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Review of Succession Law

Project status: Researching issues Start date 18 December 2019 Last updated 16 April 2020

The Law Commission will review the law of succession. The law of succession is the system of rules that governs who gets a person’s property when they die.

In July 2019 the Minister Responsible for the Law Commission requested that the...

Declaratory Judgments

Project status: Work on hold Start date 27 July 2016 Last updated 30 October 2017

The declaratory judgment is an important judicial remedy.  It provides an efficient and effective means by which parties can clarify and establish their legal rights and obligations, without the need for further remedies. There is, however,...

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