Project status: Pre-project
Click here to read the English version of this page Y broblem Mae’r gyfraith sy’n llywodraethu’r sector amaethyddol yng Nghymru wedi’i thaenu ar draws clytwaith o ddeddfwriaeth. Mae hyn yn ei gwneud yn anodd cael mynediad at y gyfraith ac, mewn mannau, yn anodd ei deall. Bydd Comisiwn y Gyfraith yn ystyried ac yn gwneud … Read more >
Project status: Pre-project
Pwyswch yma i ddarllen y fersiwn Cymraeg o’r tudalen The problem The law which governs the agricultural sector in Wales is spread across a patchwork of legislation. This makes the law difficult to access and, in places, hard to understand. The Law Commission will be considering, and making recommendations on, how to make the law … Read more >
Project status: Pre-project
This project is now available here https://lawcom.gov.uk/project/digital-assets-and-etds-in-private-international-law-which-court-which-law/
Project status: Pre-project
Reforming the law to facilitate kinship care for children. The problem Kinship care has been defined as: “Any situation in which a child is being raised in the care of a friend or family member who is not their parent for a significant amount of the time. The arrangement may be temporary or longer term.” … Read more >
Project status: Pre-project
The problem At present the decisions that a person makes about what happens to their body after they die are not binding, although they may be afforded some weight. This strand of the Burial, Cremation and New Funerary Methods project will consider whether such decisions should be made binding, and will look at the different … Read more >
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The problem Burial and cremation are currently in use as funerary methods in England and Wales, but companies are also developing new funerary methods. These include: alkaline hydrolysis, which uses water and alkaline chemicals, and heat, to break down a body into a sterile liquid and bone fragments; and human composting, which involves keeping a … Read more >
Project status: Pre-consultation
The problem Burial law is governed by a patchwork of legislation, some of which dates to the 1850s. There are different laws in place for burial grounds which are operated by local authorities, the Church of England, and private burial grounds. This complex picture has emerged as a result of different historical development, and it … Read more >
Project status: Pre-project
The problem As part of its response to Clare Wade KC’s Domestic Homicide Sentencing Review, the Government has asked the Law Commission to review the use of defences in domestic homicide cases. In 2004 the Law Commission made recommendations for reform of the partial defences to murder including provocation (now loss of control) and diminished … Read more >
Project status: Pre-consultation
The problem The law on disabled children’s social care in England is currently governed by a patchwork of legislation, some of which dates back more than five decades. This has contributed to variation in the amount and quality of support provided by local authorities, and unnecessarily complicated routes to accessing support for the parents and … Read more >
Project status: Analysis of responses
Download the 2023 Supplementary Consultation Paper. Download the Summary of the 2023 Supplementary Consultation Paper. Download the Welsh Summary of the 2023 Supplementary Consultation Paper. Download the Easy Read Summary of the 2023 Supplementary Consultation Paper. Download the 2017 Consultation Paper. Download the Summary of the 2017 Consultation Paper. Download the Welsh Summary of the … Read more >