Law Commission
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The Law Commission is an independent body set up by Parliament in 1965 to keep the law of England and Wales under review and recommend necessary reforms. It is headed by five full-time Law Commissioners, with (as of 2005) The Hon. Mr Justice Toulson, a High Court judge, as Chairman.
The Law Commission chooses an area of law to review and publishes a consultation paper to solicit views from interested parties. It then publishes a report recommending any changes to that area of law, for example codification of the common law (derived from case law) or consolidation or revision of statute law, often including draft legislation. At any one time, approximately 20 areas are under review, but in many cases its reports are ignored or only partially implemented.
Similar bodies
Similar bodies keep the law under review in other jurisdictions:
- in Scotland, the Scottish Law Commission, established by the Law Commissions Act 1965 at the same time as the Law Commission in England and Wales
- in Canada, the Law Commission of Canada, established by the Law Commission of Canada Act on July 1, 1997
External links
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