Report Title | Summary of Recommendations | Draft Legislation, if applicable, in Report | Information on Implementation |
| Report on Legal Aspects of Professional Home Care LRC 105-2011 | Recommended statutory regulation of professional home care services by Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) | Draft Health (Professional Home Care) Bill in Report | |
| Report on Limitation of Actions LRC 104-2011 | Recommended "core limitation" law for most commonly-litigated civil claims (contract and tort); basic limitation period of 2 years (based on discoverability); ultimate (long-stop) limitation period of 15 years; discretion to extend long-stop in exceptional circumstances. | Draft Limitations Bill in Report | |
| Report on Children and the Law: Medical Treatment LRC 103-2011 | Recommended that 16 and 17 year olds be presumed competent to consent to and refuse health care medical treatment; under 16s not presumed competent but maturity test to apply to determine issue. | Draft Health (Children and Consent to Health Care Treatment) Bill in Report | |
| Report on Legislation Directory LRC 102-2010 | Set out Commission’s progress on maintaining and updating Legislation Directory, including existing and planned enhancements to content and XML-based authoring tool; and set out the Second Programme of Statute Law Restatement 2011-2012. | Not applicable | Commission will continue to update Legislation Directory and enhance its content; and to prepare Restatements |
| Report on Legal Aspects of Family Relationships LRC 101-2010 | Recommended: new terms “parental responsibility”, “day-to-day care” and “contact” should replace terms guardianship, custody and access currently used in Guardianship of Infants Act 1964; mothers and fathers (including non-marital fathers) should have automatic joint parental responsibility for their children; legislation should facilitate extension of parental responsibility to civil partners and step-parents. | Draft Children and Parental Responsibility Bill in Report | Government Legislation Programme January 2012: Civil Registration (Amendment) Bill to be published (Section A) |
| Report on Personal Debt Management and Debt Enforcement LRC 100-2010 | Recommended: non-judicial debt settlement system for personal debt; establishment of Debt Settlement Office to oversee proposed system; reform of judicial bankruptcy legislation; regulation of debt collection undertakings. | Draft Personal Insolvency Bill and draft Heads of Bill to amend Bankruptcy Act 1988 in Report | Scheme of Personal Insolvency Bill published by Department of Justice and Equality (January 2012) |
| Report on Inchoate Offences LRC 99-2010 | Recommended that inchoate offences (incitement, conspiracy and attempt) be placed on statutory footing replacing common law inchoate offences. Recommended detailed reforms for each inchoate offence, including that the fault (culpability) element of the offences "track" the substantive criminal offences to which they relate. | Draft Criminal Law (Inchoate Offences) Bill in Report | Incorporated into Programme of Work of Criminal Law Codification Advisory Committee: see www.criminalcode.ie |
| Report on Alternative Dispute Resolution: Mediation and Conciliation LRC 98-2010 | Recommended statutory framework for mediation and conciliation, including key principles namely: they are voluntary processes; the parties control them; confidentiality of the processes is required; and their quality must be assured by clearly stated standards. | Draft Mediation and Conciliation Bill in Report | Government Legislation Programme January 2012: Mediation and Conciliation Bill to be published (Section C) |
| Report on Consolidation and Reform of the Courts Acts LRC 97-2010 | Recommended that over 240 existing Courts Acts should be consolidated into a single Courts (Consolidation and Reform) Act, together with reforms. Reforms include: courts having general duty to engage in judicial case management in civil proceedings; single procedure to bring summary criminal cases; and statutory rules of Court must be drafted using plain language. | Draft Courts (Consolidation and Reform) Bill in Report | Government Legislation Programme January 2012: Courts (Consolidation and Reform) Bill to be published (Section B) |
| Interim Report on Personal Debt Management and Debt Enforcement LRC 96-2010 | Contains 14-Point Action Plan of Initiatives Agreed by Commission with Working Group on Personal Debt | Draft Rules of Court on Pre-Action Protocol for Personal Debt Claims in Report | 14- Point Action Plan in Report to be implemented by specified Working Group members; Part 7 of Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2011 (amendments to Bankruptcy Act 1988) |
