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Law Reform Committee

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

See also

References

Sources

Citations

  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. ^ a b c John Wheeler. Essentials of the English Legal System. Pearson Education. 31 December 2006. Page 349 from Google Books.
  6. ^ Andrew Tettenborn. Clerk & Lindsell on Torts. Sixteenth Edition. Sweet & Maxwell. London. 1989. Paragraph 13-02 at page 708.
  7. ^ Burrows 1989, Paragraphs 22-08 and 22-09 at page 1224
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ Megarry et al. 2008, Note 31 to paragraph 35-003 at page 1412.
  10. ^ Megarry et al. 2008, Note 72 to paragraph 14-015 at page 559.
  11. ^ Burrows 1989; Note 49 to paragraph 9-55 at page 418.