On your first question, the panel is assisted in its work by the firm of Stikeman Elliott. Along with the panel, they are holding the pen in drafting the model of common law.
Other resources that have been assigned to the panel include the Capital Markets Institute, which is leading the research program, and Sir Howard Davies, who was the first chairman of the Financial Services Authority in the United Kingdom. This was an interesting experiment because it brought together various regulatory agencies under one roof.