UK Classifications of Laws and Sources of Law: Impact on Multilingual Organizations and Commercial Organizations under Employment Law

BSC (Hons) BUSINESS MANAGEMENT WITH
FOUNDATION
SEMESTER 1, EXAMINATION 2021/22
BUSINESS LAW
MODULE NO: BMP4002
Exam Paper Release Date & Time: Saturday 13 August 2022 at 10:00am
Submission Cut-off Date & Time: Monday 15 August 2022 at 10:00am
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1.0 The UK Classifications of Laws
(i) Provide a clear definition of law within UK Context
The law is concerned with a rule or set of rules that are enforced by the courts. The rules
are regulated by the government of the state. In simple words, the rule of law in the UK
context is a fundamental doctor in which every individual needs to obey and submit to the

law. It is not arbitrary action by other people or groups that means no one single person is
above the law (Deb, 2022). It is identified that the United Kingdom does not have any
written constitution as they are fundamentally defining the principles in their unwritten
constitution. It becomes necessary to understand the law of the United Kingdom because
it is different from other countries and if any person wants to survive in the United Kingdom
that it becomes necessary to understand the definition of law.
(ii) Define and discuss the characteristics of the two main classifications of laws in UK
It is necessary to understand the classification of United Kingdom law as it is included
many laws such as criminal law, civil law and other principle areas of non-statutory civil
law. It is identified that the UK is classified into two important parts which are private law
and public law. Public law is defined as the one in which the government has intervened
and there is a relationship between the state and the individual citizen. On the other hand,
private law is concerned with governance which is found in the relationship between
private organisations and individuals. It becomes very important to understand that civil
law is an important part of private law so when an individual comes to the difference
between criminal and civil law then it is very important to know this fact. It is identified that
civil law covers many important areas such as deals with contracts, negligence, probate,
family matters, land law and employment. On the other hand, criminal law is found to be
one of the important parts of public law which defines the boundaries of acceptable
conduct (Craig and De Búrca, 2020). If it is found that a person breaks the criminal law
then it will be considered an offence which they committed against society as a whole.
There are some points which are mentioned below that help to understand the
characteristics of these two classifications of laws in the context of the UK:
 Criminal law has come under public law and it deals with the large crime and
offences which perform against society. In the case of criminal law, it is identified
that a person who believes that a crime has been committed and contacted the
police for an investigation comes under this law. There are chances that police
arrest the people interviewed during the investigation who comes under
surveillance. It is identified that once the case is resolved then the person who
committed the crime will be charged. That means the report centre on to crown
prosecution service which will then start criminal proceedings against the suspect
(Palombo, 2019). Then it becomes the responsibility of CPS to provide all the
evidence and proof beyond the reasonable doubt that the defendant has committed
the crime. It may be included sentences for fines and community service or
imprisonment.
 In the case of civil law, it is identified that the country quotes are based at over 200
locations. In the civil cases, it is identified that the general claims involved less than
€25000. It also includes danger to a person so if a person believes that an
individual or an organisation has committed something wrong then he/she can
complete a claim form and send it to the appropriate court which includes the High
court and country court.
(iii) Identify the three different Legal systems in UK
It is identified that day the United Kingdom has three important separate legal systems
which include one each for England and Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland. This
system shows its historical origin. It is identified that there is a fact that both Island in
Scotland and later Northern Ireland retain their legal systems under the act of Union 1707
and 1800. It is identified that the England and whales have a common law legal system
which was created by judges and it originated during the reign of King Henry ll. On the
other hand, if Scotland has found it is own independence that means it is very clear that
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