Understanding Business Law

Business law
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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................4
Section 1- Nature of legal systems..................................................................................................5
P1.................................................................................................................................................5
P2.................................................................................................................................................7
M1................................................................................................................................................8
D1................................................................................................................................................8
Section 2- Impact of the law on business organisation....................................................................9
P3.................................................................................................................................................9
M2..............................................................................................................................................10
Section 3- Legal solutions to business problems...........................................................................12
P4...............................................................................................................................................12
P5...............................................................................................................................................13
M3..............................................................................................................................................13
D2..............................................................................................................................................14
Section 4 - Recommending appropriate legal solutions based upon alternative legal advice.......15
P6...............................................................................................................................................15
M4..............................................................................................................................................17
D2..............................................................................................................................................17
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Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................18
References......................................................................................................................................19
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Introduction
Law is a form of directions of the conduct of binding legal force that is accepted, approved,
enforced by the authority. The English legal system consists of the civil and criminal division. In
this report it discusses the term law, and purpose of the law. English legal system is structured by
the hierarchy of court that has their jurisdiction. This system is based on the sources of law. This
report describes the different regulations, legislation and their applicability. It also discusses the
law such as contract law, employment law and provides the solution for the case. It also
discusses the various methods of ADR such as conciliation, mediation, arbitration and provides
the solution to parties.
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Section 1- Nature of legal systems
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Law is a scheme of instructions that are formed and imposed through administrations to regulate
the behavior. English legal system is governed by the England and Wales and consists of
criminal and civil law.
Structure
The English legal system includes the two division criminal and civil division. The Supreme
Court is the highest court of appeal.
Criminal division
The criminal division divides into three courts, the courts of appeal, perceives the appeal from
the crown court. It is the highest court within the senior courts of Wales and England. Crown
court deals with the criminal case and hears the trials of the indictment and perceives the appeal
from magistrate court. Magistrate court is the lower court, in which criminal proceedings
initiated
Civil division
The civil division deals with the civil matters. It consists of a court of appeal that includes the
queen’s court, chancery court and family court. The queen bench handles the matter of
negligence, personal injury and has jurisdiction over subordinate courts. The chancery court
followed rules to avoid the pace of change and harshness of common law. The family court deals
with the matter of divorce and marriage. Court of appeal perceives the decisions from the highest
court and another court which includes the administrative court. It also perceives the appeal from
various courts. The civil division includes the county courts and based on the process of
jurisdictions (Genn, 2012).
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Supreme Court
Criminal
Court of Appeal
Crown court
Magistrate court
Civil
Court of Appeal
High court of Justice
County Courts