|
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
|
|
|
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 April 2009: 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
|
Implementation
by Commission (followed by submission of Statute Law
Restatements 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 Bill 2009 passed
Second Stage in Seanad, June 2009
|
|
Report
on Aspects of Intercountry Adoption
Law LRC
89-2008
|
Reiterated recommendation in LRC 58-1998 to implement 1993 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
Bill 2009 at
Second Stage in Dáil, June 2009 (passed Seanad, May 2009)
|
|
Report
on Privity of Contract and Third Party Rights LRC 88-2008
|
Recommended reform of contractual privity rules, allowing rights for
those 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
|
|
Report
on Third Programme of Law Reform 2008-2014 LRC 86-2007
|
List of 37 Projects included in Third
Programme of Law Reform 2008-2014
|
Not applicable
|
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 Tenant Acts 1980 to 1994
|
Draft Landlord and Tenant Bill
in Report
|
Government Legislation Programme April 2009: Landlord and Tenant Bill to
be published (Section C)
|
|
Report
on Spent Convictions
LRC 84-2007
|
Recommended certain offences should be regarded as spent for certain
purposes
|
Draft Spent Convictions Bill
in Report
|
Spent
Convictions Bill 2007 at
Committee Stage in Dáil, June 2009
|
|
Report
on Vulnerable Adults and the Law LRC 83-2006
|
Recommended general mental capacity law 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
and
Guardianship Bill in
Report
|
Government Legislation Programme April 2009: Mental Capacity
Bill to
be published (Section B) (Scheme of Mental Capacity Bill 2008 published
by DJELR 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 Cohabitants Bill in
Report
|
Civil
Partnership Bill 2009 published
June 2009 (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 pre-trial questionnaire
|
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 Organisations) 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 establishment of eConveyancing Group to set out roadmap and
recommendation to Government
|
Not applicable
|
eConveyancing Steering Group established (2007)
|
|
Report
on the Establishment of a DNA Database LRC 78-2005
|
Recommended establishment of limited DNA Database
|
Draft
Criminal Justice (DNA
Database) Bill
in Report
|
Government Legislation Programme April 2009: Criminal
Justice (Forensic Sampling and Evidence) Bill to
be published (Section A) (Scheme of Criminal Justice
(Forensic Sampling and Evidence) Bill published by DJELR
in 2007)
|
|
Report
on Corporate Killing
LRC 77-2005
|
Recommended offence of corporate killing and associated individual
offence
|
Draft
Corporate Manslaughter Bill
in Report
|
Government Legislation Programme, Sept 2008: Corporate Manslaughter Bill to be published (Section C)
|
|
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 Probation
of Offenders Act 1907
|
Draft
Probation of Offenders Bill
in Report
|
|
|
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 Law and Conveyancing
Law Reform Bill in Report
|
Land
and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009
|
|
Report
on Public Inquiries Including Tribunals of Inquiry LRC 73-2005
|
Recommended consolidation and reform of Tribunals of Inquiry Acts 1921 to 2004
|
Draft Tribunals of Inquiry Bill in
Report
|
Tribunals
of Inquiry Bill 2005 passed Committee Stage in Dáil, May 2009
|
|
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 process; 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
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
|
|
|
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
|
Administrative implementation (by parliamentary counsel) of limit to
imprisonment power of District Court; Fines
Bill 2009 passed Second Stage in Dáil, May 2009
|
|
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 provisions 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 and Profits á Prendre by
Prescription
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 implementation of “standard fine” system in Report
on Indexation of Fines LRC 37-1991: see below
|
Draft legislative provisions contained in Report on Indexation of Fines LRC 37-1991: see below
|
Fines
Bill 2009 passed
Second Stage in Dáil, May 2009
|
|
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 knew
or should have known of relevant factors (incorporated into Third
Programme of Law Reform 2008-2014 (Project 4: general
review of limitation law))
|
Draft Statute of Limitations
(Amendment) Bill in Report
|
|
|
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) Bill 2009, published May 2009)
|
|
Report
on the Hague Convention on Protection of Children and
Co-operation in Respect of Inter-country Adoption LRC 58 - 1998
|
Recommended State ratification of 1993 Hague Convention
|
Not applicable
|
Adoption
Bill 2009 at
Second Stage in Dáil, June 2009
(passed Seanad, May 2009)
|
|
Report
on Privacy: Surveillance
and the Interception of Communications
LRC
57 - 1998
|
Recommended various legislative protections for privacy in connection
with surveillance
|
Draft Privacy and Surveillance
Bill in Report
|
Criminal
Justice (Surveillance)
Act 2009;
Privacy Bill 2006
at Second Stage in Dáil, June 2009;
|
|
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 the Unidroit Convention on Stolen or Illegally Exported
Cultural Objects
LRC 55 -1997
|
