The Law Society has responded to the Law Commission’s September 2020 consultation on proposals to reform hate crime laws
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Commission's proposals included ‘equalising protection across all of the
existing protected characteristics’, ‘adding sex or gender to the protected
characteristics’ and ‘establishing criteria for deciding whether any additional
characteristics should be recognised in hate crime laws’, such as ageism and
misogyny.
The Law Society agreed with the Law Commission regarding the benefits of reform which allow for higher ‘consistency, clarity and fairness’.
