‘Nicola Rowling, Professional Support Lawyer, Emily Elvin-Poole, Associate and Caitlin Levins, Trainee Solicitor at Mills & Reeve LLP consider the most important news and case law relating to financial remedies during July 2022.’
Family Law Week, 23rd August 2022
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘The government should improve legal protections for unmarried couples by introducing a scheme proposed by the Law Commission 15 years ago, a cross-party group of MPs has recommended.’
Law Society's Gazette, 9th August 2022
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The Law Commission of England and Wales has launched a wide-ranging review of the laws governing appeals for criminal cases.’
Law Commission, 5th August 2022
Source: www.lawcom.gov.uk
‘The Law Commission of England and Wales has published new proposals to reform the law relating to digital assets.’
Law Commission, 28th July 2022
Source: www.lawcom.gov.uk
‘The Law Commission of England and Wales has set out its recommendations to reform weddings law, proposing a fairer system that it says will give couples more choice over where and how their wedding takes place.’
Local Government Lawyer, 19th July 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The final report of the Law Commission on how and where people can marry in England and Wales was published on 19 July 2022. The Commission was asked by government to conduct a review of marriage in December 2014, and we have followed the progress of the initiative in a series of posts, links to which are reproduced below.’
Law & Religion UK, 18th July 2022
Source: lawandreligionuk.com
‘Couples could soon marry on a cruise, in their kitchen or during a day out at the beach under proposals to tear up current restrictions on where weddings can be held.’
The Guardian, 19th July 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Prisoners convicted of serious crimes who may be the victims of miscarriages of justice are being blocked from access to crucial forensic information that could prove their innocence, experts have warned.’
The Guardian, 11th July 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Law Commission of England and Wales has been asked by the Government to review the law on contempt of court and consider reform to improve its effectiveness, consistency, and coherence.’
Law Commission, 28th June 2022
Source: www.lawcom.gov.uk
‘The Law Commission of England and Wales have today published a paper asking for views on the need and options for regulating remote driving on public roads.’
Law Commission, 24th June 2022
Source: www.lawcom.gov.uk
‘The Law Commission has today published its options for the Government for how it can improve the law to ensure that corporations are effectively held to account for committing serious crimes.’
Law Commission, 10th June 2022
Source: www.lawcom.gov.uk
‘Law Commission proposals to make directors more accountable for economic crimes at the companies they oversee have been condemned as a “thundering disappointment”.’
The Guardian, 10th June 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Law Commission recommendations for a new safety regime would help to protect against a range of threats to coal tip safety and ensure all tips are dealt with in a consistent way.’
Law Commission, 24th March 2022
Source: www.lawcom.gov.uk
‘The Law Commission has today published its recommendations and draft legislation to allow for the legal recognition of electronic versions of trade documents such as bills of lading and bills of exchange.’
Law Commission, 16th March 2022
Source: www.lawcom.gov.uk
‘Wedding laws in England and Wales are outdated and restrictive, according to research from the University of Warwick and Exeter.’
The Independent, 8th March 2022
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Ministers will reject making misogyny a hate crime in England and Wales and urge MPs to get behind controversial legislation that has been criticised for curbing the right to protest as the government seeks to push through major changes to the criminal justice system.’
The Guardian, 21st February 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Government has accepted the Law Commission’s recommendations to reform the communications offences, made in the 2021 Modernising Communications Offences report. It intends to include the offences in the Online Safety Bill.’
Law Commission, 7th February 2022
Source: www.lawcom.gov.uk
‘The most sophisticated kind of electronic signatures can be “more reliable” than signatures witnessed the traditional way in an “unsupervised environment”, a government-backed industry working group has said.’
Legal Futures, 2nd February 2022
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
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