Status: Upcoming project
Trust law arbitration
The project will consider the merits of an arbitration system that facilitates trust disputes and consider how such a system might be designed.
Consent in the criminal law
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
The defence of insanity
Rights and obligations relating to funerary methods, funerals and remains
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
Reforming outdated trust laws to enhance Britain’s competitiveness. This project has not yet started.
Administrative review
Scrutinising how internal review processes are carried out. This project has not started yet.