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Our work is organised between 4 teams, each overseen by a Commissioner who is responsible for that area of work. A team head and senior lawyer lead the teams of lawyers and research assistants to deliver their projects.
Find out more about the work of our teams:
Commissioner: Currently vacant
The Commercial and Common Law team has recently worked on a range of tech-related projects including cryptoassets and other digital assets, electronic trade documents (resulting in the Electronic Trade Documents Act 2023), smart legal contracts and electronic signatures.
Other areas of work include arbitration, consumer credit, intermediated securities, fiduciary duties of investment intermediaries, social investment by pension schemes, insurance contract law and consumer rights.
Current and future projects include:
- Co-operatives and community benefit societies
- Friendly societies
- Digital assets: which law, which court?
- Museum collections
- Deeds
- Insurable interest
Commissioner: Professor Penney Lewis
The Criminal Law team undertakes projects ranging from large-scale codification projects to shorter reviews of more pressing legal problems.
Current and future projects include:
Commissioner: Professor Nick Hopkins
The Property, Family and Trust Law team deals with a range of different subject areas.
Current and future projects include:
Commissioner: Professor Alison Young
The Public Law and Law in Wales team’s work extends to public law and regulation in England and Wales. The team has also undertaken a number of projects for the Welsh Government on matters of devolved law in Wales.
Current and future projects include:
- Autonomy in aviation
- Compulsory purchase
- Disabled children’s social care
- New funerary methods
- Agricultural law in Wales
The team regularly engages and works on devolved law in Wales, either as part of a project for the Welsh Government, or because one of our England and Wales projects touches upon issues which are devolved to the Senedd or Welsh Ministers.