Project: Adult Social Care
Project status: Complete
…Act will come into force in April 2015. The Care Act Manual (2014) by Tim Spencer-Lane provides a comprehensive and crucial guide to the new legislation. It gives the practitioner…
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Project: Employment Law Hearing Structures
Project status: Complete
…the general recommendations on time limits, extending time, contribution, the response did not commit to implementing our recommendations at the present time. The response noted that recommendations going to the…
Law Commissioners
…Chancellor may terminate an appointment at any time on the grounds of incapacity or misbehaviour. A Commissioner may resign their office at any time. However, a Commissioner is expected to…
Government says “not the right time” for review of marriage law
The Government has written to the Law Commission to say it’s not the right time for a full review of marriage law, but hasn’t ruled out further work in the…
Reforms to protect victims of online abuse and safeguard freedom of expression announced
…those targeted and change is needed to ensure we are protecting victims from abuse such as cyberflashing and pile-on harassment. “At the same time, our reforms would better protect freedom…
Reforms to confiscation regime to recover £8 million more per year
…confiscation proceedings being resolved. Allowing the court to impose contingent orders at the time that a confiscation order is made so that, if a defendant doesn’t pay in the time…
Project: Insurance Contract Law: Business Disclosure, Warranties, Insurers’ Remedies for Fraudulent Claims, and Late Payment
Project status: Complete
…particular type of loss, or loss at a particular time or in a particular location, is breached, the insurer’s liability should only be suspended in relation to that type of…
Project: Criminal Records Disclosure
Project status: Complete
…what is and is not on the list of non-filterable offences at any one time, as the content of each of these different lists may change from time to time….
Government accepts Law Commission recommendations for reform to charity law
…charities a large amount of time, as well as save costs. For example, the Law Commission estimated cost savings of £2.8m per year from the increased flexibility concerning sales of…
Project: Perpetuities and Accumulations
Project status: Complete
…to the existing common law system (see the Perpetuities and Accumulations Act 1964). The rule sets a time limit (known as the perpetuity period) within which future dealings with property…