…important government priorities. The Commission has a strong reputation for considering technically complex areas of the law, for example planning law in Wales, electronic signatures or the Sentencing Code. These…
…was appointed as Law Commissioner for commercial and common law on 01 January 2020. She was previously Professor of Private Law at the University of Bristol. Prior to that, she…
…200 freehold “units” which are the individual properties (such as flats) forming part of the commonhold development. The call for evidence can be found at https://lawcom.gov.uk/project/residential-leasehold-and-commonhold/ at 00:01 22 February….
Law Commission to consider how outdated compulsory purchase laws can be modernised. Government-backed review of technical laws to examine land acquisition and compensation. The Law Commission of England and Wales…
Project status: Complete
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…Commonhold report In our commonhold report we have made a number of recommendations that would make commonhold not just a workable alternative to residential leasehold for all involved, but the…
…proposals include: Reforms to the communications offences (the Malicious Communications Act 1988 (MCA 1988) and the Communications Act 2003 (CA 2003)), to criminalise behaviour where a communication would likely cause…
…receive a fair trial. In the project, the Commission will: Review whether reform of the provisions which restrict the use of evidence of complainants’ prior sexual history is needed Review…
…harm themselves. Commenting on the recommendation targeting the encouragement of serious self-harm, Professor Penney Lewis, Commissioner for Criminal Law at the Law Commission, said: “In our Modernising Communications Offences report,…
…the role. The Law Commission has four Commissioners, each leading one of our teams specialising in: Public Law and Law in Wales, Property, Family and Trust Law, Commercial and Common…