Right to Marry in UK Law

  • The Inequality Of Civil Partnerships
    • Mondaq UK
    ... ... than have a traditional wedding and that, although they do want to marry one day, it is not what they want now. Whilst the Isle of Man is a Crown ... The right to enter into opposite-sex civil partnerships has been a hot topic since ... ...
  • Is That Wise? Mental Capacity And Marriage
    • Mondaq UK
    ... ... The legal question was how to determine if someone has capacity to marry. In particular does the test require one to be able to understand the ... ? For example, living together to the exclusion of others and the 'right to enjoy each other's society, comfort and assistance'. The Sheffield ... ...
  • Marry For Love Or Taxes?
    • Mondaq United Kingdom
    ... ... The logic here is that HMRC accept that it is right and proper that your spouse receive the maximum amount of your estate so he/she can look after herself during her lifetime. HMRC are not being so ... ...
  • How Covid-19 Has Created Fertile Ground For Predatory Marriages: What This Means For Succession And Some Possible Solutions
    • Mondaq UK
    ... ... they have the requisite capacity to do so ... Capacity to marry ... One of the key tenets of a predatory marriage, and the aspect ... that ... domestic life; and ... of the right to enjoy each other's society, comfort and ... assistance ... 'X City ... ...
  • What Does The Court Of Protection Have To Do With My Wedding?
    • Mondaq UK
    ... ... there is a dispute about whether a person has the mental capacity to marry, the Court of Protection will make a decision.  That is what happened in ... the sharing of a common home and a common domestic life and the right to enjoy each other's society, comfort and assistance." ... The Judge in ... ...
  • How Covid-19 Has Created Fertile Ground For Predatory Marriages: What This Means For Succession And Some Possible Solutions
    • Mondaq UK
    ... ... they have the requisite capacity to do so ... Capacity to marry ... One of the key tenets of a predatory marriage, and the aspect ... that ... domestic life; and ... of the right to enjoy each other's society, comfort and ... assistance ... 'X City ... ...
  • Homosexual Marriage Article
    • Mondaq United Kingdom
    ... ... marriages will force religious groups, against their beliefs, to marry homosexual couples on religious premises on the grounds that not doing so ... Importantly, homosexual couples will now be granted the right to get married or convert their civil partnership to marriage. Notably, ... ...
  • A Guide To Marriage And Civil Partnership Visit Visas
    • Mondaq UK
    ... ... This article will focus on those seeking to come to the UK to ... marry or form a civil partnership, or give notice of marriage or ... civil ... Is the Marriage or Civil Partnership Visit Visa the Right Visa ... The Marriage or Civil Partnership Visit Visa is the right visa ... ...
  • Marriage Decline Shows Importance Of Cohabitants Knowing Their Rights
    • Mondaq UK
    ... ... marriage, or couples choosing to live together rather than marry, ... either as a precursor to marriage or as an alternative." ... In fact, ... will have no automatic right to claim financial provision for ... themselves from their former partner, ... ...
  • Civil Partnerships For All (Or For No One)?
    • Mondaq UK
    ... ... a judgment saying that heterosexual couples should have the same right as same sex couples to enter into civil partnerships ... Since December ... That argument was swept away once same sex couples could marry, but civil partnerships remained on the statute books ... The Supreme ... ...
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