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Business Tenancies Consultation Paper 1
This is a public consultation by the Law Commission for England and Wales. Our wide-ranging review will consider in detail how the right to renew business tenancies, set out in Part 2 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, is working and will consider options for reform. This is the first of two planned consultations. For more information about this project, click here . We recommend that consultees read the... MoreOpened 19 November 2024 -
Business Tenancies Survey
We are asking for responses to this survey about your experience of the 1954 Act. As well as responding to this survey, please also respond to our first consultation paper . The survey questions are set out in the following pages. All questions in this survey are optional. If you would prefer not to answer any question, please leave the answer blank. We may publish or disclose information you provide us in response to this survey, including personal information. For... MoreOpened 19 November 2024 -
Independent Sentencing Review 2024 to 2025: Call for Evidence
The Independent Sentencing Review is seeking evidence to help the development of recommendations to ensure we are never again in a position where the country has more prisoners than prison places, and the government is forced to rely on the emergency release of prisoners. The Panel is seeking evidence across 7 themes: History and trends in sentencing The structure of sentencing The use of technology within sentencing ... MoreOpened 14 November 2024 -
Law Commission consultation on disabled children's social care law
This is a public consultation by the Law Commission for England and Wales. We have been asked to review the legal framework governing social care for disabled children in England to ensure that the law is fair, modern and accessible, allowing children with disabilities to access the support they need. For more information about this project, please visit our web page here . We recommend that consultees read the full consultation paper, available here, before responding to the... MoreOpened 8 October 2024 -
Law Commission consultation on burial and cremation
This is a public consultation by the Law Commission for England and Wales. We are consulting on provisional proposals for reform to burial and cremation law. That includes provisional proposals relating to grave reuse and reclamation, regulation of burial grounds, and aspects of cremation law relating to ash remains, among other issues. For more information about this project, click here . We recommend that... MoreOpened 3 October 2024 -
Access to Justice in relation to the Aarhus Convention: call for evidence
The UK is one of 47 Parties to the Aarhus Convention, an international treaty under the auspices of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe. The Convention sets out obligations on Parties to make provisions for the public to access environmental information, to participate in environmental decision-making and to access justice when challenging environmental decisions. One of the Convention’s core aims is to ensure access to justice in environmental matters. The Convention’s... MoreOpened 30 September 2024 -
Law Commission consultation on co-operative and community benefit societies
This is a public consultation by the Law Commission for England and Wales. We have been asked to review the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014 to ensure that it is fitting to the needs of societies, and that regulation is proportionate and effective. For more information about this project, please visit: https://lawcom.gov.uk/project/co-operatives-and-community-benefit-societies/ . We recommend that consultees read the consultation paper before... MoreOpened 16 September 2024 -
Ancillary Orders Consultation
Introduction What is this consultation about? The Sentencing Council currently provides guidance on ancillary orders in various places on our website as well as within offence specific guidelines (usually at step 6 or 7). Most of this guidance is aimed at magistrates’ courts. The Council is seeking to improve the consistency, accessibility and presentation of the current information and to provide more detailed guidance for both magistrates’ courts and... MoreOpened 11 September 2024 -
Miscellaneous amendments to sentencing guidelines 2024
What is this consultation about? The Sentencing Council has built up a large body of sentencing guidelines and accompanying materials that are in use in courts throughout England and Wales. Over time guidelines require updating because users have pointed out issues (often using the feedback function on all guidelines) or case law or new legislation may render aspects of guidelines out of date. The Council therefore holds an annual consultation on miscellaneous amendments to... MoreOpened 5 September 2024 -
Non-fatal Strangulation and Suffocation Consultation
What is the Sentencing Council? The Sentencing Council is the independent body responsible for developing sentencing guidelines for the courts to use when passing a sentence. The Council consults on its proposed guidelines before they come into force and makes changes to the guidelines as a result of consultations. What is the Council consulting about? The Council has produced this consultation paper in order to seek views from as many people as possible... MoreClosed 14 August 2024 -
Law Commission consultation on aviation autonomy
