Hearings
England & Wales
27 Jul 2012 [2012] EWHC 2219 (Fam); [2013] Fam 51; [2013] 2 WLR 606; [2013] 2 FLR 68; [2012] WLR (D) 246, Fam D (Moylan J)
A v A (Attorney General intervening)
Additional names
MA v JA
Subject Matter
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, ss 41, 49 (as amended by Marriage Acts Amendment Act 1958, s 1(1)(a), Marriage (Registration of Buildings) Act 1990, s 1(1), Marriage Act 1994, s 1, Sch, para 3 and Immigration and Asylum Act 1999, s 169, Sch 14, para 27, Sch 16) — Matrimonial Causes Act 1973, s 11 (as amended by Marriage Act 1983, s 12 and Marriage (Prohibited Degrees of Relationship) Act 1986, s 6(4))
[2012] EWHC 2219 (Fam); [2013] Fam 51; [2013] 2 WLR 606; [2013] 2 FLR 68; [2012] WLR (D) 246, Fam D