Reforming Misconduct in Public Office – deadline for responses extended
Owing to a recent increase of interest in this project we have decided to extend the deadline for receiving consultation responses from 28 November 2016 to 3 January 2017.
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Bronwen Maddox appointed Non-Executive Board Member
We are very pleased to welcome Bronwen Maddox as a Non-Executive Board Member of the Law Commission. In September 2016 Bronwen Maddox was appointed as the Director of the Institute for Government, an independent charity working to increase government effectiveness. For the previous five and a half years, she was editor and chief executive of Prospect Magazine. … Read more >
Pension Funds and Social Investment: Call for Evidence
We have issued a short call for evidence for our pension funds and social investment project. The Minister for Civil Society, Rob Wilson MP, has asked the Law Commission to look at social investment by pension funds. We invite views from consultees on social investment by pension funds and in particular, whether there are any … Read more >
Form and Accessibility of the Law Applicable in Wales / Ffurf a Hygyrchedd y Gyfraith sy’n Gymwys yng Nghymru
The corrected Welsh language version of the Form and Accessibility of the Law Applicable in Wales report is now available to download. We had identified some problems with the Welsh language versions of our report and summary, and had to remove them from the website. We are pleased to say that updated Welsh language versions … Read more >
Simplifying sentencing procedure
Current sentencing procedure is overwhelmingly complex and difficult to apply even for experienced practitioners and judges. It is contained in numerous separate provisions across a multitude of statutes with no coherent structure to aid navigation. On 7 October 2016 we published an interim report which summarises the responses we received to a consultation document on … Read more >
Protecting consumers from unfair logbook loans
Every year thousands of borrowers and unwitting buyers of second-hand vehicles are falling victim to unfair logbook loans because the law does not protect them. Logbook loans are a way for borrowers to use their car or van as security for a loan. The lender takes on ownership of the vehicle but the borrower can … Read more >
Logbook loans – reforming unfair, archaic law
Every year thousands of borrowers and unwitting buyers of second-hand vehicles are falling victim to unfair logbook loans because the law does not protect them. Logbook loans are a way for borrowers to use their car or van as security for a loan. The lender takes on ownership of the vehicle but the borrower can … Read more >
Reforming the offence of misconduct in public office
The law that governs misconduct in public office is unclear, ambiguous and in need of reform, according to the Law Commission, independent law reform adviser to the Government. More people than ever before are being accused of misconduct in public office, and recent years have seen a number of high-profile allegations, investigations and prosecutions of … Read more >
Misconduct in public office – unclear, ambiguous and in need of reform
More people than ever before are being accused of misconduct in public office, and recent years have seen a number of high-profile allegations, investigations and prosecutions of the offence. But the existing law does not clearly define either what is meant by “misconduct” or who holds “public office”. It is unclear, ambiguous and in need … Read more >
Simplifying technical issues in charity law
In a consultation opening today we are asking consultees for their views on potential reforms to two areas of charity law: to make consistent across all types of charity the powers for changing a charity’s purpose, and to simplify the process by which charities seek trust corporation status. The consultation, which is open until 31 … Read more >