Recommended State ratification of 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 Report
|
|
|
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 2004, 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 of Vendor and Purchaser in Land during the
Period Between Contract and Completion LRC 49 - 1995
|
Recommended beneficial
ownership should in general transfer on making 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 Public Documents
LRC 48 - 1995
|
Recommended State ratification of 1961 Hague Convention
|
Not applicable
|
Rules
of the Superior 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 Occupiers’ 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 ratification of 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 the introduction of standard fine system
|
Draft legislative provisions in Report
|
Fines
Bill 2009 passed
Second Stage in Dáil, May 2009
|
|
Report
on the Hague Convention on Succession to the Estates of
Deceased Persons
LRC 36 – 1991
|
Recommended State ratification of Hague Convention
|
Not applicable
|
|
|
Report
on Confiscation of the Proceeds of Crime LRC 35 - 1991
|
Recommended introduction 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 of limited
intellectual capacity; consent of DPP required to take
proceedings
|
Draft legislative provisions in Report
|
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 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
|
|
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 substitution of 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 Adoption 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
|
|
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 abolition of
power of sheriffs to seize leasehold land
|
Draft legislative provisions in Report
|
Implemented in part: Land and
Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2006, s.130
|
|
Report
on Malicious Damage
LRC 26 - 1988
|
Various recommendations including abolition of 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 rules
|
Draft
Hearsay in Civil
Proceedings Bill in Report
|
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 abolition
of marital rape 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
|
Draft Criminal Justice Bill in Report
|
Larceny
Act 1990; 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 ratification of Convention by State
|
Not applicable
|
Rules
of the Superior Courts (No.3) 1994; District Court Rules 1997 (previously:
District Court (Service
Abroad of Documents in Civil or 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 Hague Convention LRC 20 - 1985
|
Recommended specific rules on jurisdiction and ratification of
Convention by State
|
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 ratification of Convention by State
|
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 the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International
Child Abduction and Some Related Matters LRC 12 -1985
|
Recommended ratification of Convention in the State
|
Not applicable
|
Child
Abduction and Enforcement of Custody Orders Act 1991
|
|
Report
on Vagrancy and Related Offences LRC 11 - 1985
|
Recommended abolition of offence, in the Vagrancy Act 1824, of wandering abroad; 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 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 replacement of 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 abolition of domicile of dependency
|
Draft
Conflict of Laws
(Habitual Residence) Bill in Report
|
Domicile
and Recognition of Foreign Divorces Act 1986
|
|
Report
on Restitution of Conjugal Rights, Jactitation of Marriage and
Related Matters
LRC 6 - 1983
|
Recommended abolition of 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 reduction of 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 abolition of status of illegitimacy; that the marital
status of parents to have no effect on children’s status;
refusal to give a blood test in paternity proceedings allows
court to draw its own inferences
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Draft legislative provisions in Report
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Status
of Children Act 1987
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Report
on Defective Premises
LRC 3 - 1982
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Recommended statutory provisions to protect purchasers of defective
premises
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Draft Defective Premises Bill
in Report
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Non-statutory HomeBond scheme introduced
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Report
on Civil Liability for Animals LRC 2 - 1982
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Recommended reform of common law rules concerning damage caused by
animals straying onto a highway; and powers of Garda Síochána
concerning stray animals
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Draft Animals Bill in Report
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Animals
Act 1985
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Report
on Family Law
LRC 1 - 1981
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Recommended abolition of common law action for criminal conversation
and for harbouring a spouse, and of action for breach of a
promise to marry
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Draft Family Law Bill in
Report
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Family
Law Act 1981
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