BSC (Hons) Business Management: Business Law - UK Legal System Report

This report analyzes the UK legal system, focusing on classifications of laws (criminal and business), sources of law (legislation, case law, EU law), and the UK law-making process. It defines law in the UK context and describes the characteristics of criminal and business law, highlighting their differences. The report identifies the three legal systems in the UK (England and Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland) and explains the hierarchy of law sources, providing examples of each. It also examines the impact of multilingualism on organizations and provides an in-depth analysis of contract law, including formation, contents, and the consequences for commercial entities. The report emphasizes the importance of contract law in business operations and the requirements for creating legally binding agreements, covering offer, acceptance, and consideration. It also discusses the contents of a contract and how it affects business relationships. The report is a comprehensive overview of the UK legal system and its implications for businesses.

BSC (Hons) BUSINESS MANAGEMENT WITH
FOUNDATION
SEMESTER 1, EXAMINATION 2021/22
BUSINESS LAW
MODULE NO: BMP4002
Exam Paper Release Date & Time: Saturday 13August 2022 at 10:00am
Submission Cut-off Date & Time: Monday 15August2022 at 10:00am
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Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................1
1.0 The UK Classifications of Laws................................................................................................1
i. Define law in the context of UK...............................................................................................1
i. Define and discuss the characteristics of the two main classifications of laws in UK.............1
iii. Identify the three different Legal systems in UK...................................................................2
2.0 The UK Source of law...............................................................................................................3
i. Classify and concisely elucidate the hierarchy of the principal sources of laws in the English
Legal System...............................................................................................................................3
ii. Describe the features of the sources of laws recognized above providing examples of each. 3
iii. Deliberate the effect of the particular laws on the multilingual organisation........................4
3.0 Give examples of how the UK law making process have a direct impact on commercial
organisations focusing on ONE of the below list:...........................................................................4
i. Contract law..............................................................................................................................4
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
Business law also termed as commercial law or corporate law is considered to be the legislative
body that is applicable to the rights, duties or the conduct of any individual and even the
businesses and the ventures which are an intricate part of various commerce, sales and the trades
(Marson and Ferris, 2018). In this report the explanation regarding the legal system in UK, its
respective characteristics are explained. The primary determination and the work of the
businesses involve order maintenance, safeguarding of the duties and responsibilities and the
development and resolution of standards and disputes respectively. The essential objective of this
system is to know the law related principles and the system of the Law in UK.
MAIN BODY
1.0 The UK Classifications of Laws
i. Define law in the context of UK.
According to the English legislation, law is assumed to be according to the guidelines and
the set of standards which are applicable with the assistance of the legal system of the nation.
The English legislation in the country imparts its focus on the government and its legislation or
the state which occurs in various government projections and even in their conduct of the subject
in between one other. There also exist various different types of laws in UK as a nation which
includes property law, criminal law, administrative law and the commercial law including
various others.
i. Define and discuss the characteristics of the two main classifications of laws in UK.
The criminal law in UK turns around the descriptions of the criminal and the various methods
and regulations that are applicable in the situation when the police officials look into the matters
relating to any offense that guarantees to have any individual to be executed or to be looked into
the matters of the various cases when the summoning experts also charge for the individuals to
appear in courts. Although the UK business guidelines in the legal scenario are shown to be
under various legal classifications that are based upon various regulations that are closed by
arrangements secured by the objects of business development being synchronized in UK (Tao, Si
Jun and Xi Bai, 2021). The primary difference between the two different legislative
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classifications occurs in the fact that the guidelines of the business scenario are for the business
practices of UK while the criminal guidelines are based around the strategies that are associated
with real tine offense in the criminal laws of the nation. The criminal guideline experts are based
upon the exploitation of the experiences and understandings to safeguard that the clients are
given the best suited results for their cases (Halbert and Ingulli, E., 2020).
