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 >
The Law Commission has today relaunched its diversity work shadowing scheme, expanding it to cover both Commissioner, and lawyer roles. For the law to be effective, it must be representative of the communities it covers. Therefore, we are keen to look to as broad and diverse a pool of talent as we possibly can to … Read more >
The Law Commission has today confirmed that the existing law of England and Wales is able to accommodate and apply to smart legal contracts, without the need for statutory law reform. The Law Commission notes that, in some contexts, an incremental development of the common law is all that is required to facilitate the use … Read more >
The Chair of the Law Commission, Sir Nicholas Green, provides an update on the 14th Programme and the next steps.