Project Overview
The purpose of this project is to give fuller effect to the principle that the State is under the law and to ensure that as far as practicable legal procedures relating to and remedies against the Crown (as representing the State) are the same as those which apply to ordinary persons.
To give fuller effect to the principle that the State is under the law and to ensure that as far as practicable legal procedures relating to and remedies against the Crown (as representing the State) are the same as those which apply to ordinary persons.
With this in mind the Law Commission is asked to examine aspects of the legal position of the Crown, including but not limited to:
1. The civil liability of the Crown, its officers and agencies, and in particular special rules limiting or excluding that liability;
2. The Crown Proceedings Act 1950, with a view to its reform and simplification; and
3. The criminal liability of the Crown, its officers and agencies, and relevant procedures;
and to make recommendations accordingly.