Summary
The process of law reform in England and Wales was successfully applied in the year 2009-10 with a number of the Commission’s recommendations being implemented, as reported in ‘Law Commission Annual Report 2009-10’ (HC 127).
Having published five reports this year, with regards to improving diverse areas including criminal conspiracy, consumer insurance and trust law, the Commission was successful in reforming:
- Bribery as contained in the Bribery Act;
- Capital & income in trusts: classification & apportionment; and
- Murder, manslaughter and infanticide.
However, the Commission was disappointed with the then Government response to the report on Damages as contained in the draft Civil Law Reform Bill and the decision not to proceed with their work on Limitation.
The Law Commission's main task is to review areas of the law and to make recommendations for change. The Commission seeks to ensure that the law is as simple, accessible, fair, modern and cost-effective as possible.
Created in 1965 for the purpose of reforming the law, the commission is currently headed by the following five Commissioners on the Lord Chancellor’s appointment:
- The Rt Hon Lord Justice Munby, Chairman
- Professor Elizabeth Cooke, Property, Family and Trust Law
- David Hertzell, Commercial and Common Law
- Professor Jeremy Horder, Criminal Law, Evidence and Procedure
- Frances Patterson QC, Public Law
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