manner.
European Convention on Human Right: This is among the important sources of UK
which has commenced number of laws and regulations within the premises of UK and helped to
obtain effective result. The main laws and regulations which has been commenced by ECHR for
the business organization is related with providing equal opportunity to every employees and
their rights must be given to them so that they can perform effectively within the premises of a
company.
These are some of the important sources of UK which has commenced number of law
and regulations for the premises of a company and those decision has been helping entity to take
effective decisions (Petrov, 2019). It is also said that in any of the situation, it is necessary to