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Published date01 October 2013
Date01 October 2013
DOI10.1350/ijep.2013.17.4.438
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Law reform
Juries—Ireland
In 2010 the Law Reform Commission of Ireland published a Consultation Paper on
Jury Service (LRC CP 61-2010). Amongst the 56 recommendations in the follow-up
report is a call for empirical research to be carried out on jury representativeness
and juror comprehension and competence.
Law Reform Commission, Report: Jury Service, LRC 107-2013 (April 2013), available at
<http://www.lawreform.ie/_fileupload/Reports/r107.pdf>.
Access to justice for those with an intellectual disability—Australia
In Victoria the Law Reform Committee has tabled its Final Report about access to
justice for those who have an intellectual disability. The report considers inter alia
competence to give evidence, giving evidence in court (including special
measures), fitness to stand trial, legal representation and difficulties in the
lawyer–client relationship.
Law Reform Committee, Inquiry into Access to and Interaction with the Justice System by
People with an Intellectual Disability and their Families and Carers, Parliamentary Paper
No. 216, Session 2010–2013 (March 2013), available at <http://www.parliament.
vic.gov.au/images/stories/committees/lawreform/iaijspidtfc/2013-03-05_Access_to
_justice_intellectually_disabled_-_Final_Report.pdf>.
Unfitness to plead—United Kingdom
The Law Commission has published its analysis of the responses to its Consul-
tation Paper on the subject of unfitness to plead.
doi:10.1350/ijep.2013.17.4.438
374 (2013) 17 E&P 374–378 THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EVIDENCE & PROOF

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