Law Commission (England and Wales)

Law Commission

Comisiwn y Gyfraith
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England and Wales within the UK and Europe
Established	1965 (1965)
Type	Advisory non-departmental public body sponsored by the Ministry of Justice
Legal status	Created by the Law Commissions Act 1965
Purpose	To keep the law of England and Wales under review and to recommend reform where needed
Headquarters	52 Queen Anne's Gate, London SW1H 9AG
Coordinates	51°30′01″N 0°08′03″W / 51.5003°N 0.1341°W / 51.5003; -0.1341
Region served	Primarily England and Wales Occasionally Northern Ireland Rarely the Crown dependencies and the British Overseas Territories
Official languages	De jure: English and Welsh De facto and working language: English
Chairman	Sir Peter Fraser
Chief Executive	Phil Golding
Website	www.lawcom.gov.uk

In England and Wales the Law Commission (Welsh: Comisiwn y Gyfraith) is an independent law commission set up by Parliament by the Law Commissions Act 1965^[1] to keep the law of England and Wales under review and to recommend reforms. The organisation is headed by a Chairman (currently Sir Nicholas Green,^[2] a judge of the Court of Appeal) and four Law Commissioners. It proposes changes to the law that will make the law simpler, more accessible, fairer, modern and more cost-effective. It consults widely on its proposals and in the light of the responses to public consultation, it presents recommendations to the UK Parliament that, if legislated upon, would implement its law reform recommendations. The commission is part of the Commonwealth Association of Law Reform Agencies.