Overview of Law Reform Commission Work in Australia, New Zealand, England and Scotland

The Victorian Law Reform Commission down under has published a useful summary of recent work by similar bodies in Australia, New Zealand, England and Scotland.

It covers the last few months and shows the breadth of issues that law commissions research.

There is news about:

• efforts to reduce complexity in corporations and financial services legislation
• challenges to mining leases
• "serious road crime" 
• the sex industry
• mental health laws
• evidence in sex offences 
• privacy
• the rights of for transgender and non-binary people 
• the management of digital assets
• care for children with disabilities
• division of marital assets upon divorce
• surrogacy laws

In Canada, the Federation of Law Reform Agencies of Canada provides a similar roundup of Canadian law reform activities on a regular basis.