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Status: Upcoming project

Consumer class actions  

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Considering the introduction of a consumer class actions regime

Trust law arbitration

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The project will consider the merits of an arbitration system that facilitates trust disputes and consider how such a system might be designed.

Deeds

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This project forms part of the Law Commission’s 14th Programme of Law Reform.

Consent in the criminal law 

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A thorough review of the law of consent to provide greater predictability and to modernise the criminal law in England and Wales.

Offences against dead bodies 

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The defence of insanity

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Rights and obligations relating to funerary methods, funerals and remains

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Establishing whether a person’s wishes about what happens to their body after death should be binding, and who should have rights and obligations in relation to bodies in other cases.

Modernising trust law for a global Britain

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Reforming outdated trust laws to enhance Britain’s competitiveness. This project has not yet started.

Administrative review

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Scrutinising how internal review processes are carried out. This project has not started yet.