Law reform

• 2 ways to reform the law

  - pass new acts of parliament

  - create case law
• what can a new act of parliament do?

  - amend the law (firearms act 1997)

  - repeal the law (statute law act 2013)

  - consolidate the law (care act 2014)

  - codify the law (sentencing act 2020)
• manifesto


  - publication set out by political party before an election containing what the party stands for and wants to put in place
• pressure groups


  - people interested in changing the law on a single issue
• media


  - raise awareness through campaigns and documentaries about an area of law that needs changing
• gov ministers + their department civil servants


  - see a problem with the law and pressure the gov into introducing a bill to change the problem
• private members bill


  - issues too controversial the gov are unwilling to introduce them as it can impact their chance at being re-elected
• who makes up the law commission (5)

  - High court judge

  - experienced judges

  - barristers

  - solicitors

  - teacher of law
• law commission act 1965 s3


  - keep under review all the law with a view to its systematic development and reform, in particular codification and generally modernisation of the law