Law Reform Committee

The Law Reform Committee was a committee in England and Wales appointed by the Lord Chancellor[1] "to consider, having regard especially to judicial decisions, what changes are desirable in such legal doctrines as the Lord Chancellor may from time to time refer to Committee".[2]

This article is about the body established in 1952. It is not to be confused with the Law Commission for England and Wales established in 1965.

The Lord Chancellor's decision to create this committee was announced on 2 May 1952 by the Attorney General, Lionel Heald, at the dinner of the West Surrey Law Society. The Solicitors Journal said that the proposed step was "overdue".[3] The Committee was appointed on 16 June 1952.[4] In 2006, John Wheeler said that the Committee was "defunct".[5]

Composition

Six members of the Committee were judges, two were Queen's Counsel, two were solicitors and the remaining three were professors of law.[5]

Reports
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Law Reform Committee reports
ReportSubjectCommand paperDateImplementing act
3rdOccupiers' liability to invitees, licensees and trespassersCmd. 9305November 1954Occupiers' Liability Act 1957.[6]
9thLiability in tort between husband and wifeCmnd. 1268January 1961
11thCmnd. 20171963
12thTransfer of title to chattelsCmnd. 2958April 1966Not implemented by 2006.[5]
13thHearsay evidence in civil proceedingsCmnd. 2964May 1966
14thAcquisition of easements and profits by prescriptionCmnd. 3100October 1966
15thThe Rule in Hollington v. HewthornCmnd. 3391September 1967
16thPrivilege in civil proceedingsCmnd. 3472December 1967
17thEvidence of opinion and expert evidenceCmnd. 4489October 1970
18thConversion and detinueCmnd. 4774September 1971Torts (Interference with Goods) Act 1977 (partial and modified effect).[7]
19thInterpretation of willsCmnd. 5301May 1973sections 20 and 21 of the Administration of Justice Act 1982.[8]
20thInterim report on limitation of actions: In personal injury claimsCmnd. 5630May 1974
21stFinal report on limitation of actionsCmnd. 6923September 1977Limitation Amendment Act 1980.[9]
22ndThe making and revocation of willsCmnd. 7902May 1980section 17 of the Administration of Justice Act 1982.[10]
23rdThe powers and duties of trusteesCmnd. 8733October 1982
24thLatent damageCmnd. 9390November 1984Latent Damage Act 1986.[11]

See also

References

Soources
  • Blair, Michael C. "The Law Reform Committee: The First Thirty Years" (1982) 1 Civil Justice Quarterly 64
  • Andrew S Burrows. Clerk & Lindsell on Torts. Sixteenth Edition. Sweet & Maxwell. London. 1989.
  • Sir Robert Megarry and Sir William Wade and Charles Harpum and Stuart Bridge and Martin Dixon. The Law of Real Property. Seventh Edition. Sweet & Maxwell. London. 2008.

Citations
  1. The Solicitors Journal. Volume 96. Page 418. Published in No 26 dated 28 June 1952.
  2. Law Reform Committee. Third Report (Occupiers' Liability to Invitees, Licensees and Trespassers). Cmd 9305. HMSO. London. November 1954. Page 5.
  3. The Solicitors Journal. Volume 96. Page 285. Published in No 19 dated 10 May 1952.
  4. Law Reform Committee. Third Report (Occupiers' Liability to Invitees, Licensees and Trespassers). Cmd 9305. HMSO. London. November 1954. Page 5.
  5. John Wheeler. Essentials of the English Legal System. Pearson Education. 31 December 2006. Page 349 from Google Books.
  6. Andrew Tettenborn. Clerk & Lindsell on Torts. Sixteenth Edition. Sweet & Maxwell. London. 1989. Paragraph 13-02 at page 708.
  7. Burrows 1989, Paragraphs 22-08 and 22-09 at page 1224
  8. Megarry et al. 2008, Note 312 and 316 to paragraph 14-064 at page 580 and note 326 to paragraph 14-067 at page 581.
  9. Megarry et al. 2008, Note 31 to paragraph 35-003 at page 1412.
  10. Megarry et al. 2008, Note 72 to paragraph 14-015 at page 559.
  11. Burrows 1989; Note 49 to paragraph 9-55 at page 418.
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