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…

The Law Commission has produced 180 final reports recommending reforms. The first step to improve this was the amendment of the Law Commissions Act of 1965 to provide that the…

The days when title to land was always proved by the production of a bundle of deeds are long gone; today, most landowners in England and Wales have registered title…

The principal statute dealing with offences of violence committed against others remains the Offences Against the Person Act 1861 (the 1861 Act). The considerations in this report focus primarily on…

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The twelth programme of law reform includes: Bills of sale; Firearms: scoping project;; The form and accessibility of the law applicable in Wales: advisory project; Land registration; Mental capacity and…

In Wales, as in England, it is becoming increasingly difficult to find out what the law is. This is caused in part by the sheer volume of primary and secondary…

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