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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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Patents, Trade Marks and Designs: Unjustified Threats

Area of law:
Commercial and common law
Status:
Completed
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Simplification of the criminal law

Area of law:
Criminal law
Status:
Completed
Published:

Rights to Light

Area of law:
Property, family and trust law
Status:
Completed
Published:

Simplification of the criminal law: kidnapping and related offences

Bringing how the law deals with kidnapping into the 21st century. We await a response from government.
Area of law:
Criminal law
Status:
Completed
Published:

Fiduciary duties of investment intermediaries

This project is complete. In October 2014, the Government accepted the majority of our recommendations.
Area of law:
Commercial and common law
Status:
Completed
Published:

Charity law: social investment by charities

Our recommendations for reform are included in the Charities (Protection and Social Investment) Act 2016, which received Royal Assent on 16 March 2016.
Area of law:
Property, family and trust law
Status:
Completed
Published:

Data Sharing between Public Bodies

Area of law:
Public law and law in Wales
Status:
Completed
Published:

Hate crime [completed report: 2014]

Area of law:
Criminal law
Status:
Completed
Published:

Contempt of court: court reporting

Government has welcomed our recommendations and will consider how an online reporting restriction database could be taken forward
Area of law:
Criminal law
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: