Lord Merrivale P said: ‘In a country like ours, where the marriage status is of very great consequence and where the enforcement of the marriage laws is a matter of great public concern, it would be intolerable if the marriage law could be played with by people who thought fit to go to a Register Officer and subsequently, after some change of mind, to affirm that it was not a marriage because they did not so regard it.’
Judges:
Lord Merrivale P
Citations:
[1932] 49 TLR 99
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – J v S T (Formerly J) CA 21-Nov-1996
The parties had married, but the male partner was a transsexual, having been born female and having undergone treatment for Gender Identity Dysphoria. After IVF treatment, the couple had a child. As the marriage broke down the truth was revealed in . .
Cited – Her Majesty’s Attorney General v Akhter and Another CA 14-Feb-2020
Islamic Nikah Ceremony did not create a marriage
The parties had undertaken, in 1998, an Islamic marriage ceremony, a Nikah. They both knew at the time that to be effective in UK law, there would need to be a civil ceremony, and intended but did not achieve one. The parties having settled their . .
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Family
Updated: 14 October 2022; Ref: scu.235297