Implementation of our reports

…the Lord Chancellor (on behalf of the Government) and the Law Commission Following the commencement of the Law Commission Act 2009, in March 2010 the Government and the Law Commission…

Surrogacy reforms to improve the law for all

…take many months to complete. This proposal for the creation of a new surrogacy process or “pathway” is one of several that the Law Commissions are now consulting on which…

Project: Perpetuities and Accumulations

Project status: Complete

…1964). In 1989 the Law Commission proposed examining both rules as part of its Fourth Programme of Law Reform. The project The Law Commission published a consultation paper in 1993,…

Bringing the statute book up to date

…understand and simpler to use.” The report, Statute Law Repeals: Twentieth Report, is available on the Law Commissions’ websites: lawcom.gov.uk, www.scotlawcom.gov.uk. Examples of repeals included in the Statute Law (Repeals)…

Research assistants

…after completing their undergraduate degree. Competition for the role is extremely high. We look for exceptional candidates and select them based on the following criteria: You must have completed a…

Project: Corporate Criminal Liability

Project status: Complete

…Penney Lewis, Commissioner for criminal law, and Professor Sarah Green, Commissioner for commercial and common law. We published a discussion paper in May 2021 and held a series of roundtable…

Views sought on criminal appeals process

…that may be preventing the effective delivery of justice. Responses can be submitted to the Commission until 31 October 2023. Commenting on the issues paper, Professor Penney Lewis, Criminal Law…