Law Commission

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https://www.lawcom.gov.uk/

Last activity: 05.10.2026

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The Law Commission is a statutory independent body that keeps the law of England and Wales under review and recommends reform where it is needed.

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Location

United Kingdom, England, London

Employees

51-200

Founded date

1965

Mentions in press and media 21

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Feb 18, 2026	UK legaltech adeus launches True Wills ahead of electronic will reforms	London-based adeus, a legaltech company specialising in modernising will-writing and legacy planning, has launched adeus True Wills™, a service intended to help prevent wills from being lost, altered, or disputed after death. Founded in 202...
May 24, 2025	200 years on, it’s time to bring will writing into the 21st century	Almost 200 years on from the last proper review of will writing in the UK, it’s high time for some sweeping updates, writes Sam Grice Last week, the UK’s Law Commission published its recommendations for modernising wills and promoting testa...
May 22, 2025	adeus: Pioneering the Future of Wills with a £500,000 Innovate UK Grant	In a world where technology reshapes every aspect of life, the realm of wills and legacy planning is finally catching up. Enter adeus, a London-based startup that has just secured a £500,000 Smart Grant from Innovate UK. This funding marks ...
May 19, 2025	adeus Secures £500,000 Innovate UK Grant to Pioneer Electronic Wills in the UK	Logo of adeus adeus, a digital-first wills and legacy planning platform, has been awarded a £500,000 Smart Grant from Innovate UK, the UK government’s innovation agency. Securing the Innovate UK Smart Grant is a major milestone for adeus an...
Jul 27, 2023	Tokenization News Roundup: Avalanche Invests $50M in RWA	As with any fresh new opportunity, there is a lot of news and activity from self-professed experts and media, as well as the players themselves. This week we find broad overviews and explainers from CoinDesk and Binance, balanced with descr...
Oct 23, 2022	DeFi Is At War: But Not With Who You Think	Analyzing the back door - Hacker in deep mind solutions to destroy webgetty
Jul 28, 2022	British Courts Will Soon Be Able to Pay Damages in Bitcoin	A new proposal is seeking to bring the British legal system into the crypto age as they are given powers to award damages in the world’s most popular (and valuable) cryptocurrency, Bitcoin. The proposal has been brough forward by the Law Co...
May 9, 2022	Can smart contracts replace lawyers in Europe?	Introduced in earnest back in 2015 together with the launch of the Ethereum blockchain, smart contracts have often been hailed by enthusiasts as the decentralised future of deal-making. Technically, a smart contract is any piece of code tha...
Apr 14, 2022	EU’s Crypto Activism Gets Mixed Reception at Paris Blockchain Week	The crypto sector is still reeling from a string of votes in the European Parliament that some warned could prove regulatory overkill, attendees at the Paris Blockchain Week Summit discovered Wednesday. Recent European Union plans to curb t...
Jan 27, 2022	Safeguarding Digital Assets in an Increasingly Intangible World	Share Tweet Share Share Email Whilst current laws recognise that a digital asset can be property, Professor Sarah Green of the UK Law Commission argues that “the concept of ‘possession’ is still limited to physical things”, which consequent...
Nov 29, 2021	Finally! Legal clarification for smart contracts	Smart contracts are seen to be a key reason for using blockchain technology since they enable greater efficiency and automation of processes and transactions. The UK’s Law Commission has confirmed existing laws in England and Wales are able...
Jul 26, 2021	Google's self-driving startup Waymo argues the UK shouldn't cap autonomous cars on the road	Google's self-driving division Waymo argued the UK shouldn't restrict autonomous cars on the road. Its comments come as the UK consults on the regulation of driverless cars. Cars with some level of self-driving capabilities will be permitte...
Jul 26, 2021	Google’s self-driving startup Waymo argues the UK shouldn’t cap autonomous cars on the road	Close-up of self driving minivan, with LIDAR and other sensor units and logo visible, part of Google parent company Alphabet Inc, driving past historic railroad station with sign reading Mountain View, in the Silicon Valley town of Mountain...
Jul 22, 2021	New Laws Could See Internet Trolls and Abusers Jailed	The new laws for internet trolls and abusers would seek to address the proliferation of a multitude of cybercrimes, which have previously gone overlooked to the detriment of many. Broader offences, such as “pile on” harassment that targets ...
Jun 24, 2021	Dangers Posed by Evidentiary Software—and What to Do About It	It's well known the code is buggy; that's why software updates for anything from apps to operating systems are now the norm. But if the public understands this, the courts have not followed suit. In the UK, there was a major long-running sc...
Sep 13, 2020	Smartphone Abusers Your Time Is Up: Cyber-Flashing To Become A Sex Crime	Is the law finally catching up with smartphone perverts?getty
Aug 28, 2020	Share and share alike: electronically?	Where – if you’re lucky enough to own shares – do you store the paperwork? A drawer? The attic? Share certificates – possessed by millions of Britons – and dividend cheques seem on a path becoming obsolete.
Jun 26, 2019	UK law review eyes abusive trends like deepfaked porn and cyber flashing	The UK government has announced the next phase of a review of the law around the making and sharing of non-consensual intimate images, with ministers saying they want to ensure it keeps pace with evolving digital tech trends. The review is ...
Feb 14, 2017	After Passing Worst Surveillance Law In A Democracy, UK Now Proposes Worst Anti-Whistleblowing Law	Last November, the UK government finally passed the Snooper’s Charter, officially known as the Investigatory Powers Act. That was largely because everyone in the UK was too busy arguing over the Brexit mess to notice that Theresa May had fi...
	Can smart contracts replace lawyers in Europe?	Introduced in earnest back in 2015 together with the launch of the Ethereum blockchain, smart contracts have often been hailed by enthusiasts as the decentralised future of deal-making. Technically, a smart contract is any piece of code tha...

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FAQ about Law Commission

When was Law Commission founded?

Law Commission was founded in 1965.

What has the press written about Law Commission?

Parsers VC has collected 21 articles mentioning Law Commission, among them “UK legaltech adeus launches True Wills ahead of electronic will reforms” (Feb 18, 2026) and “200 years on, it’s time to bring will writing into the 21st century” (May 24, 2025).

Is Law Commission still active?

Yes, Law Commission is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Oct 5, 2026.