…the Law Commission to carry out this important work. We will carefully consider the Law Commission’s recommendations, which are a significant milestone in our reform programme, as we create a…
Project status: Pre-consultation
…are entitled to and how to access it. The project will play a role in the Government’s ongoing programme for the reform of children’s social care and the system for…
…the accessibility of Welsh law under review; and the Welsh Ministers and the Counsel General are under a duty to develop and implement a programme of activity for each Assembly,…
…small series of simplification projects originally proposed in our Tenth Programme of Law Reform. It follows on from our project on “Simplification of Criminal Law: Kidnapping and Related Offences”, in…
The Law Commission undertook a review of the law of damages, particularly personal injury damages, as part of the 5th and 6th Programmes of Law Reform. …
Project status: Complete
…of the law in practice, but could not see a clear problem with the law itself. Law Commissioners approved a scoping project as part of the Eleventh Programme of law…
Project status: Complete
…or flat Responses to our 13th Programme consultation criticised the current legislation as being complex, inconsistent and costly. Terms of reference Government asked us to review the enfranchisement process to…
Professor Nick Hopkins has pledged that the Law Commission’s leasehold reform recommendations to government will provide a “better deal for leaseholders”. Announced as part of the 13th Programme of Law…
Project status: Complete
…England and Wales’ Eleventh Programme of Law Reform published on 19 July 2011. The twin aims of the project are to ensure, first, that electoral laws are presented within a…
Project status: Complete
This project was part of the sixth programme of law reform. In our final report we explain how the law regulates the repair and maintenance of leasehold property and make…