Businesses can suffer serious loss if insurance companies delay paying claims. But under Law Commission reforms introduced into Parliament today, insurers would be obliged to make prompt payment or face a claim for damages. At the moment, insurers are under no legal obligation to pay valid claims within a reasonable time. If they pay unreasonably … Read more >
Logbook loan borrowers have too little protection – and those who unwittingly buy cars subject to logbook loans have none at all. Today the Law Commission opens a consultation to reform the archaic law underlying logbook loans – the “Bills of Sale Acts” – which remains unchanged since Victorian times. Logbook loans are a way … Read more >
Logbook loan borrowers have too little protection – and those who unwittingly buy cars subject to logbook loans have none at all. We have opened a consultation to reform the archaic law underlying logbook loans – the “Bills of Sale Acts” – which remains unchanged since Victorian times. Logbook loans are a way for borrowers … Read more >
Professor Nicholas Hopkins has been appointed Law Commissioner for property, family and trust law and will be joining the Commission on 1 October 2015 to lead on our projects examining charity law, marriage, family financial orders, wills and land registration. Currently Professor of Law at the University of Reading, Professor Hopkins has been researching and … Read more >
The law governing the ownership and use of firearms is complex and difficult to apply. It is spread across a number of pieces of overlapping legislation, creating significant practical difficulties for investigating authorities and prosecutors, and generating uncertainty for the licensed firearms community. As part of its 12th Programme of Law Reform, the Law Commission … Read more >
The law governing the ownership and use of firearms is complex and difficult to apply. It is spread across a number of pieces of overlapping legislation, creating significant practical difficulties for investigating authorities and prosecutors, and generating uncertainty for the licensed firearms community. Today the Law Commission is publishing a scoping consultation paper, identifying the … Read more >
The Law Commission’s Annual Report 2014–15, published today, charts the Commission’s activities and achievements over the past year, including our law reform, consolidation and statute law repeals work; the beginnings of our 50th anniversary celebrations; and all we have done to strengthen ties with our valuable stakeholders. The past year has been the most productive … Read more >
Last night we held a celebratory event to mark the Law Commission’s 50th anniversary. More than 180 guests, including former Law Commissioners and Law Commission staff, stakeholders and friends of the Commission, joined us in Parliament’s elegant Terrace Pavilion to help celebrate the achievements of 50 years of law reform. Welcoming guests to the reception, … Read more >
A Protocol between the Law Commission and Welsh Ministers has been laid before the National Assembly for Wales, formalising how we will work together in relation to Welsh devolved matters. The Protocol, which was signed on 2 July, sets out the approach that the Commission and Welsh Ministers will jointly take to the Commission’s law … Read more >
Gosodwyd Protocol rhwng Comisiwn y Gyfraith a Gweinidogion Cymru gerbron Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru i ffurfioli sut byddwn yn cydweithio mewn perthynas â materion datganoledig Cymru. Mae’r Protocol, a lofnodwyd ar 2 Gorffennaf, yn nodi’r dull y bydd y Comisiwn a Gweinidogion Cymru yn ei ddefnyddio ar y cyd i ymdrin â gwaith y Comisiwn wrth … Read more >