. In addition to all this, commercial law focuses on genuine conduct of the strategies which is
related to the practices of businesses in UK. It also gives attentions on the actual progresses
inclusive in the commencement of the improvements in the business work issues and
understanding of the arrangements and discussions while dealing with business expansions,
obtainments and combinations. Additionally criminal guidelines cover for the district areas that
combine for the bad behaviours in contradiction of the body with bad behaviours against the
property legitimate offenses, wrong doings and extreme obligation offenses.
iii. Identify the three different Legal systems in UK.
The legal systems in UK are basically for the recognized set of regulations and laws that includes
English and Welsh regulations, Scots regulations and Northern Ireland regulations. But after the
year 2007 the Welsh regulation has been fully applied. It has been the result of the various set of
experiences and connections in between numerous cities and districts in UK. The English and
Welsh regulation focuses on the various criminal and regular matters. The supporting areas of
these regulations includes the standards of the custom based regulations under its particular
agreements which date backs from the year 1189 (Ershova and et.al., 2019). The Welsh
regulation is the primary and assisting laws that are formed by the authorities in the parliament
by using the powers that are allowed to them in the authority and control of the public of Wales
as of year 2006. In the setting of Northern Ireland, the entire set of laws that are given in the
districts include the various regulations and frameworks that have been customised to be
overseen by the Northern island courts with the essentials and appealing supreme court of UK in
both common and criminal matters. In the long last, the scots regulation is a set of astonishing
and recognized set of laws and regulations in UK that have been settled from the Roman
regulations and are positioned in ailing regulations that are traced way back to corpus Julius that
combines the potentials of customary regulations also involving the middle aged sources.
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2.0 The UK Source of law
i. Classify and concisely elucidate the hierarchy of the principal sources of laws in the English
Legal System.
The direction in the English general set of laws which include the three divisions that are Queen's
seat, the Chancery division and the Family division. In this orderly development a court of
appeal has the specific competence of re-appraising chamber. The common division revolves
around the management of various requests from High court and the district having management
of requests from High courts and province courts (Bright, 2018). It also includes the criminal
division which centres on the managements of requests from the crown court. The last allure in
the entire set of laws in UK is the supreme court for the normal and criminal cases both that
initiated from the England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The two primary sources of the English
regulations can be assembled into various case regulations. The regulation indicates to various
sculptures and guidelines whereas the case regulations indicate to the choices of the court. Apart
from these two wellsprings of the UK regulations integrates with the European Union regulations
and European conventions for freedoms. But in the situations, after the take-offs of the UK from
the European Union, the regulations of European Union are the European conventions of the
basic freedoms doesn’t go about as a basis of regulations underneath the English ordinary set of
laws.
ii. Describe the features of the sources of laws recognized above providing examples of each.
Legislation is categorized as the collected set of laws of United Kingdom that includes
demonstrations of the parliament. The characteristics of the sources of laws are given below as
follows:
 The legal system of the nation applies the rule of equality for providing equal and
just treatment to individuals irrespective of the basis such as caste, gender and race.
 It has been believed in the establishment and maintenance of the affectionate
relations among the society and people in it (Sarti, Bellavitis and Martini, 2018).
 The legislation in the country is way too dynamic and is limited within the options
of expansion of the boundaries on the basis of the changing rules, regulations and
laws.
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 It also recognized and built peace in the society with the maintenance of the laws
and order in the nation.
 The system is very complex and intricate in its behaviour ascertaining the legal
obligations.
iii. Deliberate the effect of the particular laws on the multilingual organisation.
With globalisation playing an essential role for the business enterprises in the business
developments at the global level and with these they also have to build a distinct multi linguistic
department as language is measured to be a primary blockage for organisations at the time of
their expansions for the businesses in the international market as it plays an important role in
understand the needs and requirements of the customers in the local market of the place. The
various laws also help in assisting to educate the society about the various diversified cultures in
the society among its individuals. These practices together relating to the multilingualism assist
in addressing the authenticity of any respective locality or area. Hence it is essential for the
business organisations to establish multilingual practices for making sure that there is enough
understanding of the languages of various types at one place that helps in assisting the validity of
the diverse cultures of the different cultures. So the result of the various laws on the multi
languages formation is that is assists in the evolution and progress of a respective arena by
providing it the respective recognitions to the minority class at the national level by framing at
numerous policies for the diversified regional cultures.
