No Need To Ask Government For Marriage Permission
R (Baia and another) v Secretary of State for the Home Department; R (Bigoku and another) v Same; R (Tilki) v Same (Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants, intervening); R (Baia and another) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants, intervening)
CA
23 May 2007
Weekly Law Notes Summary
The statutory scheme requiring permission by the Home Office for marriage by people subject to immigration control or those who had entered the United Kingdom illegally contravened arts 12 and 14 of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms which guaranteed the right to marry and the right not to be discriminated against for reasons of nationality or religion.