law reform

Question 1

What is the law commission?

Answer 1

they choose areas that they consider need updating or areas that are referred by the government via lord chancellor

Question 2

Who is the law commission made up of ?

Answer 2

A chair who is a high court judge
4 other law commissioners

Question 3

What are the 4 aims of law commission to make law ….

Answer 3

fair
modern
simple
cost effective

Question 4

How does repealing law occur and why is it done ?

Answer 4

Law commission prepares bill for parliament to pass old laws that are no longer relevant
this Is done to makes law clear and accessible by making it as simple as possible to find new current laws

Question 5

What is a consolidation bill ?

Answer 5

several acts on the same area of law
each part sets out a little bit of the law

Question 6

What is the problem of consolidation ?

Question 7

What is codification ?

Answer 7

brings all law under one topic under one source of law

Question 8

what areas of law are codified ?

Answer 8

family law
contract law
tenant law

Question 9

What are three advantages of law commission ?

Answer 9

1) independent from Gov influence
2) legally trained individuals who have good understanding of law
3) they have considerable success

Question 10

What are three disadvantages of law commission ?

Answer 10

1) lengthy process , OAPA took 5 years to finalise
2) workload is heavy as reviewing about 20-30 areas of law at a time
3) money and Tim,e wasted on researching areas that aren’t implemented