Project status: Complete
…from its 11th Programme of Law Reform – and from Lord Hodgson’s 2012 review of the Charities Act 2006 – the Law Commission started investigating some of these technical issues…
Project status: Complete
…redress systems to correct errors. The project As part of our programme of housing law reform, on 13 May 2008 we published our final proposals in our report, “Housing: Proportionate…
…children struggling to understand what support they are entitled to and how to access it. The project would also play a role in the Government’s ongoing programme for children’s social…
Project status: Complete
…Letting. Our report recommends a programme of staged reforms based on principles of smart regulation. Following responses to our consultation paper, we propose a system of self-regulation designed to enhance…
Project status: Complete
…The Law Commission was asked by the Lord Chancellor to include work on smart legal contracts as part of our Thirteenth Programme of Law Reform. In November 2019, the UK…
…for our 14th Programme of Law Reform Launching our first Diversity and Inclusion strategy Publishing eight reports since the last annual report covering leasehold reform, consumer sales contracts and modernisation…
…this area as part of the Queen’s Speech. The Queen’s Speech sets out the intended legislative programme of government. The Law Commission has a special procedure which allows uncontroversial bills…
Project status: Pre-project
…our Eleventh Programme of Law Reform, published in July 2011, and the independent review of the Charities Act 2006 led by Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts. In September 2013, Government…
…for investigating authorities and prosecutors, and generating uncertainty for the licensed firearms community. As part of its 12th Programme of Law Reform, the Law Commission was asked by the Home…
…and confirming that they will form an input into the major consolidation Bill that will hopefully form an important part of the legislative programme in the next term of the…