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The Law Commission has today published a consultation paper on reviewing the law of friendly societies in England and Wales.

The Government has today taken forward recommendations by the Law Commission in its Commonhold White Paper.

The Law Commission has today (3 March) published a brief supplementary consultation paper. The Commission is seeking further views on what information or opinions someone should lawfully be able to publish after a suspect has been arrested

The Law Commission has today published a comprehensive consultation paper on reforming the criminal appeals system in England and Wales.

The Arbitration Act has completed its passage through Parliament and received Royal Assent. The new Arbitration Act 2025 enacts the recommendations of the Law Commission to reform arbitration law

Read the speech the Chair of the Law Commission, Sir Peter Fraser, gave for the Society of Legal Scholars SLS Hale Lecture 2024

There has been some media coverage which suggests that, as part of our burials consultation, the Law Commission is proposing that Commonwealth war graves (graves of servicemen and women who died in the first and second world wars) should be reused. This is not the case.

In November, the Law Commission welcomed interns from Bridging the Bar (BTB) for an impactful internship week—a collaborative initiative designed to champion diversity and inclusivity in the legal profession.

Applications are now open for prospective research assistants at the Law Commission.

Today the Law Commission publishes a consultation paper on compulsory purchase, as part of a review of the current law on compulsory purchase and compensation.