Law Reform Committee Explained

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]

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

Law Reform Committee reports! Report !! Subject !! Command paper !! Date !! Implementing act
1stStatute of Frauds and Section 4 of the Sale of Goods Act 1893Cmd. 88091953Law Reform (Enforcement of Contracts) Act 1954[6]
2ndInnkeepers' liability for property of travellers, guests and residents[7] Cmd. 916May 1954Hotel Proprietors Act 1956
3rd Occupiers' liability to invitees, licensees and trespassers Cmd. 9305 November 1954 Occupiers' Liability Act 1957[8]
4thRule against perpetuitiesCmnd. 181956Perpetuities and Accumulations Act 1964[9]
5thConditions and exceptions in insurance policiesCmnd. 621957
6thCourts' power to sanction variations of trustsCmnd. 3101957
7thEffect of tax liability on damages[10] Cmnd. 501August 1958
8thFormalities of contracts by non-trading corporations[11] Cmnd. 6221958
9th Liability in tort between husband and wife Cmnd. 1268January 1961
10thInnocent misrepresentationCmnd. 17821962Misrepresentation Act 1967[12] [13]
11th Loss of servicesCmnd. 20171963 Section 2 of the Administration of Justice Act 1982[14]
12th Transfer of title to chattels Cmnd. 2958 April 1966 Not implemented by 2006
13th Cmnd. 2964 May 1966
14th Cmnd. 3100 October 1966
15th Cmnd. 3391September 1967
16th Privilege in civil proceedings Cmnd. 3472December 1967
17th Cmnd. 4489October 1970
18th Conversion and detinueCmnd. 4774September 1971Torts (Interference with Goods) Act 1977 (partial and modified effect).[15]
19th Interpretation of wills Cmnd. 5301 May 1973 sections 20 and 21 of the Administration of Justice Act 1982[16]
20th Interim report on limitation of actions: In personal injury claims Cmnd. 5630 May 1974
21st Final report on limitation of actions Cmnd. 6923 September 1977 Limitation Amendment Act 1980.[17]
22nd The making and revocation of wills Cmnd. 7902 May 1980section 17 of the Administration of Justice Act 1982[18]
23rd The powers and duties of trustees Cmnd. 8733October 1982
24th Cmnd. 9390November 1984 Latent Damage Act 1986[19]

See also

References

Sources

Citations

Notes and References

  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. Actionstrength Ltd (t/a Vital Resources) v. International Glass Engineering In.Gl.En. SpA & Ors. UKHL. 2003. 17. [2003] 2 AC 541, [2003] 2 WLR 1060, [2003] 2 All ER 615, [2003] BLR 207, 88 Con LR 208, [2003] 1 CLC 1003, [2003] 2 All ER (Comm) 331. 3 April 2003.
  7. Blom-Cooper . L. J. . 1955 . Second Report of the Law Reform Committee on the Law of Innkeepers' Liabilities for Property of Travellers, Guests and Residents. (Cmd. 9161; May 1954; 4d.) . The Modern Law Review . 18 . 4 . 374–379 . 0026-7961.
  8. Andrew Tettenborn. Clerk & Lindsell on Torts. Sixteenth Edition. Sweet & Maxwell. London. 1989. Paragraph 13-02 at page 708.
  9. Deech . Ruth . 1984 . The Rule against Perpetuities Abolished . Oxford Journal of Legal Studies . 4 . 3 . 454–463 . 0143-6503.
  10. Jolowicz . J. A. . 1959 . Damages and Income Tax . The Cambridge Law Journal . 17 . 1 . 86–98 . 0008-1973.
  11. Wade . H. W. R. . 1959 . Contracts by Non-Trading Corporations. Formalities. Law Reform . The Cambridge Law Journal . 17 . 1 . 28–30 . 0008-1973.
  12. Goodhart . Arthur L. . 1964 . Liability for Innocent but Negligent Misrepresentations . The Yale Law Journal . 74 . 2 . 286–301 . 10.2307/794781 . 0044-0094.
  13. Atiyah . P. S. . Treitel . G. H. . 1967 . Misrepresentation Act 1967 . The Modern Law Review . 30 . 4 . 369–388 . 0026-7961.
  14. F v Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council and Another [1991] Fam 69, [1991] 2 WLR 1132
  15. Burrows 1989, Paragraphs 22-08 and 22-09 at page 1224
  16. 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.
  17. Megarry et al. 2008, Note 31 to paragraph 35-003 at page 1412.
  18. Megarry et al. 2008, Note 72 to paragraph 14-015 at page 559.
  19. Burrows 1989; Note 49 to paragraph 9-55 at page 418.

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