The Government has announced that it is asking the Law Commission to undertake phase 2 of the Abusive and Offensive Online Communications project. This follows on from the Law Commission’s Scoping Report on Abusive and Offensive Online Communications which was published in November 2018. The Commission concluded that the criminal law which governs abusive and … Read more >
The Ministry of Justice has today announced that the Law Commission will undertake a review of the criminal law as it applies to taking, making and sharing intimate images without consent. This follows a recommendation made in the Commission’s Abusive and Offensive Online Communications Scoping Report, published in November 2018. The Commission concluded that the … Read more >
The Government could begin work to establish a safety assurance scheme, building on its existing work in the Code of Practice, to allow for the commercial deployment of highly automated driving systems, the Law Commission of England and Wales and the Scottish Law Commission have announced today. The safety assurance scheme is required to prohibit … Read more >
A new advisory board and statutory guidance would reduce wasted time and improve the UK’s ability to tackle money laundering and terrorist financing, the Law Commission has announced. Money laundering, in particular, is estimated to cost every household in the UK £255 a year and allows criminals to profit from their crimes. Banks and other … Read more >
The Law Commission has begun reviewing the system of intermediated securities in order to identify potential issues for both investors and companies. Shares and bonds are increasingly held through a system of “dematerialisation” and “intermediation”. In other words, paper certificates have been replaced by a system in which most investors “own” securities through computerised credit … Read more >
The laws around surrogacy are outdated and should be improved to better support the child, surrogates and intended parents, the Law Commission of England and Wales and the Scottish Law Commission have announced today (06 June 2019). Surrogacy is where a woman bears a child on behalf of someone else or a couple, who then … Read more >
The Law Commission has today set out its plans for the current financial year in a new business plan. The document sets out measurable targets for the organisation to meet which will help it achieve its aim of reforming the law. It sets four priorities: To ensure that the law is fair, modern and clear … Read more >
The Sentencing (Pre-consolidation Amendment) Bill has been introduced into Parliament. This short technical Bill is necessary to pave the way for the main Sentencing Code Bill to be introduced as a consolidation Bill. Once passed, the Sentencing Code will introduce a “clean sweep” of the old sentencing law so that anyone convicted once the Code … Read more >
The Welsh Government has provided an interim response to the Law Commission’s recommendations on improving Planning Law in Wales. The Law Commission report – Planning Law in Wales – was published in November 2018, and laid before Parliament and the National Assembly. In the report, we make a series of recommendations including the creation of … Read more >
Mae Llywodraeth Cymru wedi darparu ymateb interim i argymhellion Comisiwn y Gyfraith ar wella’r Gyfraith Cynllunio yng Nghymru. Cyhoeddwyd adroddiad Comisiwn y Gyfraith – Cyfraith Cynllunio yng Nghymru – ym mis Tachwedd 2018, a chafodd ei gyflwyno gerbron y Senedd a’r Cynulliad Cenedlaethol. Yn yr adroddiad, rydym yn cyflwyno cyfres o argymhellion, gan gynnwys argymell … Read more >