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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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25 projects

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

Area of law:
Commercial and common law
Status:
Completed
Published:

Electoral Law

We have now published our final report.
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:

Matrimonial Property, Needs and Agreements

Making provision in law for binding nuptial agreements and helping people understand the law on meeting an ex-spouse’s financial needs on the breakdown of a marriage. Guidance has been produced, and scoping work undertaken by the government but we await a final response.
Area of law:
Property, family and trust law
Status:
Completed
Published: