The Latest Breaking News from Law Commission

While the Government mulls reforming the law concerning wills and inheritance, the best avenue for resolution is to look outside the courts for other forms of dispute resolution, writes Malcolm Wallace

An amendment to the Online Safety Bill means police and prosecutors will be given more power to bring “vile” abusers to justice.

After a long and at times divisive public consultation process, the government has opted to make a single change to the Human Rights Act and push the “wider and more complex” issues around hate speech legislation to the Law Commission for review.

No, the Government is not planning to implement "blasphemy laws"

With her backdown on hate speech, Kiri Allan has managed to alienate her allies while failing to convert her enemies.

With 69 percent of samples from rangatahi Māori, an indigenous data expert is demanding an audit into bias and the lack of protocols for taking and storing the information.

Former Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court Ritu Raj Awasthi takes charge as the new Chairman of Law Commission of India. Read full news on Dynamite News.

The Law Commission said billions of pounds had not been retrieved from criminals.

A rapist’s fight to uphold the ruling his public protection order breached the Bill of Rights Act could see the Government forced to address the controversial 2014 policy under new laws  

With exploitation and health risks rife, we must tread with care before a change in law

In the flurry of political developments around the election of the Congress party’s president, perhaps the significance of the Supreme Court’s recent observations on the media and hate speech has been overlooked.