‘Speech by HHJ Pelling KC: Issues in Crypto Currency Fraud Claims – an update.’
Courts and Tribunals Judiciary, 28th June 2023
Source: www.judiciary.uk
‘The Law Commission of England and Wales has today published recommendations for reform and development of the law relating to digital assets.’
Law Commission, 28th June 2023
Source: www.lawcom.gov.uk
‘A third legal category of personal property – alongside the existing “things” (choses) of possession and action – should be formally recognised to cope with the world of cryptocurrencies and non-fungible tokens, the Law Commission recommends today.’
Law Society's Gazette, 28th June 2023
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Twenty years ago today, on 26 June 2003, each of the five Law Lords in Aston Cantlow v Wallbank [2004] 1 AC 546 gave separate, detailed opinions on a matter at the cusp of public law and private law. Was the Parochial Church Council (PCC) of a beautiful parish church in Warwickshire responsible for the cost of necessary repairs to its fabric, or were the owners of a neighbouring farm subject to chancel repair liability? The church of St John the Baptist, Aston Cantlow, some three miles outside Stratford-upon-Avon, dated from Saxon times. In the first Elizabethan era, it is where William Shakespeare’s parents were married. In the second Elizabethan era, it attracted a judicial inquiry into the very nature of the Church of England.’
UK Constitutional Law Association , 26th June 2023
Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org
‘The Law Commission has today been invited by the Treasury to undertake two projects to review the legal frameworks governing co-operatives and community benefit societies, and friendly societies.’
Law Commission, 16th June 2023
Source: www.lawcom.gov.uk
‘The Law Commission of England and Wales is considering whether juryless trials could help improve rape conviction rates. All rape and attempted rape trials in England and Wales are currently held before a jury of 12 people, who listen to the evidence and decide unanimously whether the accused is innocent or guilty.’
Each Other, 12th June 2023
Source: eachother.org.uk
‘The Court of Appeal has had the latest say on shared ownership leaseholders’ right to take over the management of their building – an area where the Law Commission has previously said the landscape is unclear.’
Law Society's Gazette, 31st May 2023
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The Law Commission has today published proposals for reform of sexual offences prosecutions.’
Law Commission, 23rd May 2023
Source: www.lawcom.gov.uk
‘Greater restrictions should be introduced on the use of rape complainants’ personal records and evidence relating to their sexual behaviour to avoid rape myths contaminating trials in England and Wales, a government-commissioned review has said.’
The Guardian, 23rd May 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Law Commission of England and Wales has been asked by the Department for Education to review the legal framework governing the social care of disabled children to ensure that the law is fair, modern and accessible, allowing children with disabilities to access the support they need.’
Law Commission, 20th April 2023
Source: www.lawcom.gov.uk
‘The Law Commission of England and Wales and the Scottish Law Commission have published reforms for Government to improve outdated surrogacy laws.’
Family Law, 12th April 2023
Source: www.familylaw.co.uk
‘Work has finally begun on a review of the laws governing finances on divorce – but a consultation on proposed reforms does not appear likely to emerge until 2025 at the earliest.’
Law Society's Gazette, 4th April 2023
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The Law Commission of England and Wales and the Scottish Law Commission have published a joint report on surrogacy: Building families through surrogacy: a new law. They recommend a comprehensive range of reforms to make the law of surrogacy work better for children, surrogates and intended parents and ensure that surrogacy continues to operate on an altruistic rather than a commercial basis.’
Law & Religion UK, 30th March 2023
Source: lawandreligionuk.com
‘The Law Commission of England and Wales has announced it will review part of the “inflexible, bureaucratic and out of date” Landlord and Tenant Act 1954.’
Local Government Lawyer, 29th March 2023
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The Law Commission has suggested widening its proposed ban on discrimination in arbitration from the appointment of arbitrators to the conduct of the arbitration generally.’
Legal Futures, 30th March 2023
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Family lawyers will have to wait at least another two years to see any potential reforms of “out of date” laws governing financial provision on divorce, the government has revealed. One year after members of the House of Lords were told the government would look at the law governing financial provision “within a matter of weeks” after no-fault divorce reforms came into force last April, they were told a review to be conducted by the Law Commission will be announced shortly.’
Law Society's Gazette, 20th March 2023
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The Law Commission has published advice to Government on how to regulate remote driving on UK roads.’
Law Commission, 20th February 2023
Source: www.lawcom.gov.uk
‘The Law Commission of England and Wales has announced that it will begin a review of the legislation governing compulsory purchase, in order to make the law simpler, consistent and more accessible.’
Law Commission, 6th February 2022
Source: www.lawcom.gov.uk
‘The House of Commons Library has published a briefing paper considering when polygamous marriages might be legally recognised.’
Family Law, 10th February 2023
Source: www.familylaw.co.uk
‘The Law Commission has announced it will launch a review of the legislation governing compulsory purchase, with a view to making the law “simpler, consistent and more accessible”.’
Local Government Lawyer, 7th February 2023
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
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