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HMCTS reform divorce project legal professionals' event

Date:20 MAR 2018
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Collaborative lawyer & Family law arbitrator

In March 2017, I attended a Court Service (HMCTS) workshop about its online divorce project. HMCTS promised a follow up to demonstrate the progress the project has made. This subsequent legal professionals' event took place on 8 February 2017 and, once again, I was fortunate enough to attend it.

The event was led by service manager Isabel Syred, supported by colleagues, who explained the background to the project.

HMCTS told us that it wanted to ensure that users were at the heart of the design of the new service and that it continued to improve the service based on feedback. It wants to improve the process 'to create a better experience for those people going through a divorce and ensure the court system does not add unnecessary distress of complexity to what is already a very stressful time in their lives'. The project will enable users to process their undefended divorce entirely online such that they will be able to manage their case electronically.

Read the full article here.