History
There has been a history of law reform in common law countries such as Australia. Prior to the establishment of the commission, various parliamentary inquiries, ad-hoc commissions, or panels had advised on law reform.
One of the first systematic attempts was in 1822 and 1823, when Commissioner John Thomas Bigge, a former Chief Justice of Trinidad, prepared three reports on the state of the colony of New South Wales. Those reports recommended various changes in the legal system, government, and use of convicts in the colonies. The present commission is a successor to that grand history of law reform in Australia.
The commission was the first permanent body established in Western Australia to continually conduct and investigate law reform. It’s establishment was important as it was an independent body that could devote its deliberations full-time to examining law reform in the state
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