14 can   be   both   free   of   control   but   responsive   to   the   legitimate   expectations   of   the community. Around  the  world  there  has  been  an  enormous  amount  of  very  high  quality  research done  by  Commissions  which  thereafter  has  sat  on  a  shelf  and  not  been  responded  to.   This is in part due to the nature of the work.  Often reforms will be uncomfortable or challenging   to   some   who   are   particularly   influential   within   society   and   who   will endeavour to avoid change being implemented.   New Zealand has no better hit rate than anywhere  else.    I  am  not  satisfied  that  implementation  is  not  the   only  measure  of success.      Often   Law   Commission   reports   are   a   superb   repository   of   high-quality research  which  can  be  available  generally  within  the  community  (both  legal  and  lay) and    will    have    influence    even    if    there    is    not    wholesale    adoption    of    particular recommendations.    Cannibalisation  of  reports  is  certainly  well  known.    If  this  occurs there has been a positive outcome. It  goes  without saying that all work must be carried out with absolute objectivity, total integrity,  high  quality  research,  meaningful  community  involvement  and  participation and that the report is written in plain language.    The manner in which we express our recommendations remains problematic.  There are some who believe everything must be in the mode favoured in judgments or embraced by  academics.    But  we  have  to  communicate  effectively  with  a  wider  audience.    The primary lawmakers, and thus the implementers of law reform, are politicians.  We have to capture and excite their interest and that of their advisers.   The  law  is  for,  and  affects,  the  entire  community.    We  need  to  express  ourselves carefully, precisely and accurately, but in a form that is generally understood.  If all or any of those hallmarks are missing, then the work is diminished and its effect reduced.   Even where well informed and well intentioned people could reasonably disagree with a conclusion,  the  setting  out  of  the  problem,  the  coverage    of  the  way  in  which  it  is