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A landmark ruling that a couple’s Islamic marriage falls within the scope of English marriage law but is void has been overturned by the Court of Appeal. In a judgment which could affect thousands of Muslims in England and Wales, the court has said that the "nikah" ceremony was an invalid cere

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The journalist and legal commentator, Joshua Rozenberg QC (hon), will launch his new book in Scotland at an event chaired by the Faculty of Advocates' Mungo Bovey QC. Mr Rozenberg is guest speaker at a Literary Lunch by BOOKMARK book festival at Ballathie House Hotel, Perthshire, on Sunday, 14

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A set of seminars at Edinburgh University aim to examine the role that law has played in facilitating the accumulation and distribution of wealth and the inequality that has resulted. The first seminar in the 'Law, Wealth and Inequality' project will focus on the role law, and in particular property

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A polygamist with three wives and ten children has told a court that he helped to defraud the US government of nearly $470 million (€434m). The huge sum obtained through a clean energy subsidy scam was allegedly spent on real estate in the US and Turkey and expensive cars including a $1.7 milli

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More than half a million pounds has been recovered from two men who made the cash selling “legal highs” online. An investigation was launched into Stuart Percival, 33, by the Civil Recovery Unit – a specialist team of expert solicitors and financial investigators working under inst

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The Scottish property market enjoyed a sharp rise in sales following Boris Johnson’s general election win, new research has revealed. Aberdein Considine’s Property Monitor report shows more than 10,000 homes changed hands in December, an unseasonal jump of 15 per cent on November an

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The Supreme Court of India has made it mandatory for political parties to publish the names of candidates with criminal records and the reasons for which they are being fielded. The court said there was an "alarming rise" in "criminal candidates"  that had to be urgently addressed.

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