Law Reform Programme: Ministerial Reference

A review of environmental laws that apply to agricultural businesses in England

Considering the introduction of a consumer class actions regime

This review will consider the laws governing the accessibility of transport for disabled people in England and Wales and the wider frameworks in which they are contained.

The project will consider the merits of an arbitration system that facilitates trust disputes and consider how such a system might be designed.

Reviewing the law relating to liability for defective products.

The Law Commission is consulting on reforms to the law governing criminal appeals, including the tests applied by appeal courts and the Criminal Cases Review Commission, post-trial retention of and access to evidence, and compensation and support for the wrongly convicted.

Reforming the law to improve the current complex landscape, making options for kinship care for children simpler and easier to navigate.

Reviewing the law relating to homicide offences, including full and partial defences, and the existing sentencing framework for murder.

The Law Commission has completed its review of disabled children’s social care law and published its final report.

Reviewing whether the current law is working effectively and delivering fair, consistent outcomes for divorcing couples.