“A public consultation to consider how to make civil marriage available to same-sex couples will begin in March 2012, the government announced today.”
Home Office, 26th September 2011
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
“Philippa Cunniff, family law partner at Turcan Connell, has some distinctly unromantic but potentially invaluable advice.”
The Guardian, 4th August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“There is ‘no political will’ to address the record levels of family breakdown that currently cost the country an estimated £40-100bn a year, a leading family lawyer claimed during a Law Society public debate yesterday.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 8th July 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“The tradition of reading church banns is to be dropped for migrant weddings as part of a new drive to combat bogus marriages.”
Daily Telegraph, 12th April 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Prince William’s forthcoming marriage to Kate Middleton is unlikely to be beset by any legal confusion. But future Windsor weddings could easily be mired in controversy unless there are changes to the law, according to Professor Rebecca Probert from Warwick University, an expert on marriage law.”
The Guardian, 5th April 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A wedding party arrested in Sheffield city centre last September as part of a nationwide crackdown have been jailed.”
UK Border Agency, 22nd April 2011
Source: www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk
“As part of its commitment to advancing equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGB and T) people, the government will today announce that religious buildings will be allowed to host civil partnership registrations.”
Home Office, 17th February 2011
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
“Gay and lesbian couples could soon win the right to marry, and straight couples be given the right to form civil partnerships.
The equalities minister, Lynne Featherstone, has disclosed that the government intends to consult over how marriage laws in England and Wales can be further reformed, despite strong opposition from some religious groups.”
The Guardian, 17th February 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Getting married isn’t quite a simple as saying ‘I do’: here is a breakdown of the myriad laws surrounding matrimony.”
Daily Telegraph, 12th February 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Night-time weddings will be able to take place in future under plans outlined by the government.”
BBC News, 12th February 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“R 277 of the Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules, which prevented entry clearance to a party to a marriage where one spouse was a United Kingdom citizen and either party was aged under 21 years, was a disproportionate inhibition on family and private life and on the right to marry, guaranteed by arts 8 and 12 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.”
WLR Daily, 22nd December 2010
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
“Campaigners launch legal challenge in attempt to change legislation that prevents gay couples from getting married.”
The Guardian, 19th December 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Official Solicitor to the Senior Courts v Yemoh and others [2010] WLR (D) 334
“Polygamous marriages contracted in accordance with the customary law of Ghana were recognised for the purposes of succession to real estate in England and Wales.”
WLR Daily, 16th December 2010
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
“A heterosexual couple will request a civil partnership – available only to same-sex couples in the UK – at a register office in London tomorrow, to take a stand against a system which they say ‘segregates couples according to their sexuality’.”
The Guardian, 8th November 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A lesbian couple have pledged to go to court in an attempt to overturn the ban on same-sex marriages after a register office refused to grant them a civil licence.”
Daily Telegraph, 2nd November 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Peter Tatchell plans legal challenge in campaign by gay and mixed-sex couples calling for the same type of union.”
The Guardian, 24th October 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Seven people involved in a large scale sham marriage scam to try and beat UK immigration rules have been sentenced at Manchester Crown Court.”
UK Border Agency, 30th September 2010
Source: www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk
“Seven members of a gang who organised sham weddings for illegal immigrants were jailed today (28 September).”
The Independent, 28th September 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The UK Border Agency (UKBA) has said it is committed to tackling sham marriages after a couple were jailed for staging a ceremony in Lancashire.”
BBC News, 15th September 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A Church of England vicar was today among 3 men jailed for staging hundreds of sham marriages in East Sussex. Reverend Alex Brown was found guilty of conspiring to facilitate breaches in immigration law in July alongside 2 other men, Ukrainian national Vladymyr Buchak and lawyer Michael Adelasoye, following an 8 week trial.”
UK Border Agency, 6th September 2010
Source: www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk
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