Annual report 2016-17 published

…operating in uncertain times with significant budgetary pressure, we will build on this enthusiasm to continue making the law simple, modern and fair.” Download the Law Commission’s Annual Report 2016-17….

Project: Mental Capacity and Deprivation of Liberty

Project status: Complete

Download the report Download the summary Download the Easy Read summary The problem The Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards aim to protect people who lack mental capacity, but who need to…

Proposals to improve safety of coal tips in Wales

…would bring into play an enhanced safety regime with increased involvement of the supervisory authority to minimize dangerous hazards occurring. Nicholas Paines QC, Public Law Commissioner at the Law Commission…

Annual report 2019-20 published

…who spoke about thirty years of the Children Act Welcoming Professor Penney Lewis, the new Criminal Law Commissioner, and Professor Sarah Green, the new Commercial and Common Law Commissioner to…

Privacy notice and handling data

…the Law Commission must state the lawful bases for processing personal data. The Commission has a statutory function, stated in the 1965 Act, to receive and consider any proposals for…