diff --git a/contracts/scripts/policyUpdate.ts b/contracts/scripts/policyUpdate.ts
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+import { deployments, getNamedAccounts, getChainId, ethers } from "hardhat";
+import { PolicyRegistry } from "../typechain-types";
+import fetch from "node-fetch";
+import FormData from "form-data";
+import fs from "fs";
+const path = require("path");
+
+enum HomeChains {
+  ARBITRUM_ONE = 42161,
+  ARBITRUM_RINKEBY = 421611,
+  ARBITRUM_GOERLI = 421613,
+  HARDHAT = 31337,
+}
+async function main(filePath: string) {
+  let courtsV1;
+  fs.readFile(filePath, "utf8", (err, jsonString) => {
+    if (err) {
+      console.log("File read failed:", err);
+      return;
+    }
+    const json = JSON.parse(jsonString);
+    courtsV1 = json.map((courtDetails) => ({
+      ...courtDetails,
+      name: courtDetails.name,
+      description: courtDetails.description,
+      summary: courtDetails.summary,
+      court: courtDetails.court,
+      uri: courtDetails.uri,
+    }));
+  });
+
+  // fallback to hardhat node signers on local network
+  // const governor = (await getNamedAccounts()).governor ?? (await ethers.getSigners())[0].address;
+  const governor = (await ethers.getSigners())[0];
+
+  const chainId = Number(await getChainId());
+  if (!HomeChains[chainId]) {
+    console.error(`Aborting: script is not compatible with ${chainId}`);
+    return;
+  } else {
+    console.log("deploying to %s with deployer %s", HomeChains[chainId], governor);
+  }
+
+  //--------uncomment once configuration is set in deployments------
+  // const policyRegistryDeployment = await deployments.get("PolicyRegistry");
+  const policyRegistry = (await ethers.getContractAt(
+    "PolicyRegistry",
+    "0xAF0F49Fe110b48bd512F00d51D141F023c9a9106" // arbitrumgoerli contract address
+    // policyRegistryDeployment.address
+  )) as PolicyRegistry;
+  for (const courtObject of courtsV1) {
+    var courtV2 = courtObject.court + 1;
+    var filename = courtObject.name.replace(" ", "-").concat(".json");
+    const formData = await constructData(courtObject, filename);
+    let response = await uploadFormDataToIPFS(formData);
+    if (response && response.statusCode === 200) {
+      try {
+        console.log(courtV2, courtObject.name);
+        const data = await JSON.parse(response.body);
+        const cid = "/ipfs/" + data["cid"];
+        console.log(cid, "cid");
+        await policyRegistry.connect(governor).setPolicy(courtV2, courtObject.name, cid);
+      } catch (error) {
+        console.log(error);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+const constructData = async (courtObj: any, filename: string) => {
+  const formData = new FormData();
+  fs.writeFileSync(
+    "./scripts/courtObjects/" + filename.toString(),
+    JSON.stringify({ name: courtObj.name, description: courtObj.description, summary: courtObj.summary }, null, "\t")
+  );
+  const RelativePath = path.join(__dirname, "./courtObjects/" + filename.toString());
+  formData.append("data", fs.createReadStream(RelativePath));
+  formData.append("filename", filename);
+  return formData;
+};
+
+const uploadFormDataToIPFS = async (data: FormData) => {
+  const ESTUARY_URL = process.env.ESTUARY_URL;
+  let auth = `Bearer ${process.env.ESTUARY_KEY}`;
+  try {
+    const response = await fetch(ESTUARY_URL, {
+      method: "POST",
+      headers: {
+        Accept: "application/json",
+        Authorization: auth,
+      },
+      body: data,
+    });
+    let parseResponse = await response.json();
+    console.log(parseResponse, "parse response");
+    return {
+      statusCode: response.status,
+      body: JSON.stringify(parseResponse),
+    };
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.log(error);
+  }
+};
+main("./config/policies.v1.mainnet.json")
+  .then(() => process.exit(0))
+  .catch((error) => {
+    console.error(error);
+    process.exit(1);
+  });