Report on contract law reform submitted to the Luxembourg Ministry of Justice

The project to modernise the Luxembourg Civil Code, in collaboration with the University of Luxembourg and the Department of Justice has been underway since 2023. This fruitful partnership has already resulted in the submission of a preliminary draft law on the reform of the statute of limitations to the Ministry of Justice in 2024, which is currently awaiting submission to the Chamber of Deputies. Begun in 2024, the work on the reform of contract law has spanned two years.

A novel approach

The entire project is based on a novel method for preparing a draft law, both nationally and internationally: the mobilisation of all interested legal professionals, and even beyond. Under the responsibility of University Law professors (and particularly that of Pascal Ancel, a scholar specialising in contract law), lawyers from all walks of life (lawyers, magistrates, researchers, lawyers from various backgrounds) came together, notably through monthly meetings, to discuss the reform and reach a consensus on a draft to be submitted to the Ministry of Justice so that it could be considered by the Ministry in its capacity as the legitimate political authority. It was therefore the voluntary commitment of a few dozen legal professionals that made this result possible.

A speech from Ms. Elisabeth Margue, Minister of Justice