Mahmood v Mahmood
| Jurisdiction | Scotland |
| Year | 1993 |
| Date | 1993 |
| Court | Court of Session (Outer House) |
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4 cases
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Aneeka Sohrab (ap) V. Raja Sulman Khan (ap)
...that marriage required free consent and she referred me to Stair: Institutions 1.4.1. She then referred to the case of Mahmood v Mahmood 1993 S.L.T. 589 where, after a debate, Lord Sutherland allowed a proof before answer on the question of threat. She referred me to Fraser on Husband and W......
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June Kaur Or Singh (ap) V. Bikramjit Singh
...question of what is sufficient to amount to duress so as to vitiate consent to marry was discussed by Lord Sutherland in Mahmood v Mahmood 1993 SLT 589 and by Lord Prosser in Mahmud v Mahmud 1994 SLT 599. The previous English decisions dealing with the issue are discussed in theses two case......
- Re P (Forced Marriage)
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Sohrab v Khan
...before the Lord Ordinary for a proof. Cases referred to: Bradley v Mochrie 1947 SLT (Notes) 27 Gall v GallSC 1968 SC 332 Mahmood v Mahmood 1993 SLT 589 Mahmud v Mahmud 1994 SLT 599 Saleh v Saleh 1987 SLT 633 Textbooks referred to: Difficulties with the marriage laws: Pandora Clifford and Iv......
4 books & journal articles
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City of Edinburgh Council v S. Forced Marriage in Scotland: The Legal Response
...and to vitiate his/her consent to marry, decree of nullity will be granted.3 3 E.g. Mahmud v Mahmud 1994 SLT 599; Mahmood v Mahmood 1993 SLT 589; Sohrab v Kahn 2002 SLT 1255; and Singh v Singh 2005 SLT Forced marriage Forced marriage has been defined as:4 4 Scottish Government, Forced Marri......
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Without consent: forced marriage in Australia.
...(1983) 4 FLR 232. See also SHv NB [2010] 1 FLR 1927. (16) Singh v Singh [1971] P 226; Hirani v Hirani (1983) 4 FLR 232; Mahmood v Mahmood [1993] SLT 589; Re SK [2006] 1 WLR 81. See also Anne Phillips and Moira Dustin, 'UK Initiatives on Forced Marriage: Regulation Dialogue and Exit' (2004) ......
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UK Initiatives on Forced Marriage: Regulation, Dialogue and Exit
...email: m.dustin@lse.ac.ukAppendix: CasesAv. J (Nullity Proceedings) [1989] 1 FRR 110Hirani v. Hirani [1983] 4 FLR 232Mahmood v. Mahmood [1993] SLT 589Mahmud v. Mahmud [1994] SLT 599 548 ANNE PHILLIPS AND MOIRA DUSTINRv. Ahmed Shah Moied and Others [1986] 8 Cr. App. R (S) 44Rv. Ghulam Rasool......
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When Culture Means Gender: Issues of Cultural Defence in the English Courts
...recent years, some of the key judgments involving the annulment of forced marriages havecome from the Scottish courts (Mahmood vMahmood (1993) SLT 589; Mahmud vMahmud (1994)SLT 599). However, these do not really fall within the remit of a discussion of ‘cultural defence’.The central issue i......