The UK Legal Business System: An Overview of Laws and Employment

This report provides a detailed overview of the UK legal business system, dividing the content into three main parts. The first part defines laws and identifies the legal systems in the UK, explaining civil and criminal law with examples and discussing the role of courts such as the High Court and Supreme Court. The second part explores case law as a source of laws, explains the process of making legislation, and provides the meaning and examples of delegated legislation. The third part focuses on employment law, covering aspects such as employee rights, employer duties, and wrongful dismissal. The report concludes that understanding the legal system and business laws is essential for business organizations to operate effectively within legal standards.

Legal Business System
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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY ..................................................................................................................................3
PART 1............................................................................................................................................3
Define laws and identify the respective legal systems in the UK. .............................................3
Clearly explain with use of examples the following as means of classification of laws in the
English Legal system..................................................................................................................4
a) Civil Law:...............................................................................................................................4
b) Criminal Law..........................................................................................................................4
Explain the role of the following Courts in the English Legal system such as ..........................5
a) High Court...............................................................................................................................5
b) Supreme Court........................................................................................................................5
PART 2............................................................................................................................................5
Explain Case Law as a source of laws........................................................................................5
Explain the process of making Legislation.................................................................................6
Provide the meaning and examples of Delegated Legislation....................................................6
PART 3............................................................................................................................................6
Employment Law .......................................................................................................................6
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFRENCES ..................................................................................................................................8
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INTRODUCTION
Legal system are those perspectives which are used in order to deal with legal issues
existing within country. The legal system helps business organization in developing structure as
per guidelines and rules provided within business law. Business laws are important part of legal
system as they lead upon establishing business organization in more effective manner. These
laws has helped in making business organization develop structure leading over establishing
business organization within a country. Business laws are those legal legislation which makes
operations of business conducted more effectively through making goals and objectives achieved
more effectively. Further, the report is divided in to three parts first part is based over legal
system of UK. In this civil and criminal law has been covered with role of courts. Second part is
based over sources of law. Third part explains about employment law.
MAIN BODY
PART 1
Define laws and identify the respective legal systems in the UK.
Law means those system of rules that has been create in order to deal over various issues
existing within a country(Mayer, 2019). These rules are based over legislations which are
enforced by regiment institution over regulating behaviour of individual present within an
organization. In other words laws are those perspectives which are used for dealing within with
both criminal and civil activities which intend to harm structure present within a country. These
laws has been able to form structure that leads over developing justice within an organization.
Law are of various types helping in controlling activities having negative impact over society.
In the legal system of United Kingdom different kinds of laws exists that are formed through
passing legislation within parliament. Also common law principles are present allowing courts
to modify particular legislation when its is not able to serve justice in any manner. Legal system
of UK contains three main organs which are legislative, executive and judiciary. These three
organs together helps in forming of law, execution of law and protects constitutional aspect
within particular country. Laws within legal system of UK has lead towards developing modern
law which has helped in shaping legal system of United Kingdom.
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Clearly explain with use of examples the following as means of classification of laws in the
English Legal system
English legal system are based over two major laws which has been discussed as follows:
a) Civil Law:
These are those laws that has been used in order to deal over aspects within which an
individual is involved. The laws are mainly focused over civil legislation which are important to
deal with civil wrongs committed by an individual living in society. Also, civil laws means
comprehensive system made of rules and principles that makes arrangement done over providing
accessibility to its citizens and jurists. Civil laws used over develop logical structure which
makes legislation created more effectively(Possemiers, 2019). There are various aspects of civil
law that deals over general clauses which allows change take place within an organization. These
laws deals with issues that are based over needs of individual. The laws are deal over issues
related to property and civil disputes. Further, civil procedure code is used for developing proper
process within an organization. Thus civil law are important in terms forming structure making
civil laws used with common laws over forming better civil legal structure. Through civil law
individual's rights are protected as per the constitutional farmworker within country. Thus civil
law is important for legal system of United kingdom.
b) Criminal Law
These are those laws which is used for dealing over issues that includes society at large.
In these laws criminal activities present within society are handled. Criminal laws are those laws
which is based over criminal activities taking place within society. Under criminal law those
body of laws are present which defines about criminal offenses, regulates the apprehension,
charging, and trial of suspected persons, and fixes penalties and modes of treatment applicable to
convicted offenders. Also, criminal law are based over those body of laws applied within
criminal act over main theories included for punishing criminal performing crime. It is based
over Criminal procedure code which deals over investigation, trial and proceeding procedures by
suggesting legal way to perform them. Criminal law is not based on individual but is based over
crime taking place within society. Criminal laws are important part of English legal system as
they form legislation of criminal nature.
