Since its establishment in 1980, the Commission has published 59 reports in the following areas:

Age | Arbitration | Charities | Commercial | Consumer protection | Contract | Copyright | Courts | Criminal law & procedure | Domicile | Evidence | Family | Insolvency | Legal profession | Medico-legal | Privacy | Property | Statutory interpretation | Succession | Tort

A full list of the Commission's publications is given below. Where the recommendations of a report have been implemented, either in whole or in part, the relevant legislation is also cited.

AGE
PROJECT TITLE	PUBLICATION	PROGRESS ON IMPLEMENTATION
The Age of Criminal Responsibility in Hong Kong	Consultation paper (Jan 1999) Report (May 2000)	Juvenile Offenders (Amendment) Ordinance (6 of 2003) (Mar 2003)
Young persons - Effects of Age in Civil Law	Report (Apr 1986)	Age of Majority (Related Provisions) Ordinance (Cap 410) (May 1990)

ARBITRATION
PROJECT TITLE	PUBLICATION	PROGRESS ON IMPLEMENTATION
Commercial Arbitration	Report (Jan 1982)	Arbitration (Amendment) Ordinance (10 of 1982) (Mar 1982)
The Adoption of the UNCITRAL Model Law	Report (Sep 1987)	Arbitration (Amendment) (No. 2) Ordinance (64 of 1989) (Nov 1989)

CHARITIES
PROJECT TITLE	PUBLICATION	PROGRESS ON IMPLEMENTATION
Charities	Consultation paper (Jun 2011)

COMMERCIAL
PROJECT TITLE	PUBLICATION	PROGRESS ON IMPLEMENTATION
Bills of Exchange	Report (Dec 1982)	Bills of Exchange (Amendment) Ordinance (16 of 1983) (Apr 1983)
Interest on Debt and Damages	Report (Jul 1990)
Laws on Insurance	Report (Jan 1986)	Insurance Companies (Amendment) (No. 3) Ordinance (76 of 1994) (Jul 1994)
The Regulation of Debt Collection Practices	Consultation paper (Jul 2000) Report (Jul 2002)	(Decision by Administration not to implement report's recommendations (Sep 2005): see Report on the Administration's Response to the Law Reform Commission Report on the Regulation of Debt Collection Practices)

CONSUMER PROTECTION (See also Contract below)
PROJECT TITLE	PUBLICATION	PROGRESS ON IMPLEMENTATION
Civil Liability for Unsafe Products	Consultation paper (Feb 1997) Report (Feb 1998)	(Administration's response to report (Nov 2010))

CONTRACT
PROJECT TITLE	PUBLICATION	PROGRESS ON IMPLEMENTATION
Class Actions	Consultation paper (Nov 2009)
Contracts for the Supply of Goods	Consultation paper (Dec 2000) Report (Feb 2002)	(Administration's response to report (Nov 2010))
Privity of Contract	Consultation paper (Jun 2004) Report (Oct 2005)	(Administration's response to report (Nov 2010))
Sale of Goods and Supply of Services	Report (Apr 1990)	Sale of Goods (Amendment) Ordinance (85 of 1994) (Oct 1994), Supply of Services (Implied Terms) Ordinance (Cap 457) (Oct 1994), Unconscionable Contracts Ordinance (Cap 458) (Oct 1994)
The Control of Exemption Clauses	Report (Dec 1986)	Control of Exemption Clauses Ordinance (Cap 71) (Nov 1989)

COPYRIGHT
PROJECT TITLE	PUBLICATION	PROGRESS ON IMPLEMENTATION
Reform of the Law Relating to Copyright	Consultation paper (Jan 1991) Report (Jan 1994)	Copyright Ordinance (Cap 528) (Jun 1997)

COURTS
PROJECT TITLE	PUBLICATION	PROGRESS ON IMPLEMENTATION
Contempt of Court	Report  (Jul 1987)
Coroners	Report (Aug 1987)	Coroners Ordinance (Cap 504) (May 1997)
Criteria for Service as Jurors	Consultation paper (Jan 2008) Report (Jun 2010)	(Administration's plan to implement recommendations in report (Dec 2010))

