Law Reform Commission

The Law Reform Commission has proposed a new statutory and regulatory framework for adult safeguarding in a 1,000-page report published today. Following extensive research and analysis of existing domestic law and policy and a comprehensive review of adult safeguarding legislative frameworks in othe

Ms Justice Eileen Roberts has been appointed as a part-time member of the Law Reform Commission. The High Court judge was previously a solicitor with A&L Goodbody, specialising in commercial litigation and serving as both head of litigation and chair of the firm. She specialised in large-scale c

Barrister Siobhán Ní Chúlacháin has been appointed to lead the Law Reform Commission's research team. Ms Ní Chúlachaín has more than 20 years' practice at the Bar in judicial review, criminal, extradition, and human rights law.

The Law Reform Commission has welcomed Professor Paul Daly as its new scholar-in-residence on secondment from the University of Ottawa. An internationally recognised expert on the administrative state, Professor Daly will assist on the Commission’s work on reform of non-court adjudicative bodi

An event has been held to mark the end of the Law Reform Commission of Ireland's 2023 Legal Research Access Internship.

The Law Reform Commission has today published a report on the Compulsory Acquisition of Land. The report comprises a draft Bill, entitled the Acquisition of Land Bill 2023, as well as five chapters explaining the approach pursued by the Commission in reaching its conclusions. The report deals solely

The Law Reform Commission has published a "plain English" version of its consultation paper on the liability of clubs, societies and other unincorporated associations. The plain English version is designed to generate participation by the general public in the consultation process and to encourage d

The Law Reform Commission has published a consultation paper on the liability of clubs, societies and other unincorporated associations. The new consultation paper, which forms part of the body's fifth programme of law reform, examines issues relating to civil and criminal liability, including matte

Mr Justice Frank Clarke has been appointed as president of the Law Reform Commission for a five-year term. The former chief justice, who retired last year, succeeds retired Supreme Court judge Ms Justice Mary Laffoy, who was appointed to the role in 2018.

The Law Reform Commission has launched an annual access internship aimed at promoting wider access to entering the legal professions. Following a successful pilot in 2021, the law reform body said it had decided to play a part in widening access by running the internship, open to final year law stud

Over 3,000 statutory and prerogative instruments dating from between 1821 and 1860 should be removed from the statute book, the Law Reform Commission has recommended. The law reform body's Statute Law Revision Programme (SLRP) this week launched a public consultation on removing all but two instrume

The Law Reform Commission has published a plain English summary of its Consultation Paper on Compensating Victims of Crime.  The purpose of the plain English Summary is to enhance public accessibility to the content of the consultation paper and to encourage responses from as wide an audience a

Proposals to reform the compensation scheme for victims of violent crime and place it on a statutory basis have been put out for consultation by the Law Reform Commission. The consultation paper, published today, examines the nature of awards of criminal injuries compensation; who is eligible to rec

Mr Justice Richard Humphreys has resigned as a part-time member of the Law Reform Commission. The High Court judge has only served around six months of his five-year term, having been appointed as a part-time commissioner last October.

Three new commissioners have joined the Law Reform Commission for a five-year term. The new commissioners are Mr Justice Maurice Collins of the Court of Appeal, Mr Justice Richard Humphreys of the High Court and Dr Andrea Mulligan, a barrister and assistant professor of law at Trinity College Dublin