The above discussion shows that both civil and criminal laws are important part of legal
system of United Kingdom which has helped in developing strong legal structure making
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guidelines developed in relation to conducts of an individual in relation to another individual.
Also, they are bound to make public crime controlled in more effective way.
Explain the role of the following Courts in the English Legal system such as
The legal system of UK contains judiciary within which various courts are present out of
these courts two important courts has been explained as follows:
a) High Court
These are the second most important court which has been established within judicial
system of United Kingdom. High court deals over cases that are transferred from lower courts or
are challenge within high courts(Sabri, PASHAZADEH, Gharibeh and VAKILZADEH, 2020).
Also High Court is able to develop legal structure which made both civil and criminal cases deal
with more effectiveness. High court has power to trash a judgement of lower court when it
violates particular legislation.
b) Supreme Court
This is highest court of appeal which deals over those cases that has been transferred
from lower courts. These courts has bee given power in order to protect constitution and
fundamental rights of an individual. Also the court is responsible for using common law
principles for procuring justice in more effective way. Through Supreme Court an law formed by
government can be stopped if its violates basic principles of natural justice and new law can be
passed by court by using common law principles in relation to justifying the law as per legal
system of United Kingdom.
PART 2
Explain Case Law as a source of laws
Case law are one of the most important source which is used in order to form law more
effectively. They are based over rare cases that become important aspects for protecting justice
within country like UK. These are used as sources of law as case laws are able to create more
relevance in landmark cases. Case laws are formed by analysing particular situation form various
aspects that has developed due to particular legal issue. Also case laws are developed in the form
of report and are used as reference within similar cases in future. They have important role to
play within United Kingdom law making as they work over common law principles which is
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based of UK law making process. The laws formed out of case laws are developed within the
guidance of higher courts
Explain the process of making Legislation
Legislations are important aspect present within country as they contains laws which are
permanent and applicable all over the country. Legislation contains laws related to all field
existing within society. They are based over preparing and enhancing laws with the help of local
bodies, state of national legislature. Also they are important perspective as the develop legal
guidance over forming laws important for developing legal framework for a country. In United
Kingdom proper process is followed for law formation which is know as three stage reading
process. In this first stage is based over presenting of draft by present government within
parliament no discussion is done over it. In second stage deep discussion is done over the bill
presented and voting is done while suggesting amendments. In third stage again discussion is
done over bill presented with amendments and then it is send to House of Lords. In the end
Royal assistance is provided that is given by Monarch. This makes legislation become permanent
law in UK.
Provide the meaning and examples of Delegated Legislation
Delegated legislation means those aspects which give power to executive over
distributing power to sub authority in order to make laws formed more effectively(Tarwater and
Lenow, 2021). According to this concept powers are divided as per the directions provided by an
delegated authority. Further, delegated legislation is used upon making appropriate plan for
making justice secured in more effective way. In order to understand this an example is that law
forming officers can delegate power to other authorities to any other sub authorities. This makes
working of main authority reduced in more effective manner.
PART 3
Employment Law
Employment laws are those laws which has been used over dealing with various
problems faced by an employee in more effective way. These laws based over various
perspectives which an employee deals with while working within an organization. The law has
helped employees in solving issues with legal perspective. Employment laws deals upon issues
like discrimination, infringement of rights or any other ethical issue. These issues are solved in
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more effective through using various legislations like Equality act 2010, Employment Right Act
1995 and Workmen Compensation Act 1989. The legislation has suggested various ways within
which an employee is able to raise voice against problem that is faced by them. Through
applying these legislation organizations are able to form better policies in relation to employee
development(Zwitter, 2019). Under employment law there are various duties which are required
to be followed by employer towards employees. The duties of the employer include: to pay
wages, to provide work and to take reasonable care of employee against workplace injury. The
wages or salary which an employer is obliged to pay will normally be the subject-matter of an
express term of the contract. As per this wrongful dismissal is another aspect which is mentioned
within Employees Right Act 1995. It explains that an employee cannot be removed form the
organization on any legal basis. There should be proper reason and notice should be send t
employee as per the nature of problems done by employee. An employee can only be removed
when any kinds of theft, misbehave and unethical conduct has been performed by an employee.
Thus employment laws deals over various kinds of aspects in relation to dismissal of employee's.
CONCLUSION
From the above discussion it can be concluded that legal system of business laws are
those aspects which has been used in order to business organization as per legal standards
present within an organization. These laws are used over forming guidelines used by business for
performing its operations more effectively. Under the report first part is based over laws like
civil and criminal law. In this legal system of UK is discussed. In second part various resources
of business is discussed in more effective way. In third part employment law has been explained
with tow major aspects of employer's duties and employment law.
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