Disadvantages of Law Reform

1. What is meant by failure to implement reforms?

Failure of Parliament to implement reforms e.g. a non-fatal offences reform was proposed in report No 218 in 1993 and a draft bill was created in 1998 but has still not been implemented.

2. Why is there a lack of Parliamentary time for law reform?

There is a lack of Parliamentary time for law reform due to them concentrating on other issues such as taxes, health and education.

3. What is meant by partial implementation of reforms?

Where the Government introduce reforms, but only partially; they only take into consideration some of the proposed reforms.

4. What is an example of partial implementation of reforms?

An example is the Coroners and Justice Act 2009; this reformed partial defences to murder but ignored the suggested reforms in terms of a tiered homicide structure.