The Weekly Law Reports
[2013] 2 WLR 606
Family Division
A v A (Attorney General intervening)
[2012] EWHC 2219 (Fam)
2010 June 24;
Nov 24;
2011 May 27;
July 26;
Oct 18;
2012 July 27
Moylan J
Husband and wife— Marriage— Declaration of marital status— Ceremony of marriage not complying with statutory requirements— Failure to give notice to registrar— Registrar’s certificate for marriage not issued— Whether ceremony creating potentially valid marriage— Whether marriage valid—
Marriage Act 1949 (12, 13 & 14 Geo 6, c 76), ss 41, 49 (as amended by Marriage Acts Amendment Act 1958 (6 & 7 Eliz 2, c 29), s 1(1)(a), Marriage (Registration of Buildings) Act 1990 (c 33), s 1(1), Marriage Act 1994 (c 34), s 1, Sch, para 3 and Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (c 33), s 169, Sch 14, para 27, Sch 16)
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Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 (c 18), s 11 (as amended by Marriage Act 1983 (c 32), s 12 and Marriage (Prohibited Degrees of Relationship) Act 1986 (c 16), s 6(4))