CRIMINAL LAW & PROCEDURE (See also Age above and Evidence below)
PROJECT TITLE	PUBLICATION	PROGRESS ON IMPLEMENTATION
Arrest	Report (Nov 1992)	Dangerous Drugs, Independent Commission Against Corruption and Police Force (Amendment) Ordinance (68 of 2000) (Jul 2000) (Administration's plan to implement outstanding recommendations in report (Feb 2009))
Bail in Criminal Proceedings	Report (Dec 1989)	Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Ordinance (56 of 1994) (Jun 1994)
Community Service Orders	Report (Jun 1983)	Community Service Orders Ordinance (Cap 378) (Nov 1984)
Confession Statements and their Admissibility in Criminal Proceedings	Report (Oct 1985)
Codification: the Preliminary Offences of Incitement, Conspiracy and Attempt	Consultation paper (Dec 1989) Report (May 1994)	Crimes (Amendment) Ordinance (49 of 1996) (Jul 1996)
Creation of a Substantive Offence of Fraud	Consultation paper (May 1995) Report (Jul 1996)	Theft (Amendment) Ordinance (45 of 1999) (Jul 1999)
Double Jeopardy	Consultation paper (Mar 2010)
Laws Governing Homosexual Conduct	Report (Jun 1983)	Crimes (Amendment) Ordinance (90 of 1991) (Jul 1991)
Loitering	Report (Jul 1990)	Crimes (Amendment) (No. 2) Ordinance (74 of 1992) (Jul 1992)
Sexual Offences Records Checks for Child-related Work: Interim Proposals	Consultation paper (Jul 2008) Report (Feb 2010)	Recommendations implemented by administrative scheme
Stalking	Consultation paper (May 1998) Report (Oct 2000)	(Administration's response to report (Apr 2009))
The Common Law Presumption that a Boy Under 14 is Incapable of Sexual Intercourse	Report (Dec 2010)	(Administration's plan to implement recommendations in report (Jun 2011))
The Procedure Governing the Admissibility of Confession Statements in Criminal Proceedings	Consultation paper (Nov 1998) Report (Jul 2000)	(LRC report made no recommendations for legislative change)
The Year and a Day Rule in Homicide	Report (Jun 1997)	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Ordinance (32 of 2000) (Jun 2000)

DOMICILE
PROJECT TITLE	PUBLICATION	PROGRESS ON IMPLEMENTATION
Rules for Determining Domicile	Consultation paper (Mar 2004) Report (Apr 2005)	Domicile Ordinance (4 of 2008)

EVIDENCE
PROJECT TITLE	PUBLICATION	PROGRESS ON IMPLEMENTATION
Competence and Compellability of Spouses in Criminal Proceedings	Report (Dec 1988)	Evidence (Miscellaneous Amendments) Ordinance (23 of 2003) (Jun 2003)
Hearsay Rule in Civil Proceedings	Consultation paper (Aug 1992) Report (Jul 1996)	Evidence (Amendment) Ordinance (2 of 1999) (Jan 1999)
Hearsay in Criminal Proceedings	Consultation paper (Nov 2005) Report (Nov 2009)	(Administration's response to report (Dec 2010))

FAMILY
PROJECT TITLE	PUBLICATION	PROGRESS ON IMPLEMENTATION
Child Custody and Access	Report (Mar 2005)	(Administration's response to report (June 2011))
Grounds for Divorce and the Time Restriction on Petitions for Divorce within Three Years of Marriage	Consultation paper (Oct & Dec 1990) Report (Nov 1992)	Matrimonial Causes (Amendment) Ordinance (29 of 1995) (May 1995)
Guardianship and Custody	Consultation paper (Dec 1998)
Guardianship of Children	Report (Jan 2002)	(Administration's plan to implement recommendations in report (Nov 2009))
Illegitimacy	Report (Dec 1991)	Parent and Child Ordinance (Cap 429) (Mar 1993)
International Parental Child Abduction	Report (Apr 2002)	(Administration's plan to implement recommendations in report (Nov 2009))
The Family Dispute Resolution Process	Report (Mar 2003)	(Administration's response to report (May 2009))

