Who we are and what we do

Professor Elizabeth Cooke heads the Property, Family and Trust Law team
David Hertzell heads the Commercial and Common Law team
Professor David Ormerod heads the Criminal Law and Evidence team
Frances Patterson QC heads the Public Law team

This chart shows the structure of the organisation and the pay bands into which our staff fall.

The Law Commission Act 2009 and the Protocol between the Lord Chancellor (on behalf of Government) and the Law Commission establish a framework for the working relationship between the Commission and Government and set out how the Commission should work with Government departments on law reform projects.

Information about the sponsoring Departments for specific projects can be found on the individual project pages.

Read more about the origin and aims of the Commission, what we do and how we work.