| Report on Defences in Criminal Law LRC 95-2009 | Recommended that defences of legitimate defence (self-defence), provocation and duress be reformed and placed on statutory footing; defence of necessity should develop on a case-by-case basis. | Draft Criminal Law (Defences) Bill in Report | In part (legitimate defence in dwelling): Criminal Justice (Defence and the Dwelling) Act 2011 |
| Report on Bioethics: Advance Care Directives LRC 94-2009 | Recommended legislative framework for advance care directives involving refusal of medical treatment, to form part of mental capacity law | Draft Mental Capacity (Advance Care Directives) Bill in Report | |
| Report on Civil Liability of Good Samaritans and Volunteers LRC 93-2009 | Recommended civil liability of Good Samaritans and volunteers be limited to circumstances of gross negligence; that liability of volunteer undertakings take account of their benefit to community | Draft Civil Liability (Good Samaritans and Volunteers) Bill in Report | Part 3 of Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2011 |
| Report on Trust Law: General Proposals LRC 92-2008 | Recommended reform of law on duties and powers of trustees, including replacement of Trustee Act 1893 with consolidated and reformed Act | Draft Trustee Bill in Report | Government Legislation Programme January 2012: Trusts Bill to be published (Section C) |
| Report on Statute Law Restatement LRC 91-2008 | Set out First Programme of Statute Law Restatement 2008-2009 (administrative consolidation of over 40 Acts) | First Programme of Statute Law Restatement 2008-2009 in Report | Pre-certified Restatements published on Commission website; Restatements submitted to Attorney General for certification |
| Report on Multi-Unit Developments LRC 90-2008 | Recommended reform to protect rights and interests of parties, including reform of law on owners' management companies | Draft Multi-Unit Developments Bill in Report | Multi-Unit Developments Act 2011 |
| Report on Aspects of Intercountry Adoption Law LRC 89-2008 | Reiterated recommendation in LRC 58-1998 to implement Hague Convention; recommended amendment of Child Care Act 1991 concerning post-adoption services | Recommended amending section 6 of Child Care Act 1991 to include post-adoption counselling for intercountry adoption | Adoption Act 2010 |
| Report on Privity of Contract and Third Party Rights LRC 88-2008 | Recommended reform of contractual privity rules, allowing rights for third parties envisaged in the contract | Draft Contract Law (Privity of Contract and Third Party Rights) Bill in Report | |
| Report on Homicide: Murder and Involuntary Manslaughter LRC 87-2008 | Recommended statutory codification of mental elements of murder and involuntary manslaughter (and related offences) | Draft Homicide Bill in Report | Incorporated into Programme of Work of Criminal Law Codification Advisory Committee: see www.criminalcode.ie |
| Programme of Law Reform 2008-2014 LRC 86-2007 | Contains content of Third Programme of Law Reform 2008-2014 | | Government approved Third Programme on 12 December 2007 in accordance with Law Reform Commission Act 1975 |
| Report on General Law of Landlord and Tenant LRC 85-2007 | Recommended consolidating Landlord and Tenant Acts, including Deasy's Act 1860 and Landlord and Tenants Acts 1980 to 1984 | Draft Landlord and Tenant Bill in Report | Government Legislation Programme January 2012: Trusts Bill to be published (section C) (Scheme of Landlord and Tenant Law Reform Bill published by Department of Justice and Equality April 2011) |
| Report on Spent Convictions LRC 84-2007 | Recommended some offences should be regarded as spent for certain purposes, including employment | Draft Spent Convictions Bill in Report | Government Legislation Programme January 2012: Spent Convictions Bill to be published (section A) |
| Report on Vulnerable Adults and the Law LRC 83-2006 | Recommended general mental capacity law, including general presumption of capacity of those over 18; to allow informal decision-making for adults who lack capacity; and replacement of Wards of Court with Office of Public Guardian and Guardianship Board | Draft Mental Capacity Bill in Report | Government Legislation Programme January 2012: Mental Capacity Bill to be published (section A) (Scheme of Mental Capacity Bill 2008 published by Department of Justice and Equality in 2008) |
| Report on Rights and Duties of Cohabitants LRC 82-2006 | Recommended reform to allow cohabitant agreements, to confer certain entitlements on cohabitants and allow application to court for relief for certain qualified cohabitants | Draft Cohabitation Bill in Report | Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010 (Part 15 deals with Cohabitants) |
