News
Taxis and private hire services
10 May 2012
We invite comments on the provisional proposals in our consultation paper.
19th Statute Law (Repeals) report
04 April 2012
A report recommending the repeal of more than 800 old laws that are cluttering up the statute book. Our statute book is littered with dead law from down the centuries. Obsolete provisions from the 1600s and earlier continue to survive long after they have ceased to serve any useful purpose.
Consumer Redress for Misleading and Aggressive Practices
28 March 2012
In a report published today, we are recommending that consumers should have a new legal right of redress against traders that carry out misleading or aggressive practices.
Regulation of Health Care Professionals and Regulation of Social Care Professionals in England
01 March 2012
In a consultation opening today, the Law Commissions of England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland are seeking views on how the regulation of health care professionals in the UK and social workers in England can be made clearer, simpler, more modern and more consistent.
Clarifying the law on financial provision for couples when relationships end
06 February 2012
The Law Commission is to conduct a targeted review of two aspects of the law that entitles married couples and civil partners to claim financial provision from one another on divorce or dissolution of their partnership.
Insurance Contract Law: Post-contract Duties and other Issues
20 December 2011
In this consultation we examine a number of areas of insurance contract law that impact on small businesses and families.
Intestacy and Family Provision Claims on Death
14 December 2011
In this report, we make recommendations to bring inheritance law into line with the needs and expectations of modern families, and simplify the law to help the bereaved deal with the property of a deceased family member.
Leslie Scarman lecture, 25 January 2012
09 December 2011
The Law Commission is pleased to announce that Justice Edwin Cameron of the Constitutional Court of South Africa will be giving the 4th Leslie Scarman lecture, "What you can do with rights", in London on 25 January 2012.
Simplification of the Criminal Law: Kidnapping
28 September 2011
The Law Commission today opens a consultation to clarify the law on kidnapping. Under the existing law it is not enough simply for a victim to be taken away – a number of other conditions need to be met, and several parts of the definition are ambiguous.
Eleventh Programme of Law Reform
19 July 2011
The Commission has published its Eleventh Programme of Law Reform, which will form a substantial part of our work for the next three years. We will also continue to work on projects from previous programmes, as well as projects referred by Ministers, advice to Government, statute law repeals and consolidation of legislation. See Work of the Law Commission 2011-2015.
Public Services Ombudsmen
14 July 2011
In a report published today, the Commission recommends reforms to the five public services ombudsmen that will make it easier for citizens to complain if they receive poor public services.
Easements, covenants and profits à prendre
08 June 2011
In a report published today, the Law Commission recommends reforms that will simplify and clarify the laws that govern relationships between neighbouring plots of land. The Commission’s proposals will make it easier for the people who develop, mortgage, sell and buy land to identify and manage the rights and responsibilities that attach to it.
Consumer Insurance (Disclosure and Representations) Bill introduced
17 May 2011
The Consumer Insurance (Disclosure and Representations) Bill was introduced into Parliament on 16 May 2011. Originating from our joint project with the Scottish Law Commission, the Bill clarifies the law that governs what consumers should tell insurers when they take out a policy.
Law Commission recommends radical overhaul of adult social care law
11 May 2011
In a report published today, the Commission is recommending the most far-reaching reforms of adult social care law seen for over 60 years.
Consumer Redress for Misleading and Aggressive Practices
12 April 2011
We invite comments on the proposals in our consultation paper.
Adult Social Care Consultation Analysis
31 March 2011
We have published an analysis of responses to the 57 provisional proposals put forward in our consultation paper.
Expert Evidence in Criminal Proceedings
22 March 2011
Following our recent consultation exercise, we have published a report recommending changes in the law relating to the admissibility of expert evidence in criminal proceedings.