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18 April 2019
Issue: 7837 / Categories: Features , Procedure & practice , Civil way
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Civil way: 19 April 2019

No fault default; unqualified DisSERVICE; stamping out; Bingo caller falls asleep.

BREAKING DOWN INSTRUCTIONS

‘My dear Parliamentary Counsel,

I have respite for you from all that Brexit statutory instrument rubbish drafting. A Bill based on our consultation response on reducing family conflict. We haven’t decided on everything yet so make some of it up as you go along. Parliamentary time has to be found once you’ve done the job and the family procedure amendment rules and a PD to support will be a right headache so I’m praying that we can wrap it all up before the expiration of a continuous period of two years from my announcement, with everybody’s consent. Getting an online scheme going is another matter. I fear there will be more pilots than in a Heathrow bar.

Nullity is untouched. The bar for going for divorce or civil partnership dissolution within one year of the ceremony is untouched. Irretrievable breakdown for both is untouched. The five factors for proving irretrievable breakdown go. Instead, a joint or several statements of irretrievable breakdown is to be filed with the court.

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Andy Burnham's brand of 'Manchesterism' could offer fresh thinking on legal aid and access to justice if it reaches Westminster, according to Roger Smith, NLJ columnist and former director of JUSTICE
The constitutional fallout from a change of prime minister, rather than the politics, is under scrutiny as questions arise over the limits of executive authority in a leadership transition
The legal profession is undergoing a fundamental shift from selling services to creating technology-enabled products, according to Professor Luke Mason, Head of School of Law at Regent's University London
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