| Report on Prosecution Appeals and Pre-Trial Hearings LRC 81-2006 | Approved "without prejudice" appeal for prosecution in trials on indictment in Criminal Justice Act 2006 (recommended in Consultation Paper); recommended non-statutory interim reform of pre-trial procedures | Not applicable (recommended "without prejudice" prosecution appeal introduced in Criminal Justice Act 2006) | Criminal Justice Act 2006 ss.21 to 24 |
| Report on Charitable Trusts and Legal Structures for Charities LRC 80-2006 | Recommended reform of duties of charity trustees and new legal structure for charities, Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) | Draft Charities (Charitable Incorporated Organisation) Bill in Report | Charities Act 2009 (in part: duties of charity trustees) |
| Report on eConveyancing: Modelling of the Irish Conveyancing System LRC 79-2006 | Recommended establishing eConveyancing Group to set out roadmap and recommendation to Government | Not applicable | eConveyancing Steering Group established |
| Report on the Establishment of a DNA Database LRC 78-2005 | Recommended limited DNA Database, including: retaining DNA profiles of convicted persons only | Draft Criminal Justice (DNA Database) Bill in Report | Government Legislation Programme January 2012: Criminal Justice (Forensic Evidence and DNA Database System) Bill to be published (Section B) |
| Report on Corporate Killing LRC 77-2005 | Recommended offence of corporate killing and associated individual offence | Draft Corporate Manslaughter Bill in Report | Department of Justice and Equality to consult on proposals (announced December 2010: see www.justice.ie) |
| Report on Multi-Party Litigation LRC 76-2005 | Recommended Multi-Party Litigation procedure in Rules of Court | Draft Rules of the Superior Courts (Multi-Party Actions) and draft Civil Legal Aid (Amendment) Bill in Report | |
| Report on the Court Poor Box: Probation of Offenders LRC 75-2005 | Recommended replacement of court poor box and updating of Probation of Offenders Act 1907 | Draft Probation of Offenders Bill in Report | Government Legislation Programme January 2012: Probation Service Bill to be published (section C) |
| Report on Reform and Modernisation of Land Law and Conveyancing Law LRC 74-2005 | Recommended reform and modernisation of over 150 pre-1922 Acts on land law and conveyancing law | Draft Land and Conveyancing Bill in Report | Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009 |
| Report on Public Inquiries including Tribunals of Inquiry LRC 73-2005 | Recommended consolidating and reforming Tribunals of Inquiry (Evidence) Acts 1921 to 2004 | Draft Tribunals of Inquiry Bill in Report | Tribunals of Inquiry Bill 2005 awaiting Report Stage in Dáil, January 2012 |
| Report on a Fiscal Prosecutor and a Revenue Court LRC 72-2004 | Recommended changes to Taxes Acts (appeals process from Revenue penalties: reform of Appeals Commissioners processed; threshold for publication of tax defaulters) | Draft Taxes (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill in Report | In part: Finance Act 2005 (threshold for publication of tax defaulters); Finance (No. 2) Act 2008 (appeals process from Revenue penalties); Report of Commission on Taxation (2009) approved implementating remaining recommendations |
| Report on Judicial Review Procedure LRC 71-2004 | Recommended changes to Rules of court on judicial review; Illegal Immigrants (Trafficking) Act 2000 and making of various Practice Directions | Draft amended Order 84 of Rules of the Superior Courts and draft amended section 5 of Illegal Immigrants (Trafficking) Act 2000 in Report | In part: Rules of the Superior Courts (Judicial Review) 2011 (SI No. 691 of 2011) |
| Report on Land Law and Conveyancing Law: (7) Positive Covenants over Freehold Land and Other Proposals LRC 70-2003 | Various recommendations for reform | Incorporated into draft Bill in Report on Reform and Modernisation of Land Law and Conveyancing Law LRC 74-2005 | Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009 |
| Report on Penalties for Minor Offences LRC 69-2003 | Recommended limit to imprisonment power of District Court; to allow amount of fine to be tailored to means of individual offender; to increase maximum fine for corporate bodies to 3 times that for individuals | Draft legislative provisions in Report | Fines Act 2010; limit to imprisonment power of District Court implemented administratively by parliamentary counsel |
| Report on the Deductibility of Collateral Benefits from Awards of Damages LRC 68-2002 | Recommended reform of statutory rules on what can be deducted from compensation awards | Draft legislative provision in Report | Civil Liability and Courts Act 2004, s.27; Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005, ss. 96 and 286 |
