Project: Conflict of laws and emerging technology
Project status: Pre-consultation
> See the latest updates on the project page Digital assets and ETDs in private international law: which court, which law?…
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Recommendations to allow electronic documents would revolutionise trade
…choice of law for global trade contracts, and maintain England and Wales as a pre-eminent jurisdiction for the resolution of disputes. The International Chamber of Commerce has estimated that digitalising…
Confiscation regime review to ensure crime doesn’t pay
…will examine: the challenges in effectively preventing the dissipation of criminal assets; the irregular compensation of victims in confiscation proceedings; the frequent imposition of unrealistic confiscation orders; and the ineffective…
Financial order reforms set to boost unfairly treated former partners and families
…to obtain information from third parties about a debtor’s assets extending existing methods of enforcement to assets that currently cannot be enforced against, for example pension assets and joint bank…
Project: Wills
Project status: Analysis of responses
…the law of wills as set out in the Wills Act 1837. The project is also exploring the need for possible future work on the management of digital information and…
Government asks Law Commission to look at trolling laws
…Government Digital Charter which aims to make the UK the safest place in the world online. Law Commissioner Professor David Ormerod QC said: “There are laws in place to stop…
Reform of the criminal law needed to protect victims from online abuse says Law Commission
…and hold perpetrators to account.” Responding to the Report, Digital Minister Margot James said: “Behaviour that is illegal offline should be treated the same when it’s committed online. We’ve listened…
Public should be given more search warrant protections – Law Commission
…world in which the internet and digital sources have a significant role. As a result, the independent legal experts have published proposals to modernise the powers available to authorities under…
New reforms to recover millions more from the proceeds of crime
…offenders’ assets, limiting unrealistic orders that can never be paid back, and speeding up confiscation proceedings – allowing victims to receive compensation more quickly. The Commission estimates that reforming the…
Project: Enforcement of Family Financial Orders
Project status: Complete
…the debtor’s assets being beyond existing enforcement powers A lack of means to apply pressure to debtors who can but will not pay We recommended a number of improvements to…