Business & Law Courses

Considering Business & Law Courses? 

Business Law or commercial or corporate law is the study and practice of all laws related to the running of a business. This includes the rights, relations, and conduct of employees and businesses as well as the formation of businesses. A basic understanding of business law can help you to spot potential legal issues as they come up and allow you to make better decisions and know when to seek other legal assistance.

About Business & Law

Business law encompasses all the laws that dictate how a business must be established and run. This includes all laws that include how to start, purchase, manage and close or sell any kind of business. Business laws lay down the rules that all companies should follow. A good business person will be generally familiar with business laws but still, know when to seek the advice of an attorney when necessary.

Much of business law addresses the different types of business organizations, there are laws regarding how to properly form and run each type of organization.

This includes legislation on entities such as corporations, partnerships and limited liability companies. Whenever someone wants to start a business, they must first decide what type of business they want to be in order to determine what paperwork and forms they need to file to start a business. They would also need to decide what to name their business and will need to determine if there are already other businesses with that name or if there are any other trademarks, patent, or copyright issues. These all form a part of intellectual property law. Licenses and permits and advertising and consumer protection laws are also important factors that you need to be aware of in Business Law for the start of a business.

When buying a business many business laws govern how a business can be bought. Real Estate law, property law, and employment laws such as contract law are all parts of Business Law when buying a business and starting to manage a business. A good business person will be sure to enter contracts with an understanding of the content and a good faith interest in upholding the contract.

There are many aspects involved in the legal management of a business, running a business will involve a lot of employment law and contract law. Business law will guide how to hire, what contracts should look like, what benefits the business has to provide to its employees, how to pay employee insurance and taxes and how to properly fire an employee.

 What Will I Learn?

• You will learn all about the laws required to start and manage a business successfully.
• You will learn to develop writing and problem-solving skills.
• You will learn strong communication, negotiation, and presentation skills.
• You will learn to develop an ability to interpret and explain complex information both verbally and in writing which is a key aspect in the world of business.

Career Opportunities 

After completing your course in Business & Law you could have a career in Business, Human Resources, Financial Analysis, Compliance, Administrative Law, Transactional lawyer, or Trial lawyer.

If you’re serious about doing a Business & Law course, check out courses near you in the Nightcourses.co.uk national course finder.