| Report on Title by Adverse Possession of Land LRC 67-2002 | Recommended clarifying scope of title of person in adverse possession and statutory conveyance of title | Draft Title by Adverse Possession Bill in Report | Postponed in view of ECtHR decision in Pye (Oxford) case (2007): incorporated into Third Programme of Law Reform 2008-2014 (Project 20) |
Report on the Acquisition of Easements by Prescription and Profits à Prendre LRC 66-2002 | Recommended new statutory scheme and repeal of Prescription Act 1832 | Incorporated into draft Bill in Report on Reform and Modernisation of Land Law and Conveyancing Law LRC 74-2005 | Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009 |
| Report on the Indexation of Fines: A Review of Developments LRC 65-2002 | Recommended implementating indexation of "fines" system in Report on Indexation of Fines LRC 37-1991: see below | Draft legislative provisions contained in Reports on Indexation of Fines LRC 37-1991: see below | Fines Act 2010 |
| Report on the Statutes of Limitations: Claims in Contract and Tort in Respect of Latent Damage (Other than Personal Injury) LRC 64-2001 | Recommended that limitation period should begin when person first know or should have known of relevant factors | Draft Statute of Limitations (Amendment) Bill in Report | Incorporated into Third Programme of Law Reform 2008-2014 (Project 4: see LRC 104-2011) |
| Report on the Variation of Trusts LRC 63- 2000 | Recommended courts should have power to vary terms of trusts | Draft Variation of Trusts Bill in Report | Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009 |
| Report on the Rule against Perpetuities and Cognate Rules LRC 62-2000 | Recommended abolition of rule against perpetuities and rule against accumulations | Draft Perpetuities Bill in Report | Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009 |
| Report on Statutory Drafting and Interpretation: Plain Language and the Law LRC 61-2000 | Recommended use of plain language in drafting legislation, updated interpretation of older legislation, purposive approach to interpreting legislation | Draft legislative provisions in Report | Interpretation Act 2005 |
| Report on Aggravated, Exemplary and Restitutionary Damages LRC 60-2000 | Recommended primarily judicial development of the law on aggravated, exemplary and restitutionary damages: limited statutory reform | Draft legislative provisions in Report | |
| Report on Gazumping LRC 59-1999 | Recommended gazumping should be dealt with by way of information to consumers | Did not recommend legislation | Approved in Report of Auctioneering/Estate Agency Review Group (2005) (implemented in Property Services (Regulation) Act 2011) |
| Report on the Hague Convention of Prosecution of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Inter-country Adoption LRC 58-1998 | Recommended State ratification of 1993 Hague Convention | Not applicable | Adoption Act 2010 |
| Report on Privacy: Surveillance and the Interpretation of Communications LRC 57-1998 | Recommended various legislative protections for privacy in connection with surveillance | Draft Privacy and Surveillance Bill in Report | In part: Criminal Justice (Surveillance) Act 2009; Privacy Bill 2006 at Second Stage in Seanad, September 2011 |
| Report on Land Law and Conveyancing Law: (6) Further General Proposals Including the Execution of Deeds LRC 56-1998 | Recommended words of limitation not required for creation or transfer of interest in freehold registered land | Incorporated into draft Bill in Report on Reform and Modernisation of Land Law and Conveyancing Law LRC 74-2005 | Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009 |
| Report on UNIDROIT Convention on Stolen or Illegally Exported Cultural Objects LRC 55-1997 | Recommended State should ratify UNIDROIT Convention | Not applicable | |
| Report on Personal Injuries: Periodic Payments and Structured Settlements LRC 54-1996 | Recommended provisional awards and structured settlements in civil compensation claims | Draft legislative provisions in this Report | Working Group on Payments for Catastrophic Injuries established by the Courts Service (April 2010) |
| Report on Sentencing LRC 53-1996 | Recommended non-statutory sentencing guidelines; statutory discretion to reduce sentence where guilty plea entered | Recommended limited legislative reforms; primarily recommended non-legislative reform | Criminal Justice Act 1999, s.29 (discretion of court to reduce sentence where guilty plea entered) |
