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Interesting Developments in the law.
1. NUPTIAL AGREEMENTS :
The case of RADMACHER v GRANATINO sub nom NG v KR (PRE-NUPTIAL CONTRACT) (2010) held that Courts deciding matters of ancillary relief on the breakdown of a marriage could accord weight, sometimes even decisive weight, to an ante-nuptial agreement.
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2. CERTIFICATE OF APPROVAL
Abolition of the Certificate of Approval scheme
07 April 2011
On 4 April 2011 Parliament approved the Remedial Order that will abolish the certificate of approval scheme. This means that the scheme will end on 9 May 2011.
At present, any migrant who is already in the UK and is subject to immigration control must apply for a certificate of approval before they can get married or register a civil partnership in this country (unless they are getting married within the Anglican Church).
The government is now seeking to remedy the declaration by the UK courts that the scheme is incompatible with Article 14 of the European Convention on Human Rights (read with Article 12). Additionally, changes made following rulings from the courts have weakened the scheme, and it is no longer an effective method of preventing sham marriage.