Law Commission

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The Law Commission is an independent statutory body in the United Kingdom responsible for reviewing and recommending reforms to modernize and simplify the law.

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instanceOf independent statutory body
law reform body
abbreviation LC
appliesToJurisdiction England
Wales
appointedBy Lord Chancellor of England
surface form: Lord Chancellor
chairmanIsUsually High Court judge
collaboratesWith Northern Ireland Law Commission
Scottish Law Commission
country United Kingdom
foundedBy British Parliament
surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
hasLegalStatus non-departmental public body
hasMotto Making the law fair, modern, simple
hasPart Chairman
Chief Executive
Commissioners
research staff
headquartersLocation London, England
surface form: London
inception 1965
isAdvisoryTo UK government
surface form: UK Government
isIndependentOf UK government
surface form: UK Government
jurisdiction England and Wales
languageOfWork English
legalBasis Law Commissions Act 1965
method comparative legal research
public consultation
officeLocation 1st Floor, Tower, 52 Queen Anne’s Gate, London
parentDepartment Ministry of Justice
produces consultation papers
draft Bills
reports
purpose consolidate legislation
modernise the law
recommend law reform
repeal obsolete laws
review the law
simplify the law
regionServed England and Wales
reportsTo Lord Chancellor of England
surface form: Lord Chancellor
sector law reform
shortName Law Com
website https://www.lawcom.gov.uk
worksOn commercial and common law reform
criminal law reform
property, family and trust law reform
public law reform
statute law repeals

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Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998 relatedBody Law Commission
this entity surface form: Law Commission for England and Wales
Scottish Law Commission worksWith Law Commission
this entity surface form: Law Commission of England and Wales