| Report on Family Courts LRC 52- 1996 | Various recommendations on family law and its administration | | In part: Children Act 1997, s.28 (appointment of guardian for litigation); Civil Liability and Courts Act, s.40 (reform of in camera rule) |
| Report on Intoxication LRC 51-1995 | Recommended that intoxication not a general defence in criminal law | Draft legislative provisions in Report | Incorporated into Programme of Work of Criminal Law Codification Advisory Committee: see www.criminalcode.ie |
| An Examination of the Law of Bail LRC 50-1995 | Commission not requested to make specific proposals for reform | Not applicable | Bail Act 1997 |
| Report on the Interests on Vendor and Purchaser in Land during the Period Between Contract and Completion LRC 49-1995 | Recommended beneficial ownership should in general transfer on making of contract | Incorporated into draft Bill in Report on Reform and Modernisation of Land Law and Conveyancing Law LRC 74-2005 | Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009 |
| Report on Hague Convention Abolishing Requirement of Legalisation of Foreign Publlic Documents LRC 48-1995 | Recommended State should ratify 1961 Hague Convention | Not applicable | Courts (No.1) (Proof of Foreign Diplomatic, Consular and Public Documents) 1999 (SI No.3 of 1999); Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2008, s.50 |
| Report on Contempt of Court LRC 47- 1994 | Recommended statutory codification and reform of contempt of court law | Draft legislative provisions in Report | |
| Report on Occupier's Liability LRC 46-1994 | Recommended reform of common law rules and legislative regulation | Draft legislative provisions in Report | Occupiers' Liability Act 1995 |
| Report on Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person LRC 45-1994 | Recommended reform of common law and statutory rules on non-fatal offences, including repeal of most of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861 | Draft legislative provisions in Report | Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act 1997 |
| Report on Land Law and Conveyancing Law: (5) Further General Proposals LRC 44-1992 | Various recommendations for reform of landlord and tenant law | Draft legislative provisions in Report | Landlord and Tenant (Amendment) Act 1994; Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2008, s.47 |
| Report on the Law Relating to Dishonesty LRC 43-1992 | Recommended reform of common law and statutory rules | Draft legislative provisions in Report | Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) Act 2001 |
| Report on United Nations Vienna Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods LRC 42-1992 | Recommended State should ratify Vienna Convention | Not applicable | |
| Report on the Crime of Libel LRC 41 - 1991 | Recommended reform of common law and statutory rules | Draft legislative provisions in Report | Defamation Act 2009 |
| Report on Land Law and Conveyancing Law: (4) Service of Completion Notices LRC 40-1991 | Various recommendations for reform | Incorporated into draft Bill in Report on Reform and Modernisation of Land Law and Conveyancing Law LRC 74-2005 | Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009 |
| Report on Land Law and Conveyancing Law: (3) The Passing of Risk from Vendor to Purchaser LRC 39-1991 | Various recommendations for reform | Incorporated into draft Bill in Report on Reform and Modernisation of Land Law and Conveyancing Law LRC 74-2005 | Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009 |
| Report on the Civil Law of Defamation LRC 38-1991 | Recommended reform of common law and statutory rules on defamation | Draft legislative provisions in Report | Defamation Act 2009 |
| Report on Indexation of Fines LRC 37-1991 | Recommended introduction of indexation of fines system | Draft legislative provisions in Report | Fines Act 2010 |
| Report on the Hague Convention on Succession to the Estates of Deceased Persons LRC 36-1991 | Recommended State should ratify of Hague Convention | Not applicable | |
| Report on Confiscation of the Proceeds of Crime LRC 35-1991 | Recommended introducing of restraint orders, and international co-operation regarding confiscation orders | Draft legislative provisions in Report | Criminal Justice Act 1994; Proceeds of Crime Act 1996; Proceeds of Crime (Amendment) Act 2005 |
| Report on Oaths and Affirmations LRC 34-1990 | Various recommendations for reform, including replacement of Oaths Act 1888 | Draft legislative provisions, including form of oath, in Report | Implemented in part: Children Act 1997 |
| Report on Sexual Offences against the Mentally Handicapped LRC 33-1990 | Various recommendations on sexual offences with person whose capacity may be limited; consent of DPP required to take proceedings | Draft legislative provisions in Report | Implemented in part: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 1993; Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1997 |
