Improvements to the fragmented and complicated tribunals system in Wales have today [16 December 2020] been proposed by the Law Commission. The proposals, which are now being consulted on, aim…
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The regulations form part of a package of measures to clarify consumer law. These measures will draw on three joint reports by the Law Commission and Scottish Law Commission. Read…
…law reform described in this book. A PDF version of the book is available to download here. The Welsh language PDF version of the book is available to download here….
…a public consultation on event fees. View the consultation paper here: https://s3-eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/cloud-platform-e218f50a4812967ba1215eaecede923f/uploads/sites/30/2015/10/cp226_residential_leases.pdf Today the final report with recommendations to government for reform is published here: https://lawcom.gov.uk/project/event-fees-in-retirement-properties/ The proposed reforms would…
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Download the report Download a summary of the report Download a Welsh summary of the report Download an Easy Read summary of the report The Problem Hate crimes are acts…
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…and laws governing post-trial retention and disclosure of evidence Documents Download the issues paper here. Download the summary of the issues paper here. Download the Welsh summary paper here. Download…
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Download a summary of the report here. Download the full report here. Read the interim response from the MoJ here. View the press release here. Our project The origins of…
…in overseeing the Commission’s law reform and making key strategic decisions. Alongside the other Commissioners, he will be instrumental in leading the Commission’s work to ensure that the law is…
…by a judge, which allows an investigator to enter premises to search and seize material. But the Commission says that the current system for granting warrants is too complicated and…
Who selects the Commission’s work programme? From time to time we consult widely to help us draw up a new programme of law reform. The Law Commissions Act 1965 requires…