In our latest report, we recommend reforms to the common law offences of public nuisance and outraging public decency. Public nuisance traditionally dealt with environmental nuisance such as noise, smells and obstruction, but its focus has shifted to more general forms of public misbehaviour, bringing a wider range of potential offenders into its scope. Outraging … Read more >
What happens to your gift voucher or the deposit you’ve paid when a retailer goes bust? What happens if your Christmas savings scheme collapses? Under existing law, your money is unlikely to be protected and you may not get it back. In a consultation opening today, the Law Commission of England and Wales asks whether … Read more >
What happens to your gift voucher or the deposit you’ve paid when a retailer goes bust? And what if your Christmas savings scheme collapses? Under existing law, your money is unlikely to be protected and you may not get it back. In our latest consultation we ask whether greater protection is needed for consumers who … Read more >
An Act from 1979 allowing referendums for a Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly is among legislation being recommended for repeal by the Law Commissions. In a report published today the Law Commission for England and Wales and the Scottish Law Commission propose clearing away more than 200 old laws that are cluttering up the statute … Read more >
An Act from 1979 allowing referendums for a Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly is among legislation being recommended for repeal by the Law Commissions. In a report published today the Law Commission for England and Wales and the Scottish Law Commission propose clearing away more than 200 old laws that are cluttering up the statute … Read more >
Reporting on its inquiry into the Criminal Cases Review Commission, the House of Commons Justice Select Committee has recommended that the Law Commission review the Court of Appeal’s grounds for allowing appeals. It would be for the government to respond to this recommendation and ask the Law Commission to consider whether or not to conduct such a review. We have … Read more >
The Government has included the recommendations we made in our September 2014 report on social investment in charities into the Charities (Protection and Social Investment) Bill which was introduced into Parliament on 28 May 2015.
As part of our consultation on charity law, we are holding an event in Bristol on 10 June. Please join us to hear about our proposals and tell us what you think.
The Rt Hon Lord Justice David Bean has been announced as the 14th Chairman of the Law Commission. Lord Justice Bean will take up his appointment in August this year when the term of the current Chairman, the Rt Hon Lord Justice Lloyd Jones, comes to an end. Lord Justice Bean was appointed a Lord … Read more >
The Government has implemented a package of measures to reform consumer law. This includes measures to implement the recommendations we made in three reports, published jointly with the Scottish Law Commission: Consumer Rights Act 2015, which received Royal Assent on 26 March 2015, and The Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading (Amendment) Regulations 2014. Consumer Rights Act 2015 The Consumer Rights … Read more >