| Report on Child Sexual Abuse LRC 32-1990 | Various recommendations: mandatory reporting of child sexual abuse; immunity for those who report child abuse in good faith; care orders; barring orders; offences of child sexual abuse; consenting and non-consenting sexual offences with children (same-sex and opposite sex); video-recording evidence | Draft legislative provisions in this Report | Implemented in part: Child Care Act 1991; Criminal Evidence Act 1992; Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 1993; Domestic Violence Act 1996; Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1997; Protection for Persons Reporting Child Abuse Act 1998; Government Legislation Programme January 2012: Criminal Justice (Withholding Information on Crimes against Children and Intellectualy Disabled Person) Bill to be published (Section A) |
| Report on Land Law and Conveyancing: (2) Enduring Powers of Attorney LRC 31-1989 | Recommendations on characteristics, registration and scope of power of attorney | Draft legislative provisions in Report | Powers of Attorney Act 1996; Family Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1997 |
| Report on Land Law and Conveyancing: (1) General Proposals LRC 30-1989 | Recommended substituting 5 years for 3 years for a new tenancy | Draft legislative provisions in Report | Landlord and Tenant (Amendment Act) 1994 |
| Report on the Recognition of Foreign Decrees LRC 29-1989 | Recommended validity of foreign adoptions made in place of habitual residence of the adopters | Draft legislative provisions in Report | Adoption Act 1991 (replaced by Adoption Act 2010) |
| Report on Debt Collection: (2) Retention of Title LRC 28-1988 | Recommended amendments to Sale of Goods Act 1893 concerning retention of title clauses in sale of goods contracts | Draft Sale of Goods (Amendment) Bill in Report | |
| Report on Debt Collection: (1) The Law Relating to Sheriffs LRC 27-1988 | Various recommendations on powers of sheriffs, including abolishing power of sheriffs to seize leasehold land | Draft legislative provisions in Report | Implemented in part: Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009, s.130; incorporated into Report on Consolidation and Reform of the Courts Acts LRC 97-2010 |
| Report on Malicious Damage LRC 26-1988 | Various recommendations including abolishing common law offence of arson and making of compensation orders | Draft Criminal Damage Bill in Report | Criminal Damage Act 1991: Criminal Justice Act 1993 |
| Report on the Rule Against Hearsay in Civil Cases LRC 25-1988 | Various recommendations for reform of common law hearsay rules in civil cases | Draft Hearsay in Civil Proceedings Bill in Report | Implemented in part: Children Act 1997. Incorporated into Third Programme of Law Reform 2008-2014 (Project 8) |
| Report on Rape and Allied Offences LRC 24-1988 | Recommended amending Criminal Law (Rape) Act 1981 to widen definition of rape; and abolishing marital exemption | Draft Criminal Law (Rape) (Amendment) Bill in Report | Criminal Law (Rape) (Amendment) Act 1990; Criminal Justice Act 1993 |
| Report on Receiving Stolen Property LRC 23-1987 | Recommended new offence of handling stolen goods: see also Report on the Law Relating to Dishonesty LRC 43-1992, above; and recommended business records inclusionary exception to hearsay rule | Draft Criminal Justice Bill in Report | Larceny Act 1990; Criminal Evidence Act 1992; Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) Act 2001 |
| Report on the Hague Convention on Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents in Civil or Commercial Matters LRC 22-1987 | Recommended State should ratify Convention | Not applicable | Rules of the Superior Courts (No.3) 1994; District Court Rules 1997 (previously: District Court (Service Abroad of Documents in Civil and Commercial Matters) Rules 1994) |
| Report on the Statute of Limitations: Claims in Respect of Latent Personal Injuries LRC 21-1987 | Recommended limitation period should begin to run from the date of knowledge of certain facts | Draft Statute of Limitations (Amendment) Bill in Report | Statute of Limitations (Amendment) Act 1991 |
| Report on Jurisdiction in Proceedings for Nullity of Marriage, Recognition of Foreign Nullity Decrees and the Hague Convention LRC 20-1985 | Recommended specific rules on jurisdiction and that State should ratify Convention | Draft legislative provisions in Report | Family Law Act 1995 |