INSOLVENCY
PROJECT TITLE	PUBLICATION	PROGRESS ON IMPLEMENTATION
Bankruptcy	Consultation paper (Jul 1993) Report (May 1995)	Bankruptcy (Amendment) Ordinance (76 of 1996) (Dec 1996)
Corporate Rescue and Insolvent Trading	Consultation paper (Jun 1995) Report (Oct 1996)
The Winding-up Provisions of the Companies Ordinance	Consultation paper (Apr 1998) Report (Jul 1999)	Some technical aspects implemented by  the Companies (Amendment) Ordinance (28 of 2003) (Jul 2003) (Administration's response to report (Apr 2009))

LEGAL PROFESSION
PROJECT TITLE	PUBLICATION	PROGRESS ON IMPLEMENTATION
Conditional Fees	Consultation paper (Sep 2005) Report (Jul 2007)	(Administration's response to report (Oct 2010))

MEDICO-LEGAL
PROJECT TITLE	PUBLICATION	PROGRESS ON IMPLEMENTATION
Enduring Powers of Attorney	Consultation paper (Apr 2007) Report (Mar 2008)	Enduring Powers of Attorney (Amendment) Ordinance (25 of 2011)
Enduring Powers of Attorney: Personal Care	Consultation paper (Jul 2009) Report (Jul 2011)
Substitute Decision-making and Advance Directives in Relation to Medical Treatment	Consultation paper (Jul 2004) Report (Aug 2006)	(Administration's response to report (Nov 2010))

PRIVACY
PROJECT TITLE	PUBLICATION	PROGRESS ON IMPLEMENTATION
Civil Liability for Invasion of Privacy	Consultation paper (Aug 1999) Report (Dec 2004)	(Administration's response to report (Apr 2009))
Privacy and Media Intrusion	Consultation paper (Aug 1999) Report (Dec 2004)	(Administration's response to report (Apr 2009))
Privacy: The Regulation of Covert Surveillance	Consultation paper (Apr 1996) Report (Mar 2006)	(The Interception of Communications and Surveillance Bill (subsequently Ordinance 20 of 2006) was introduced prior to publication of the LRC report but mirrors some of the LRC's recommendations) (Administration's response to report (Apr 2009))
Reform of the Law Relating to the Protection of Personal Data	Consultation paper (Mar 1993) Report (Aug 1994)	Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance (Cap 486) (Aug 1995)
Regulating the Interception of Communications	Consultation paper (Apr 1996) Report (Dec 1996)	(Administration's response to report (Apr 2009))
Stalking	Consultation paper (May 1998) Report (Oct 2000)	(Administration's response to report (Apr 2009))

PROPERTY
PROJECT TITLE	PUBLICATION	PROGRESS ON IMPLEMENTATION
Description of Flats on Sale - Local Uncompleted Residential Properties	Consultation paper (Apr 1994) Report (Apr 1995)
Description of Flats on Sale - Local Completed Residential Properties	Consultation paper (Jan 2001) Report (Sep 2002)
Description of Flats on Sale - Overseas Uncompleted Residential Properties	Consultation paper (Sep 1996) Report (Sep 1997)

STATUTORY INTERPRETATION
PROJECT TITLE	PUBLICATION	PROGRESS ON IMPLEMENTATION
Extrinsic Materials as an Aid to Statutory Interpretation	Consultation paper (Feb 1996) Report (Apr 1997)

SUCCESSION
PROJECT TITLE	PUBLICATION	PROGRESS ON IMPLEMENTATION
Law of Wills, Intestate Succession and Provision for Deceased Persons' Families and Dependants	Report (May 1990)	Wills (Amendment) Ordinance (56 of 1995) (Jul 1995), Intestates' Estates (Amendment) Ordinance (57 of 1995) (Jul 1995), Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Ordinance (Cap 481) (Jul 1995), Law Amendment and Reform (Consolidation) (Amendment) Ordinance (16 of 1996) (May 1996)

TORT
PROJECT TITLE	PUBLICATION	PROGRESS ON IMPLEMENTATION
Damages for Personal Injury and Death	Report (Feb 1985)	Fatal Accidents Ordinance (Cap 22) (Jul 1986), Law Amendment and Reform (Consolidation) (Amendment) Ordinance (40 of 1986) (Jul 1986)
The Law Relating to Contribution between Wrongdoers	Report (Apr 1984)	Civil Liability (Contribution) Ordinance (Cap 377) (Nov 1984)