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.
[1] 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.
The full-time members are to be lawyers or other people who in the opinion of the governor have the necessary experience to be on the commission.
After completing the report, the Commission forwards it to the Attorney General, who then is required to table it in the Western Australian Parliament.