The prospect of divorce cases being settled by Sharia and religious courts has been opened up by a landmark legal decision.
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February 1st, 2013
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February 1st, 2013
Terminally ill patients with less than a year to live would be able to seek the help of friends or family to die without leaving them open to prosecution, under the terms of a new Bill.
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February 1st, 2013
Doctors will be able to provide medical records to patients who want them to travel abroad for an assisted suicide without being struck off, new guidelines make clear for the first time.
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February 1st, 2013
Divorces settled by religious courts including Sharia are a step closer to being allowed under British law after a landmark legal decision.
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February 1st, 2013
A Jewish couple have been allowed to agree their divorce settlement in a religious court in a landmark ruling which could also pave the way for marriages to be ended under Sharia law.
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February 1st, 2013
DIVORCE cases could be settled by religious laws such as Sharia following a landmark ruling in which a Jewish couple’s separation under rabbinical decree was approved by the High Court this week, The Times claims.
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February 1st, 2013
A High Court decision approving the terms of a divorce under rabbinical law, the first in British legal history, could lead to similar settlements by other religious courts, including Sharia.
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February 1st, 2013
Doctors will be allowed to give patients considering assisted suicide their medical records without any comeback, the General Medical Council (GMC) has ruled.
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February 1st, 2013
Divisions over gay marriage could cost the Conservatives enough votes to force them out of power at the next election, a new poll suggests.
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February 1st, 2013
One in five of voters who supported the party in 2010 would “definitely not” do so again if the Coalition presses ahead with the change, it found.