Law reform committee & criminal law revision committee

law reform committee

• created in 1952 
• A revival of the pre-war Law Revision Committee
• Part time 
• Considers only small area of civil law 
• Consideration referred by the government 

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• proposals have let parliament to pass acts like: 
• Occupier's Liability Act 1957 
• Civil Evidence Act 1968
• Latent Damage Act 1986

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• The Law Commission has consulted this committee on areas of civil law 
• Eg : Trust law 

Criminal law revision committee

Criminal law revision committee

• Set up in 1957 
• Part time 
• Recommend changes to criminal law
• Sat monthly until 1986
• Produced 18 reports

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• Smaller specific recommendations become law
• Recommendations for broad changes are not taken up
• Due to lack of parliamentary time 

Main Achievements

• Virtual codification of theft and related offences in the theft act 1968 
• Although Fraud Act 2006 passed to modernise law on fraud 

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