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15 September 2017 / Stephen Gold
Issue: 7761 / Categories: Features , Civil way
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Civil way: 15 September 2017

Divorce report, intellectual threats, High Court possession, & Undertakings

FREEDOM ON LINE

Sorry, divorce practitioners. The online project is continuing to go well (see Civil way, 7 April 2017). Petitions (applications, if you must) have been available for online completion in ever-so-user-friendly fashion by all patronising the East Midlands Regional Divorce Centre (RDC) in Nottingham and not just the cherry picked since 31 July 2017. This service was extended to the West Midlands RDC in Stoke last week and will hit the South West RDC in Southampton at the beginning of next month. The petition has to be downloaded and lodged but online filing (once the respondent has been ejected from the study) and fee payment (but not out of the matrimonial assets) are set to follow in a matter of months. Foreign marriage cases are currently excluded but will join in sooner or later. The endgame (sorry, again) looks to be around spring of 2019.

THREATENING LAW

OK, intellectual property law may not usually detain you unduly but could you hold on for

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NEWS
LexisNexis will mark the 80th anniversary of Shawcross and Beaumont on Air Law with a live podcast exploring the evolution of aviation law from the Chicago Convention to the challenges facing modern aerospace, taking place on Tuesday 29 September
Harmony Christian Ministries is the latest charity to benefit from a £500 donation from AlphaBiolabs via the company’s Giving Back initiative
Foreign judgment creditors have gained a route to recovery after the Supreme Court’s ruling in Drelle v Servis-Terminal
Surrogacy is growing in popularity, but parents-to-be face a complex legal framework
Winning a judgment may be only the beginning of an expensive enforcement battle, writes Professor Dominic Regan in this week's NLJ
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