Law Commissioner appointed
The Lord Chancellor has approved the appointment of Professor Alison Young as the Law Commissioner for Public Law and the Law in Wales.
The Lord Chancellor has approved the appointment of Professor Alison Young as the Law Commissioner for Public Law and the Law in Wales for 5 years from 18 March 2024.
The Law Commission was created by the Law Commissions Act 1965 with the role of keeping under review the law of England and Wales with a view to its systematic development and reform. The Law Commission promotes the reform of the law to make it clearer, more modern and more accessible. The Commission鈥檚 projects bring real benefits to the public, businesses or other organisations affected by old, complex and out-of-date law.
Appointments to the Law Commission are made by the Lord Chancellor and are regulated by the Commissioner for Public Appointments. This appointment has been made in line with the Governance Code on Public Appointments.
Biography
Professor Young is the Sir David Williams Professor of Public Law at the University of Cambridge, and a Fellow of聽Robinson College. She is also an academic associate at聽39 Essex Chambers and an Emeritus Fellow of聽Hertford College, Oxford.聽聽
Before joining the University of Cambridge, Professor Young studied for a Law (with French) degree at the University of Birmingham, spending a聽year at the聽Universit茅聽de Limoges. She then completed the BCL聽and D Phil at Hertford College,聽University of Oxford. She spent three years as a Tutorial Fellow at Balliol College, Oxford, before returning to Hertford as a Fellow in Law and later Professor of Public Law at the University of Oxford.
Professor Young has not declared any political activity.