The Law Commission’s Annual Report 2024-25 and Business Plan 2025-2026
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The Law Commission’s Annual Report 2024-25 and Business Plan 2025-2026 are published today.
The annual report highlights the work the Law Commission did from April 2024 to March 2025.
This has been a particularly busy period in terms of implementation and legislation, with a significant number of Law Commission projects being implemented in Government acts or bills in Parliament and the Senedd.
Some examples are:
- The Arbitration Act 2025 ensures that arbitration law remains state of the art and that London remains the world’s first choice for international arbitration.
- The Automated Vehicles Act 2024 lays down the framework for safely deploying self-driving cars on UK roads.
- The Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 includes various options and recommendations made by the Law Commission in its reports on enfranchisement and right to manage.
- The Crime and Policing Bill contains provisions based on recommendations, including on the confiscation of the proceeds of crime and modernising communications offences (relating to exposure and encouraging serious self-harm).
- The Senedd Cymru introduced the Disused Mine and Quarry Tips (Wales) Bill to implement recommendations in the Coal Tip Safety report.
This year marks the Law Commission’s 60th anniversary, and it is an important milestone for us, not least because it is the first time in our history that we will have all female Commissioners.
Our Annual Report looks back over the past twelve months, when the Law Commission has been exceptionally busy and productive. We are currently engaged in 17 law reform projects, which examine areas such as Homicide, Wills, Disabled children’s social care, and Digital assets.
We also have a clear purpose demonstrated by our Business Plan which sets out our key ambitions over the coming year, including our opportunities and challenges. The priorities that we have identified will ensure we continue to deliver work that is particularly important to our organisation and will help us focus on ways that we can develop as an organisation over the next 12 months.
I want to thank everyone at the Law Commission for their continued hard work and dedication to what we do. We are a small organisation that is in demand and exceptionally busy. Without the extraordinary work that is produced, we would not be the success that we are. It has been a great pleasure to help lead the Law Commission over this period.
Our Annual Report looks back over the past twelve months, when the Law Commission has been exceptionally busy and productive. We are currently engaged in 17 law reform projects, which examine areas such as Homicide, Wills, Disabled children’s social care, and Digital assets.
We also have a clear purpose demonstrated by our Business Plan which sets out our key ambitions over the coming year, including our opportunities and challenges. The priorities that we have identified will ensure we continue to deliver work that is particularly important to our organisation and will help us focus on ways that we can develop as an organisation over the next 12 months.
I want to thank everyone at the Law Commission for their continued hard work and dedication to what we do. We are a small organisation that is in demand and exceptionally busy. Without the extraordinary work that is produced, we would not be the success that we are. It has been a great pleasure to help lead the Law Commission over this period.
Sir Peter Fraser, Chair of the Law Commission
Annual Report 24-25
(PDF, 760 KB)
Business Plan 25-26
(PDF, 1 MB)