Law Commission (England and Wales)

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This article is about the body for England and Wales. For other Law (Reform) Commissions, see Law Commission.

In England and Wales the Law Commission is an independent body set up by Parliament by the Law Commission Act [1]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 2007) Sir Roger Toulson as chairman.[2]

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.

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  1. ^ Text of Law Commission Act 1965.
  2. ^ Roger Toulson on ePolitix.

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