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Offences against the person – modernising the law on violence
…is needed. The report, “Reform of Offences Against the Person”, is available at https://lawcom.gov.uk/project/offences-against-the-person/ For more details on this project, visit https://lawcom.gov.uk/project/offences-against-the-person/ For all press queries please contact: Phil Hodgson,…
Project: Offences against the Person
Project status: Complete
Download the offences against the person report Download the offences against the person summary The problem The main law in dealing with violent offences is the Offences Against the Person…
Reforms to protect victims of online abuse and safeguard freedom of expression announced
…injury (equivalent to grievous bodily harm in the Offences Against the Person Act 1861), rape and serious financial harm. The reforms, if enacted, involve a shift away from prohibited categories…
Ideas for law reform
…rights spread across legislation outside of the Criminal Appeal Act 1968 and the merits of rationalisation. There is also the potential to explore reforms to the tests governing appeals against…
Offences against the person – modernising the law on violence
“Reform of Offences Against the Person”, published today, sets out our recommendations for reforms that would replace the outdated Offences Against the Person Act 1861 with modern, clear and logical…
Deepening and broadening the relationship between the Law Commission and Wales
…The Act further enshrined the “commitment” of the Parliament and Government of the United Kingdom to the Assembly and the Welsh Government Act in the form of a declaration that…
Project: Taking, making and sharing intimate images without consent
Project status: Complete
Download a summary of the report here. Download the full report here. Read the interim response from the MoJ here. View the press release here. Our project The origins of…
Project: Reform of the Communications Offences
Project status: Complete
…report and the report itself explain our recommendations and the reasoning behind them. Next steps The Government accepted the Law Commission’s recommendations to reform the communications offences, made in the…
Project: Criminal Records Disclosure
Project status: Complete
…113A(6D) of the Police Act 1997 (the “list of non-filterable offences”) and include serious offences of violence, sexual offences and offences against children and vulnerable adults. What we did We…