Legal System for Business: UK Law and Employment Law

Business Management
BMP4002 Business Law
Assessment 1
Legal System for Business
Law
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Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................3
Part 1: Classifications of Law....................................................................................................3
Define laws and identify the respective legal systems in the UK..........................................3
Explanation with examples the following as means of classification of laws in the English
Legal system...........................................................................................................................4
a) Civil Law: ..........................................................................................................................4
b) Criminal Law: ................................................................................................................4
Explanation of the role of the following Courts in the English Legal system.......................4
High Court:.............................................................................................................................4
Supreme Court: .....................................................................................................................5
Part 2: Source of law..................................................................................................................5
Explanation of Case Law as a source of laws ..................................................................5
Explanation of the process of making Legislation.................................................................6
The meaning and examples of Delegated Legislation............................................................6
Part 3: UK law making process: Employment Law ..................................................................6
Statutory Duties of Employers to their employees.................................................................6
Wrongful Dismissal and Unfair Dismissal Actions ............................................................7
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES...........................................................................................................................7

Introduction
The country of United Kingdom overall has three legal systems derived from
geographical areas considering historical reasons which are English and Welsh law, Scots laws
and Northern Ireland laws. There is a unified court system for England and Wales as it is based
on common principles that was originated in medieval period of England. UK consists mainly of
statutes and constitutional conventions and there is no single written constitution. Legislation is
made through the introduction of bills in both the houses of parliament. These legislations are
followed by primary legislation which prescribes the main laws passed by legislative body of UK
and delegated legislation as the secondary legislation is not passed by legislative body but by an
authorised person or a delegated person which means by the minister of government (Bernstein
2018). Employment law is made for the constructive and structured framework of services
conducted by the employees for their employer abiding by the rules and duties assigned to the
workers in employment area. The legal system of UK with its classification involving the
different types of legislation and employment laws will be covered in this report.
Part 1: Classifications of Law
Define laws and identify the respective legal systems in the UK
The formation of rule, set of rules or a body comprising of rules and regulations through
the legislature which regulates the system of government that is enforceable by the courts
determining the relationship between organs of government and subjects of the state for their
conduct towards each other is known as Law or Laws.
The country of UK comprises of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. European
Economic Community was joined by UK in 1973 which is now known as European Union.
European Union “(EU)” consists of part of law of the United Kingdom and even European court
of Justice being a part of jurisdiction in matters of EU law (Chaudhuri 2020). The country of UK
is endorsed on the Convention for Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
relating to European Convention on Human Rights. The head of the state is Queen, who is the
supreme authority of Crown. As although Queen is the supreme authority but the practice in law
is mainly exercised by the government. The legislature of UK consists of bilateral parliament
that is House of Lords and Commons. The House of Lords comprise of Life peers, Hereditary