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Completed projects

Once we have submitted a final report, our project is completed. After this, our recommendations are discussed by Government before they are put before Parliament.

Our most recent completed projects are listed here but you can view all projects completed by the Law Commission between 1966 and 2024.

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Area of law:
Criminal law
Status:
Completed
Published:

Protection of official data

A review of the Official Secrets Acts to make sure Britain is safe in the 21st century. The project has now concluded.
Area of law:
Criminal law
Status:
Completed
Published:

Commonhold

Making commonhold a preferred alternative to leasehold ownership. We published our report on commonhold (“Reinvigorating commonhold: the alternative to leasehold ownership”) on 21 July 2020.
Area of law:
Property, family and trust law
Status:
Completed
Published:

Residential leasehold and commonhold

All three residential leasehold and commonhold reports were published on 21 July 2020. Further details are available on the project-specific pages by following the links below.
Area of law:
Property, family and trust law
Status:
Completed
Published:

Right to manage

Helping leaseholders take control over the running of their buildings. We published our report on the right to manage (“Leasehold home ownership: exercising the right to manage”) on 21 July 2020.
Area of law:
Commercial and common law
Status:
Completed
Published:

Employment law hearing structures

The Law Commission has published a final report and the Government's responses to the report.
Area of law:
Commercial and common law
Status:
Completed
Published:

Electoral law

The Law Commission published a final report, jointly with the Scottish Law Commission.
Area of law:
Public law and law in Wales
Status:
Completed
Published:

Simplifying the immigration rules

We have published our report on Simplifying the Immigration Rules. The Government responded to our report on 25 March 2020. 
Area of law:
Public law and law in Wales
Status:
Completed
Published:

Electronic execution of documents

Making it easier to execute documents electronically. This project is now complete. The Government responded to our report in March 2020, confirming its agreement with our legal conclusions and undertaking to establish an Industry Working Group to consider issues of security and technology. The full response is available below.
Area of law:
Commercial and common law
Status:
Completed
Published:

Abusive and offensive online communications

We launched our Scoping Report on Abusive and Offensive Online Communications on 1 November 2018.
Area of law:
Criminal law
Status:
Completed
Published: