Projects

Aviation autonomy

Project status: Consultation

Documents Consultation Paper Summary of Consultation Summary of Consultation (Cymraeg) Overview Overview (Cymraeg) Background The Law Commission has been asked by the Civil Aviation Authority (“CAA”) and Department for Transport (“DfT”) to review the law around autonomous flight, in order to support the safe development of rapidly advancing technology. The three-year review is partly funded … Read more >

Contempt of court

Project status: Pre-consultation

Documents Terms of reference The problem “Contempt of court” refers to a wide variety of conduct that may impede or interfere with a court case or the administration of justice. Examples include deliberately breaching a court order, refusing to answer the court’s questions if called as a witness, or releasing photographs or publicly commenting on … Read more >

Remote driving

Project status: We have published our advice to Government on remote driving Documents Remote driving: advice to Government Summary of remote driving: advice to Government Overview of remote driving: advice to Government Overview of remote driving: advice to Government (Welsh) Remote driving: analysis of responses to the issues paper All responses to the issues paper … Read more >

Decentralised Autonomous Organisations (DAOs)

Project status: Pre-consultation

The Government asked the Law Commission to produce a scoping paper which examines the description and legal status of DAOs – a new type of collective organisational structure that often uses blockchain, smart contracts or similar technology. > Read our call for evidence paper here.  > Respond to our call for evidence paper here. What … Read more >

Immigration Consolidation

Project status: Pre-project

The Government has asked the Law Commission to pause the work to consolidate the primary legislation on immigration.  The Windrush Lessons Learned Review, which was published in March 2020, drew attention to the complexity of immigration and nationality law and included this recommendation: Reduce the complexity of immigration and nationality law, immigration rules and guidance … Read more >

Evidence in Sexual Offence Prosecutions

Project status: Analysis of responses

Documents Download the consultation paper Download the summary of the consultation paper Download an overview of our key proposals Download the Easy Read summary of the consultation paper here: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3. The problem The Government’s End to End Rape Review found that the prevalence of rape and sexual violence has remained … Read more >

Digital assets and ETDs in private international law: which court, which law?

Project status: Pre-consultation

Download the call for evidence (February 2024) Download a summary of the call for evidence (February 2024) Respond to the call for evidence on the consultation website   The problem When parties to a private law dispute are based in different countries, or the facts and issues giving rise to the dispute cross national borders, … Read more >

Electronic trade documents

Project status: Complete

Download the report and draft legislation here. Download the summary of the report here. Download the Welsh summary of the report here. The problem International trade is worth around £1.266 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 … Read more >

Rheoleiddio Diogelwch Tomennydd Glo yng Nghymru

Project status: Complete

Lawrlwythwch yr adroddiad yma. Lawrlwythwch grynodeb yr adroddiad yma. Click here to read the English version of this page. Y broblem Nid yw’r ddeddfwriaeth bresennol sy’n ymwneud a thomennydd glo yn delio’n effeithlon gyda’r rheolaeth o domennydd glo anweithredol. Mae hyn yn bwysig, am fod y tirlithriadau tomennydd glo digwyddodd yng Nghymru yn Chwefror 2020 … Read more >