Consultation Papers

Here you will find details of current consultation papers published by the Department for Constitutional Affairs, formerly the Lord Chancellor's Department, which are still open for responses. You will also be able to access past consultation papers and, where applicable, the Department's responses to them.

• Archived Consultation Papers and Responses 1997-2003
• Regulatory Impact Assessments
• Law Commission

Current Consultation Papers

» A Choice of Paths: better options to manage over-indebtedness and multiple debt [Responses sought by 20 October 2004] [20 July 2004]

» Making Simple CFAs a Reality - Consultation and Summary of Responses to Simplifying Conditional Fee Agreements [Responses sought by 21 September 2004] [June 2004]

» Findings and recommendations of the Independent Review of the Community Legal Service [Responses sought by 17 September 2004] [June 2004]

» Referrals to the children and family court advisory and support service by independent reviewing officers [Responses sought by 21 July 2004] [June 2004]

» Draft Court Rules - Adoption and Children Act 2002: Domestic adoption and placement for adoption [June 2004] [Responses sought by 31 August 2004]

» Appointment of Law Commissioners [Responses sought by 2 September 2004]

» Council of Europe Convention on Contact Concerning Children [Responses sought by 31 October 2004]

» Co-ordinated On-line Register of Electors - joint consultation paper with ODPM [Responses sought by 13 August 2004]

» The Courts Act 2003, Section 6 and Schedule 2: Unified Courts Administration Programme - The transfer of Property, Rights and Liabilities of the Magistrates' Courts excluding Estates [Responses sought by 12 August 2004]

» The Courts Act 2003, Section 6 and Schedule 2: Unified courts Administration Programme - The transfer etc. of property, rights andliabilities of the Magistrates' Courts Estate [Responses sought by 11 August 2004]

» Criminal Defence Service Bill - Consultation Paper and Explanatory Notes [Responses sought by 6 August 2004]

» Effective Inquiries [Responses sought by 29 July 2004]

» Partial RIA for Variation of Periodical Payment Orders and Settlements in Personal Injury Cases [Responses sought by 30 June 2004]

» Notice of limited consultation exercise on proposed Direction by the Lord Chancellor on funding in certain Proceeds of Crime Act cases [Responses sought by 19 April 2004]

» Notice of Limited consultation exercise on proposed amendments to Community Legal Service (Financial) Regulations 2000 [Responses sought by 8 March 2004]

» Notice of Consultation on Proposed Amendments to Guidance on the Public Funding of Legal Representation at Inquests Under Section 6 (8)(B) of the Access to Justice Act 1999 [ responses sought by 20 May 2004]

» Statutory Appeals and Statutory Review - proposals for rationalising procedures
[responses sought by 14 May 2004]

» Stamp Duty Land Tax (Appeals) Regulations 2004
[responses sought by 16 March 2004]

» Trustee Act 2000 - King's College London
[responses sought by 5 April 2004]

» Civil Proceedings by or against the Crown - a review of civil procedures
[responses sought by 3 May 2004]

» Jury Summoning Guidance
[responses sought by 27 February 2004]
[RESPONSE - June 2004]   PDF version of response

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