‘Cyberflashing’ will become a new criminal offence with perpetrators facing up to two years behind bars under new laws to be introduced by the Government. The practice typically involves offenders sending an unsolicited sexual image to people via social media or dating apps, but can also be over data sharing services such as Bluetooth and … Read more >
On 24 February 2022, the Law Commission’s Charities Bill received Royal Assent becoming the Charities Act 2022. The Act represents the culmination of the Law Commission’s charity law project which began in 2014 and implements recommendations made in our 2017 Report Technical Issues in Charity Law. The Act is the product of lengthy consultation and … Read more >
The Law Commission welcomes the publication of a revised version of Form D81 in February 2022. The form, available here, is the statement of information about parties’ financial circumstances used to support applications for a consent order in financial relief proceedings on divorce. The form helps the court decide if the financial and property arrangements … Read more >
The Government has accepted the Law Commission’s recommendations to reform the communications offences, made in the 2021 Modernising Communications Offences report. It intends to include the offences in the Online Safety Bill. The reformed offences will refocus the criminal law on communications where the sender specifically intended to cause harm, and that pose a real … Read more >
The Law Commission of England and Wales and the Scottish Law Commission (the Law Commissions) have today (26 January 2022) published their joint report, making recommendations for the safe and responsible introduction of self-driving vehicles. The report recommends introducing a new Automated Vehicles Act, to regulate vehicles that can drive themselves. It recommends drawing a … Read more >
The Law Commission has today [17 December 2021] launched a project to review how evidence is used in prosecutions of sexual offences, and to counter misconceptions about sexual harm (“rape myths”). The Law Commission will review the law, guidance and practice relating to the trial process in prosecutions of sexual offences – including rape – … Read more >
A new unified tribunal system should be introduced in Wales to replace the current fragmented tribunals, the Law Commission has announced today [9 December 2021]. A tribunal is a body set up to settle disputes, usually arising out of public bodies’ decisions. They provide justice to some of the most vulnerable people in society. But … Read more >
Dylid cyflwyno system dribiwnlysoedd unedig newydd yng Nghymru i ddisodli’r tribiwnlysoedd ar wahân fel ag y maent ar hyn o bryd, yn ôl cyhoeddiad Comisiwn y Gyfraith heddiw [9 Rhagfyr 2021]. Corff yw tribiwnlys sydd wedi’i sefydlu i ddatrys anghydfodau sydd fel arfer yn deillio o benderfyniadau cyrff cyhoeddus. Maen nhw’n darparu cyfiawnder i rai … Read more >
Reforms would ensure disabled and LGBT+ victims of hate crime receive same protection as those targeted because of their race and religion. Extending existing offences of stirring up hatred to cover incitement of violence and hatred on grounds of sex. Law Commission also recommends Government consider the need for public sexual harassment offence. New protection … Read more >
The Law Commission has today, 30 November 2021, announced that it will conduct a review of the Arbitration Act 1996, the principal legislation governing arbitrations in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The review aims to ensure that the UK remains at the forefront of international dispute resolution. Since it was enacted, the Arbitration Act 1996 … Read more >