| Report on Private International Law Aspects of Capacity to Marry and choice of Law in Proceedings for Nullity of Marriage LRC 19-1985 | Various recommendations concerning recognition of foreign annulment | Draft legislative provisions in Report | |
| Report on the Liability in Tort of Mentally Disabled Persons LRC 18-1985 | Various recommendations concerning extent of liability in tort | Draft legislative provisions in Report | |
| Report on the Liability in Tort of Minors and the Liability of Parents for Damage Caused by Minors LRC 17-1985 | Various recommendations concerning extent of liability in tort | Draft legislative provisions in Report | |
| Report on the Hague Convention on the Taking of Evidence Abroad in Civil or Commercial Matters LRC 16-1985 | Recommended State should ratify Convention | Not applicable | |
| Report on Minors' Contracts LRC 15-1985 | Various recommendations concerning extent of liability in contract law | Draft Legislative provisions in Report | |
| Report on Offences Under the Dublin Police Acts and Related Offences LRC 14-1985 | Recommended reform of public order offences | Draft legislative provisions in Report | Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 1994 |
| Report on Competence and Compellability of Spouses as Witnesses LRC 13-1985 | Recommended that spouse or former spouse is competent to give evidence | Draft Criminal Evidence Bill in Report | Criminal Evidence Act 1992 |
| Report on Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction and Some Related Matters LRC 12-1985 | Recommended State should ratify Convention | Not applicable | Child Abduction and Enforcement of Custody Orders Act 1991 |
| Report on Vagrancy and Related Offences LRC 11-1985 | Recommended abolishing offence, in the Vagrancy Act 1824, of wandering abroad; recommended new offences of entering a building with intent to commit an offence; soliciting or importuning for the purposes of the commission of a sexual offence; living on the earnings of prostitution | Draft legislative provisions in Report | Housing Act 1988; Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 1993; Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 1994 |
| Report on Recognition of Foreign Divorces and Legal Separations LRC 10-1985 | Recommended residence as basis for recognition in place of domicile | Draft legislative provisions in Report | Domicile and Recognition of Foreign Divorces Act 1986; Family Law Act 1995 |
| Report on Nullity of Marriage LRC 9-1984 | Recommended reform and codification of common law rules | Draft legislative provisions in Report | |
| Report on Divorce a Mensa et Thoro and Related Matters LRC 8-1983 | Recommended replacing common law divorce a mensa et thoro with statutory judicial separation | Draft legislative provisions in Report | Judicial Separation and Family Law Reform Act 1989; Family Law Act 1995 |
| Report on Domicile and Habitual Residence as Connecting Factors in the Conflict of Laws LRC 7-1983 | Recommended abolishing domicile of dependency | Draft Conflict of Laws (Habitual Residence) Bill in Report | Domicile and Recognition of Foreign Divorces Act 1986 |
| Report on the Restitution of Conjugal Rights, Jactitation of Marriage and Related Matters LRC 6-1983 | Recommended abolishing proceedings for the restitution of conjugal rights, and of petition for jactitation of marriage | Draft legislative provisions in Report | Family Law Act 1988; Family Law Act 1995 |
| Report on the Age of Majority, the Age for Marriage and Some Connected Subjects LRC 5-1983 | Recommended reducing age of majority from 21 years to 18 years; and concerning age of marriage | Draft Age of Majority Bill in Report | Age of Majority Act 1985; Family Law Act 1995; Family Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1997 |
| Report on Illegitimacy LRC 4-1982 | Recommended abolishing status of illegitimacy; that the marital status of parents to have no effect on children's status; and that refusal to give a blood test in paternity proceedings should allow court to draw its own inferences | Draft legislative provisions in Report | Status of Children Act 1987 |
| Report on Defective Premises LRC 3-1982 | Recommended statutory provision to protect purchasers from defective premises | Draft Defective Premises Bill in Report | Non-statutory HomeBond scheme introduced |
| Report on Civil Liability for Animals LRC 2-1982 | Recommended reform of common law rules concerning damage caused by animals straying onto a public road; and powers of Garda Síochána | Draft Animals Bill in Report | Animals Act 1985 |
| Report on Family Law LRC 1-1981 | Recommended abolishing common law civil claim for criminal conversation and for harbouring a spouse, and abolishing civil claim for breach of a promise to marry | Draft Family Law Bill in Report | Family Law Act 1981 |