Referring to examples of their work, assess the influence of the Law Commission and Royal Commissions on the process of law reform.
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Scarlett Hayes 12R1 Referring to examples of their work, assess the influence of the Law Commission and Royal Commissions on the process of law reform. he Law Commission was set up to "take and keep under review all of the law...with a view to its systematic development and reform...". For this reason, it has a large influence on the process of law reform. It is a full-time body that consists of a Chairman who is a High Court judge, four other Law Commissioners and many support staff. They research areas of law that are of concern and draft Bills with appropriate reforms to be proposed. In the first 10 years that it was set up, 85% of their proposals were enacted, from 1975 to 1985 50% of their proposals were taken u. However, in 1990 there was none and a lack of Parliamentary interest. To deal with this, the Jellicoe Procedure was introduced...