UPDATE: THIS CONSULTATION CLOSED JUNE 28 BUT THE SUBMISSION WEBSITE WILL REMAIN OPEN UNTIL JULY 20 TO ALLOW THOSE WITH SAVED RESPONSES TO SUBMIT. WE WOULD BE GRATEFUL IF THOSE WISHING TO SUBMIT A RESPONSE AFTER JUNE 28 WOULD CONTACT THE TEAM VIA: aviationautonomy@lawcommission.gov.uk This is a public consultation by the Law Commission for England and Wales. The Civil Aviation Authority (“CAA”), and the Department for Transport have asked the Law Commission... MoreClosed 20 July 2024 -
Limitation law in child sexual abuse cases
This consultation paper seeks views on options for the reform of the law of limitation in child sexual abuse cases in England and Wales. Specifically, it considers the recommendation by the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (‘the Inquiry’) on limitation law. It also examines the law of limitation in child sexual abuse cases in other jurisdictions examined by the Inquiry and seeks views on options, other than removal of the limitation period, for reform of limitation... MoreClosed 10 July 2024 -
Law Commission consultation on contempt of court
This is a public consultation by the Law Commission for England and Wales. We are conducting a review of the law on contempt of court and considering the need for reform to improve its effectiveness, consistency, and coherence. Our objective is to produce a law of contempt that is easier to understand, fairer, and that better protects the administration of justice. For more information about this project, see our project webpage . ... MoreOpened 9 July 2024 -
Immigration Offences
Why Immigration offences? This consultation seeks views on a draft of the first dedicated sentencing guidelines for immigration offences under the Immigration Act 1971 and the Identity Documents Act 2010. There are currently no definitive guidelines for these offences. The draft guidelines cover the 1971 Act offences of Facilitation (assisting unlawful immigration to the UK and helping asylum - seekers to enter the UK) (section 25 and 25A); Deception... MoreClosed 12 June 2024 -
Aggravated Vehicle Taking Offences
Why aggravated vehicle taking and other motoring related matters? In 2023 the Sentencing Council published new and revised sentencing guidelines for a range of motoring offences relating to dangerous and careless driving. This was a wide-ranging package, but there remain several motoring-related offences for which guidelines do not exist or are out of date. There are currently magistrates’ courts guidelines for aggravated vehicle taking offences involving dangerous... MoreClosed 22 May 2024 -
Law Commission Call for Evidence on digital assets and ETDs in private international law
This is a public call for evidence by the Law Commission for England and Wales. When parties to a private law dispute are based in different countries, or the facts and issues giving rise to the dispute cross national borders, questions of private international law arise: in which country's courts should the parties litigate their dispute, and which country's law should be applied to resolve it? This project is concerned with the body of domestic law that supplies the rules to determine... MoreClosed 16 May 2024 -
Blackmail, kidnap and false imprisonment consultation
What is the Sentencing Council? The Sentencing Council is the independent body responsible for developing sentencing guidelines which courts in England and Wales must follow when passing a sentence. The Council consults on proposed guidelines before they come into force and makes changes to the guidelines as a result of consultations. Why blackmail, kidnap and false imprisonment offences? There are currently no guidelines for these serious offences and the... MoreClosed 24 April 2024 -
Judicial Pensions (Amendment) Regulations 2024: Consultation on the draft regulations
This consultation sets out MoJ’s proposals to amend the FPJPS regulations, the JPS15 regulations, the JPS22 regulations and the Judicial Offices Order through the 2024 Amendments. The consultation is aimed at judicial office holders, salaried and fee-paid, who are entitled to be a member of the judicial pension scheme, particularly any member of FPJPS and/or JPS22. However, we also welcome views from anyone who is concerned with the operation of the judicial pension scheme. This... MoreClosed 14 April 2024 -
Setting the Personal Injury Discount Rate
This Call for Evidence is intended to assist the PIDR Expert Panel in the process of obtaining up-to-date data and information on a wide range of topics relevant to modelling claimants’ likely return on investment. This includes claim and claimant characteristics, claimant investment experience, investment expenses, changes since the 2018 Call for Evidence, the impact and practicalities of adopting a dual/multiple PIDR and the way in which compensation payments are made. ... MoreClosed 9 April 2024 -
Statutory Review of the Whiplash Tariff: Call for Evidence
This Call for Evidence is intended to gather up-to-date information to support the Lord Chancellor as part of the statutory review of the whiplash tariff, introduced on 31 May 2021. The review will assess the whiplash tariff and its component parts, and wider economic, sectorial and other changes since its introduction. In addition to changes related to the personal injury claims sector, it will explore economic factors, such as changes to inflation, and whether there are any... MoreClosed 2 April 2024 -
Crime Lower Consultation