3.0 Give examples of how the UK law making process have a direct impact on
commercial organisations focusing on ONE of the below list:
Explain and give the features of one of the following laws:
i. Contract law
As given by the English laws, contract is depicted as an understanding in between not less
than two social affairs or parties that is limiting rightfully. An arrangement is an inflexible
comprehension that assists the parties involved in presenting the prerequisite of the guidelines.
As understanding can be termed as an open term but it does come out to be the primary
requirement for the customary schedules for all the individuals. The primary features for the
English contract laws are described beneath which assimilates with three different parts:
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 Formation of a contract
 Contents of a contract
 End of a contract
Formation of a contract
On the basis of the English guideline, the three primary necessities for drafting a contract
which combines figuring out the actual thought. In addition a contract is developed after the
making of a proposition that may be for the preparation of the insurance arrangement of either
money or the purchase of the explicit products. The three primary necessities for the draft of a
contract lie in knowing the real thought behind the contract. In addition, a contract is established
after the providence of the suggestions needed. After this the other party distinguishes the
arrangement that provides for the comprehension so the parties can understand the
recommendations and give counter suggestions. The two parties involved should duly provide
for their true correspondence as for the counter recommendations and the arrangements are
sorted from each side. To outline an understanding which goes in with the necessary requisites
ought to be completed in setting of thought that is provided below:
 Thought ought to be satisfactory yet need not be adequate.
 Thought ought not to be from the past.
 Thought ought to move from the responsibility.
Here the contract law affects a business relationship as necessity may occur to follow all of
these characteristics to approach a legally official concurrence for certain different social
occasions including its labourers or untouchables related with its business.
Contents of a contract
The contents in a contract are various and are referred to as the terms or the clauses. An
agreement may generally contain of these various terms. Even the simplest form of the contract
will include terms. The primary terms are commonly the price paid, the subject matter, the
services asked. It is normal for businesses to have a standard form of the written terms and
contents of the contract that may be a lot on paper.it is not necessary for the terms of the contract
to be on paper in case of the simplest contracts but the written availability of the contents of the
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contract needs to be present in case of the complex contract and arrangements. These complex
contents may be termed as conditions, warranties or the innominate terms. It is fundamentally
essential for the two parties to ensure that the contract is enforceable in an effective manner and
there are no likelihoods of trouble in between the parties for the contents and affiliations of the
contract.
The end of a contract
The different steps to end a contract are as follows: lapse, end, vitiation and
disappointment. Termination is referred to be ending the contract as an agreement reaches for its
terms and is ended for its actual proper expiry date. The end for an agreement is executed and is
on the basis of an appropriate break expectantly break or end break. Vitiation indicates to the
situational circumstances in which the individuals determining a contract have had the choice to
have an understanding. Whereas there occurs an area of presence or non-presence of the realistic
situation or the event or non-event of the explicit matters that has been removed due to the
release of an agreement or in an alternative manner in which it is provided. In this part of the
agreement and association is affected, reason being that it gets influenced by each and every
minor guideline in the completion of an agreement. It is understood to be done in a legal manner
so the individuals and the parties involved do not have to deal with any legal difficulties in the
end of the contract.
CONCLUSION
From the above report, it can be concluded that business law is an essential concept for all
type of different organisations. With it being the body of legislation that is applicable to the
rights, responsibilities and conduct of individuals. In UK, the legal system is governed not only
England and Wales, but also Scotland and Ireland. As the source of law in the United Kingdom
is distributed in primary and secondary sources. The major part of UK legal system is based
upon common law that is also known as judge made law that is the amalgamation of customs and
judicial patterns. The other part of the report concludes upon the employment law that is
considered as essential legislations for actual functioning of any business enterprise. It basically
governs the employers and employees at their work institutions for their obligations towards
each other.
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