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Publication Date

1968

Abstract

It is interesting to look back now on the reaction of the people of Great Britain, and especially of the legal profession in Great Britain, to the laying before Parliament of the Law Commissions Bill in 1965, and on the controversies and debates which were heard on every side during the passage of that Bill into law. It was especially interesting to me in 1966 to have the opportunity of discussing this legislation with audiences in the United States of America and in Canada, because I do not think that the proposals which were contained in the Bill would have come as a surprise to the professions in these countries. I expect, rather, that if members of them had happened to notice in the press any references to the progress of this legislation, their first reaction would have been, "How have they got on in the past without some such bodies as it is now proposed to set up?" Well, the Commissions have not been going very long, only since 16th June 1965, and it may be early days to evaluate the work of the one with which I am concerned, the Scottish Law Commission. On the other hand, accustomed as you are to working with bodies which have been established with law reform as an object, you may be interested to hear of our first steps; I have no doubt that you are in a position to come to some opinion as to whether those steps are or are not leading in the right direction.

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