the court had no jurisdiction to grant a decree because, under English law, the marriage ceremony which had taken place in Egypt was ‘no marriage’.
Judges:
Barnard J
Citations:
[1951] P 50
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
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: 17 October 2022; Ref: scu.648167
