UK Legal System, Sources of Laws, Contract Law, Law of Tort, and Employment Law

The UK Legal system, sources
of laws and aspects of
contract law, Law of Tort,and
Employment Law

Table of Contents
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................2
1.0 The UK Classifications of Laws................................................................................................2
3.0 The Law Of Tort.......................................................................................................................4
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................6
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MAIN BODY
1.0 The UK Classifications of Laws
Law is defined as system of rules which is developed by the government or society for
dealing with crimes, arguments in business, social relationships (Haworth and et.al., 2019). It
can also be referred to as the people working in such system.
The UK law has been classified into two types, namely, Private Law & Public Law.
Private Law - The law that governs relations between private organization & individual is
classifies as private law.
Characteristics:
The basis for private law is the autonomy of freedom. It means it is legal to perform any
activity that is not prohibited by the law.
It is based on the notion that all parties are equal and enjoys equal rights. Same rule are
applicable to everyone.
In the case of state’s participation as private person in private law all the sovereignty it is
entitled to will be deprived (Murphy and et.al., 2021).
Individuals who does not have any type of compulsion by state have different
answerability that arises for the acts of responsible freedom.
It is a notional law.
Various conflicts are tried to be resolved through different ways being find out and thus it
is positive law.
Public Law - Law concerning the relationship that exists between state and individuals is
defined as the public law. This classification of law is concerned with relation of public
interest. The other name for this type of law is state law.
One of its characteristics is that it is confined with the interests of society or state
with one individual. Other characteristic is that country’s ruler is having a position higher
than such individuals (Sajó, 2019). Such a law is enforced for combine aims and interests of
community at wide. The relationships between individuals, countries, communities and
political bodies that are inclusive in it.
English and Welsh Law
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