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.
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.
We are recommending that a new Planning Code is created for Wales, which is comprehensive but simpler. We analysed the responses to our consultation paper, and produced a final report, submitted to the Welsh Government and laid in the UK Parliament and in the National Assembly on 3 December 2018. The Welsh government provided a full response in November 2020.
Replacing the Victorian era Bills of Sale Acts to bring greater protections for consumers taking out loans on goods. In May 2018, the Government said it will not introduce legislation at this time.
Helping pension funds invest in social investment to do good and do well at the same time. The Government has agreed to work towards implementing our reforms.
We published our final report and recommendations on 31 March 2017. We have received a final response from Government confirming that the majority of the recommendations will be implemented. Please see below for the full final response.
Protecting people with dementia and learning difficulties who are deprived of their liberty for treatment or care. Government has said legislation will be brought forward when Parliamentary time allows.
