Weddings: For better, for worse?

Nick Gova considers the Law Commission proposals to reform the law relating to the requirements for wedding ceremonies England and Wales have undergone enormous social changes in the last two centuries, but these changes are not reflected in our marriage laws. Our society is far more culturally and religiously diverse and the ways in which …
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Marriage: Not right or proper?

Victoria Roberts and Dan Jones consider, in light of Akhter v Khan, whether matrimonial law in England and Wales is fit for modern society Unless a nikah takes place at a registered mosque in the UK, or is proceeded or accompanied by a civil ceremony, the dissolution of the marriage cannot be pursued through the …
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