Open Consultations
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Digital assets as personal property draft clauses
This is a public consultation by the Law Commission for England and Wales. In June 2023 we published our final report on digital assets which included a recommendation that legislation should confirm the existence of a "third category" of personal property into which crypto-tokens and...
Closes 23 March 2024
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Introducing Fees in the Employment Tribunals and the Employment Appeal Tribunal
This consultation proposes the reintroduction of modest fees in the Employment Tribunals (ET) and Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT), with the aim to contribute to the continuous improvement of His Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service and reduce the cost to the taxpayer to fund these services. ...
Closes 25 March 2024
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Crime Lower Consultation
This consultation follows on from the government response to the Criminal Legal Aid Independent Review (CLAIR) consultation in November 2022. Our response to CLAIR proposed having both investment and structural reforms to the fee schemes. The first phase of our reforms focused on additional...
Closes 28 March 2024
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Statutory Review of the Whiplash Tariff: Call for Evidence
This Call for Evidence is intended to gather up-to-date information to support the Lord Chancellor as part of the statutory review of the whiplash tariff, introduced on 31 May 2021. The review will assess the whiplash tariff and its component parts, and wider economic, sectorial and other...
Closes 2 April 2024
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Setting the Personal Injury Discount Rate
This Call for Evidence is intended to assist the PIDR Expert Panel in the process of obtaining up-to-date data and information on a wide range of topics relevant to modelling claimants’ likely return on investment. This includes claim and claimant characteristics, claimant investment experience,...
Closes 9 April 2024
Closed Consultations
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Murder sentencing consultation
Murder is the most serious crime a person can commit, and we must ensure that in every case the sentence is commensurate with the severity of the crime. Everyone should feel safe in their own home and our sentencing framework must reflect the seriousness of violence and abuse which is committed by...
Closed 4 March 2024
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Local Criminal Justice Board Call for Evidence
This Call for Evidence is seeking evidence from all parties with an interest in Local Criminal Justice Boards (LCJBs) to better understand the challenges that LCJBs face and how they can best be supported. This Call for Evidence is aimed at, but not limited to, the following...
Closed 23 February 2024
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Review of Civil Legal Aid - Call for evidence
The aim of this call for evidence is to obtain more information to further inform the Review of Civil Legal Aid and feed into policy development work. The Review welcomes evidence under the Terms of Reference and seeks comments and evidence against the questions below. We are...
Closed 21 February 2024
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Imposition of community and custodial sentences guideline consultation
What is this consultation about? The Sentencing Council is proposing to revise the Imposition of community and custodial sentences guideline. The existing Imposition of community and custodial sentences overarching guideline was issued on 1 February 2017. The Imposition guideline...
Closed 21 February 2024
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New prison near Market Harborough: Reserved matters
DLUHC’s Secretary of State reached a decision on 15 November 2023 to grant outline planning permission for the new prison. MoJ will now seek full planning permission and bring forward the next planning application in the process with more detailed information (the Reserved Matters application)....
Closed 4 February 2024