This consultation follows on from the government response to the Criminal Legal Aid Independent Review (CLAIR) consultation in November 2022. Our response to CLAIR proposed having both investment and structural reforms to the fee schemes. The first phase of our reforms focused on additional investment which led to a 15% increase to most fees from 30 September 2022. The second phase of our plans focuses on longer term systemic reform. We are now taking forward our phase two plans starting... MoreClosed 28 March 2024 -
Introducing Fees in the Employment Tribunals and the Employment Appeal Tribunal
This consultation proposes the reintroduction of modest fees in the Employment Tribunals (ET) and Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT), with the aim to contribute to the continuous improvement of His Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service and reduce the cost to the taxpayer to fund these services. The proposals discussed in this consultation are to introduce modest fees for claimants to bring a claim in the ET and appellants bringing an appeal in the EAT. MoreClosed 25 March 2024 -
Digital assets as personal property draft clauses
This is a public consultation by the Law Commission for England and Wales. In June 2023 we published our final report on digital assets which included a recommendation that legislation should confirm the existence of a "third category" of personal property into which crypto-tokens and potentially other assets could fall. This is a short consultation on draft legislative provisions that would implement that recommendation. For more information about this project, click ... MoreClosed 23 March 2024 -
Murder sentencing consultation
Murder is the most serious crime a person can commit, and we must ensure that in every case the sentence is commensurate with the severity of the crime. Everyone should feel safe in their own home and our sentencing framework must reflect the seriousness of violence and abuse which is committed by those closest to them. The Government has already introduced legislation to give domestic murders specialist consideration in the sentencing framework. These measures were... MoreClosed 4 March 2024 -
Local Criminal Justice Board Call for Evidence
This Call for Evidence is seeking evidence from all parties with an interest in Local Criminal Justice Boards (LCJBs) to better understand the challenges that LCJBs face and how they can best be supported. This Call for Evidence is aimed at, but not limited to, the following individuals: LCJB administration staff Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs), as chairs of the Boards Local representatives from Police Forces Local... MoreClosed 23 February 2024 -
Imposition of community and custodial sentences guideline consultation
What is this consultation about? The Sentencing Council is proposing to revise the Imposition of community and custodial sentences guideline. The existing Imposition of community and custodial sentences overarching guideline was issued on 1 February 2017. The Imposition guideline is the overarching guideline for general principles around imposing community orders and custodial sentences, and in what circumstances a custodial sentence can be suspended. It is also the main... MoreClosed 21 February 2024 -
Review of Civil Legal Aid - Call for evidence
The aim of this call for evidence is to obtain more information to further inform the Review of Civil Legal Aid and feed into policy development work. The Review welcomes evidence under the Terms of Reference and seeks comments and evidence against the questions below. We are particularly interested in responses which will increase the evidence we have to inform the Review and future policy development. Please provide any specific evidence or data you have that... MoreClosed 21 February 2024 -
New prison near Market Harborough: Reserved matters
DLUHC’s Secretary of State reached a decision on 15 November 2023 to grant outline planning permission for the new prison. MoJ will now seek full planning permission and bring forward the next planning application in the process with more detailed information (the Reserved Matters application). You can find further information on reserved matters here . Please use this form to submit your comments. MoreClosed 4 February 2024 -
Including claimant data on the Register of Judgments, Orders and Fines
This consultation considers a proposal to amend the law to allow for the names of claimants of money judgments in the County Court and High Court to be published on the Register of Judgments, Orders and Fines in England and Wales. The consultation seeks views on: the potential benefits of including claimant name s on the Register any potential disadvantages and/or risks to either the claimant or defendant as a result of the publication of this... MoreClosed 16 January 2024 -
Implementing increases to selected court and tribunal fees
This consultation proposes changes to selected court and tribunal fees, which aim to contribute to the continuous improvement of His Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service and reduce the cost to the taxpayer to fund its services. The proposals discussed in this consultation are to: Make increases to a selection of court and tribunal fees from 2024 Make routine updates to fees every two years Set the council tax liability Order fee under the Lord... MoreClosed 22 December 2023
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