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Previous commissioners of the Law Commission

A list of all the previous commissioners of the Law Commission.

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CommissionerDates in post
Laurence Gower1965 – 1971
Neil Lawson1965 – 1971
Norman Marsh1965 – 1978
Andrew Martin1965 – 1970
Claud Bicknell1970 – 1975
Aubrey Diamond1971 – 1976
Derek Hodgson1971 – 1977
Stephen Edell1975 – 1983
Peter North1976 – 1984
William Forbes1977 – 1981
Stephen Cretney1978 – 1983
Brian Davenport1981 – 1988
Trevor Aldridge1984 – 1993
Julian Farrand1984 – 1988
Brenda Hoggett (Hale)1984 – 1993
Richard Buxton1989 – 1993
Jack Beatson1989 – 1994
Charles Harpum1994 – 2001
Diana Faber1994 – 2000
Stephen Silber1994 – 1999
Andrew Burrows1994 – 1999
Hugh Beale2000 – 2007
Alan Wilkie2000 – 2005
Martin Partington2001 – 2005
Stuart Bridge2001 – 2008
Jeremy Horder2005 – 2010
Kenneth Parker2006 – 2009
David Hertzell2007 – 2014
Elizabeth Cooke2008 – 2015
Frances Patterson2010 – 2013
David Ormerod2010 – 2019
Nicholas Paines2013 – 2024
Stephen Lewis2015 – 2019
Nicholas Hopkins2015 –
Sarah Green2020 – 2024
Penney Lewis2020 –
Alison Young2024 –