Law making: Law reform

• Which group was set up in 1965 by the Law Commissions Act 1965?

  The Law Commission
• What is The Law Commission?

  A full time Law Reform body chaired by 1 High Court Judge and 4 other law commissioners
• What does The Law Commission do?

  The Law Commission deals with systematic development and reform, codification and repeal.
• How does the Law Commission reform acts?


  - The Lord chancellor can suggest areas of reform

  - The Law commission may themselves pick a reform

  - The reforms they complete focus on "Pure Law"

  -The Law Commission research, publish and make positive proposals, including a draft bill.
• What is 'Codification'?


  The process of bringing all law into one topic together. Aka one Complete code.
• What is 'Consolidation'?


  The process of combining several acts into one to make the law more accessible
• Give an example of Consolidation

  Sentencing was consolidated in the Powers Of Criminal Courts Act 2000, however this has since been changed again.
• The Law commission also deals with repeals


  Repeal of an act of parliament, means it ceases to become law. Law commission recommends acts of parliament to be repealed, and only parliament can repeal statute.
• Examples of law implemented by the law commission

  The land registration act 2002.

  The corporate manslaughter and corporate homicide act 2007.

  The coroners and justice act 2009.

  The criminal justice and courts act 2015.

  The consumer rights act 2015.
• Advantages of reform through the law commission

  Areas of law, research by legal experts, law, commission, consults before finalising its proposals, whole areas of law can be considered not a small issues, if Parliament Enact's the reform of a whole area of law, then the law is one act such as the land registration act 2002, and it is easier to find and understand and the law commission can reform simplify and modernise the law
• What are the disadvantages of a law commission?

  Delays waiting for Parliament to bring in the reforms it proposes.

  An example of this is offences against the Person act witches very old law. Commission have made a report in 1993 and 1998, but the law has not changed yet.

  In civil law, the area of negligence and liability for psychiatric illness have not been changed despite the law commission recommending it
• Another example of a disadvantage of the law commission

  Lack of Parliamentary time
• Disadvantage of the definition

  Bye, agree with low commission in principle, however do not reform the law