The All Party Parliamentary Group for Legal and Constitutional Affairs is an all-party parliamentary group of MPs and Peers within the Parliament of the United Kingdom that meets regularly to discuss current issues relating to law reform and the legal profession.
The APPG is chaired by David Hunt, Baron Hunt of Wirral, a Conservative life peer and solicitor and former Senior Partner at DAC Beachcroft.
The APPG is jointly supported by The Law Society and the General Council of the Bar, and is administered by Richard Messingham.
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