Category: marriage
Fiancée fights for her right to a Scientology wedding in landmark legal bid to overturn ‘unfair’ marriage laws in England and Wales – The Independent
“Scientologists have launched a landmark legal bid to overturn marriage laws in England and Wales. Followers of the controversial new religion believe it is unfair that Protestants, Catholics, Quakers, Jews and Non-Conformists are allowed to have state sanctioned marriages in their religious buildings whilst other faiths are not.”
The Independent, 24th October 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Out of his shadow: The long struggle of wives under English Law – Lord Wilson
Out of his shadow: The long struggle of wives under English Law (PDF)
The High Sheriff of Oxfordshire’s Annual Law Lecture, 9th October 2012
Source: www.supremecourt.gov.uk
Finance & Divorce October 2012 Update – Family Law Week
“Anna Heenan and Nicola Rowlings, both of Mills & Reeve LLP, analyse September’s financial remedies and divorce news and cases.”
Family Law Week, 8th October 2012
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
Greater freedoms for people tying the knot – Home Office
“From today couples tying the knot will be given greater freedom of choice as outdated time restrictions on ceremonies are removed.”
Home Office, 1st October 2012
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
A legal right to gay marriage? – Family Law Week
“Andrew Commins, barrister, associate member of St John’s Chambers in Bristol analyses the legal issues relating to the question of gay marriage.”
Family Law Week, 24th September 2012
Source: www.familylawweek.com
Teachers ‘face sack’ for refusing to endorse gay marriage – Daily Telegraph
“Schools will be within their statutory rights to dismiss staff that wilfully fail to use stories or textbooks promoting same-sex weddings, it is claimed. Aidan O’Neill, a senior QC and expert on religious freedom and human rights, also warned that parents who object to gay marriage being taught to their children will have no right to withdraw their child from lessons.”
Daily Telegraph, 10th September 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Bedfordshire businessman guilty of sham marriage scam – BBC News
“A Bedfordshire restaurant owner has been found guilty of being involved in a sham marriage scam.”
BBC News, 29th August 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Dukali v Lamrani: a cautionary tale on how the courts define marriage – Family Law Week
“Dr John Fox and Eleanor Fletcher, both barristers at Lamb Building, consider the lessons to be learned from the court’s approach to determining the validity of the parties’ marriage in Dukali v Lamrani.”
Family Law Week, 14th August 2012
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
MA v JA (Attorney General intervening) – WLR Daily
MA v JA (Attorney General intervening) [2012] EWHC 2219 (Fam); [2012] WLR (D) 246
“A ceremony of marriage conducted in England which did not comply with the requirements of the Marriage Act 1949 because the parties had failed to give notice to the registrar with the result that the marriage was solemnised without any certificate being issued, created a marriage which was entitled to be recognised as valid under English law.”
WLR Daily, 27th July 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘Homegrown’ British terrorist bride jailed over Jewish plot – Daily Telegraph
“Serial bride who met and married her third husband through a Muslim dating site was jailed for eight years for planning to launch a terrorist attack upon Jewish communities in Manchester.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th July 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Finance Divorce Update – Family Law Week
“Anna Heenan, solicitor and David Salter, Joint Head of Family Law at Mills & Reeve LLP analyse the latest financial remedies and divorce news and cases.”
Family Law Week, June 2012
Source: www.familylawweek.com
Civil partnerships should have been called marriage, says top divorce lawyer – Daily Telegraph
“The debate over same-sex unions could have been avoided if civil partnerships had been described as marriage by the Government, a top divorce lawyer has said.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th June 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Opposing gay marriage not homophobic, says advertising watchdog – Daily Telegraph
“Opposing gay marriage is not offensive or homophobic, the advertising watchdog has ruled.”
Daily Telegraph, 14th June 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Gay marriage gets ministerial approval – The Guardian
“Ministers have pledged to push through legislation to give same-sex couples equal rights to get married despite mounting opposition from within the Conservative party and the threat of a split with the Church of England.”
The Guardian, 12th June 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Will the European Court force churches to perform gay marriages? – UK Human Rights Blog
“The Government’s Consultation on Equal Civil Marriage ends on Thursday 14 June: you can fill in the brief online survey here if you haven’t already. In the meantime, the Church of England is on the front pages this morning with its own response, which amongst other things, warns that ‘it seems extremely doubtful’ that the European Court of Human Rights ‘would uphold the right of a state to retain gender inequality in civil partnerships once the state had legislated for equal marriage’.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 12th June 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Finance & Divorce May 2012 Update – Family Law Week
“Anna Heenan, solicitor and David Salter, Joint Head of Family Law at Mills & Reeve LLP analyse the latest key financial remedies cases.”
Family Law Week, 6th June 2012
Source: www.familylawweek.com
Gay marriage: you say potato and I say potahto – Halsbury’s Law Exchange
“There’s been quite a commotion about gay marriage in the last few weeks following the Government’s apparent plans to shelve or delay its introduction with MP Gerald Howarth, amongst others, saying that the Tories’ stance on gay marriage was partly to blame for their performance at the local elections. A slightly narrow focus one might think when the Labour party, for whom more people voted in the local elections, supports gay marriage and when it is perhaps the economy that is at the forefront of many voters minds.”
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 22nd May 2012
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
Widower pays price for infidelity as judge rules he is not entitled to full compensation – Daily Telegraph
“A company director who fathered a child with his mistress has paid the price for his infidelity after a judge ruled he was not entitled to full compensation over the death of his wife.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th May 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Divorce judge: most couples in Hello! magazine end up in my court within a year or two – Daily Telegraph
“A serving High Court judge who is launching a public campaign this week to defend marriage said most couples who appear in Hello! magazine end up in his divorce court ‘within a year or two.'”
Daily Telegraph, 30th April 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk