Project: Trustees’ Powers and Duties

Project status: Complete

…including: collective delegation by trustees the use of nominees and custodians powers of insurance, and remuneration of professional trustees. This was a joint project with the Scottish Law Commission.  …

Project: Electronic trade documents

Project status: Complete

…trillion to the UK. The process of moving goods across borders involves a range of actors including transportation, insurance, finance and logistics service providers. We have estimated that global container…

Who we are

…of the Serious Fraud Office and a Non-Executive Director of the Solicitors Regulation Authority and Chartered Insurance Institute. Until May 2022 she was Deputy Director General of the Independent Office…

Project: Right to Manage

Project status: Complete

…company, take control of services, repairs, maintenance, improvements, and insurance in respect of their building. However, stakeholders told us about numerous problems with the existing RTM regime, including: unpredictable and…

Bringing the statute book up to date

…war • A 1939 Act to protect the public against the mis-selling of insurance for war damage to their homes • A 1267 Act controlling the seizing of debtors’ goods…

Consumer prepayment on retailer insolvency

…protections and know how to use them. Additionally, retailers may take active steps to protect consumer payments through mechanisms such as trust accounts or insurance. However, these options can be…

Project: Remote driving

…a similar basis to the insurance provisions for automated vehicles. Responsibility for maintaining safety in areas beyond the remote driver’s knowledge or control should lie with the organisation, not the…

Law Commission welcomes new Non-Executive Board members

…Vice Chair of the Internet Watch Foundation, Interim Chair and Non-Executive Director of the Serious Fraud Office and a Non-Executive Director of the Solicitors Regulation Authority and Chartered Insurance Institute….