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Your dream wedding might not be legal – time to update England's old-fashioned marriage laws

If you’re planning a wedding in England or Wales, there’s a good chance you’re facing something of a legal conundrum. Whether it’s that you’d always wanted to get married on a beach or are piecing together an interfaith ceremony, many betrothal options that you might think are fairly standard are…

The Conversation

‘Our wedding day currently isn’t legal in England - the archaic rules need to change’

Daphne Monro and Michael Chappell wish they could have done away with their 'odd' registry office wedding service

Daily Mirror

Law panel to examine simultaneous elections

Law Minister Kiren Rijiju cited a report of a Parliamentary panel which noted that frequent elections lead to ‘disruption’ of normal public life and impact the functioning of essential services

The Hindu

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The myth of adoption as a social good

Changes to the Adoption Act could leave 100,000 adults adopted during Aotearoa’s 'Baby Scoop Era' without the justice many seek, writes Barbara Sumner.

Newsroom.co.nz

Why the long wait for recognition of humanist weddings in England?

Letters: Wedding law is a mess and needs reform, but the Law Commission’s report gives the government yet more opportunity for delay, says David Pollock

The Guardian - UK

Want to get wed in a forest or a field? A makeover of marriage laws could be love at first sight

It’s time to fix outdated regulations in England and Wales, so couples are free to choose how and where they get married, says law commissioner Prof Nick Hopkins

The Guardian - UK

Spend thousands on other people’s weddings? No

The seaside wedding ceremony in Hawaii which was yesterday interrupted when a crashing wave broke over the happy couple — God’s take on outdoor weddings — could be replicated all over England and Wales if the proposals from the Law Commission are finally implemented. Weddings in beaches, fields, ditches, family…

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British couples could marry at home and on beaches under wedding law shake-up

Existing rules ‘stuck in time’ and needlessly restrictive, Law Commission says

The Independent UK

Weddings to be allowed on beaches, forests and in homes in biggest shake-up of law since 19th century

Weddings would be allowed in any ‘safe and dignified’ location under the reforms

Evening Standard

Wedding rules need huge overhaul says Law Commission

Existing law on weddings in England and Wales 'stuck in time' and does not work for most couples, says Law Commission

Wales Online

Your sand in marriage: plans to relax wedding rules in England and Wales

Beaches and theme parks could all host ceremonies as Law Commission says couples should have more choice

The Guardian - UK

Couples ‘should be able to wed on beaches, in gardens and on cruise ships’

Existing law on weddings in England and Wales is “stuck in time” and does not work for most couples, the Law Commission said.

The Independent UK

Prisoners denied access to forensic evidence in bid to prove their innocence

Campaigners call for reforms to allow those who claim to be wrongly convicted – such as Kevin Nunn, jailed for murdering his ex-girlfriend – to obtain information to appeal

The Guardian - UK

What is a deepfake? Proposal to criminalise fake pornographic images

As part of the law reforms, ‘more modern forms of abuse’ would be made offences

Evening Standard

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Wales Online

Downblousing, deepfaking and Airbnb cams could be made sex crimes

New laws are being considered to keep up with technology

Newsroom.co.nz

Disability advocates concerned over rise in guardianship applications

Personal and property rights applications are close to double what they were 10 years ago with experts cautioning a rise in abuse, costs and quality of life for those forced through the court

The Independent UK

Terrorists could hijack remote cars and use them as weapons to ‘maintain emotional distance from victims’

Law Commission raises concerns technology could make it ‘easier’ to use vehicles for attacks

The Guardian - UK

Anti-money laundering proposals ‘uninspired and insipid’, say MPs

Law Commission review of corporate criminal liability in England and Wales also criticised by campaigners

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French to send fact finding mission to New Caledonia to examine possible future

The Law Commission of the French Senate has announced that a fact-finding mission will travel to New Caledonia, a French colony in the South Pacific, to investigate the future institutional role of the island and its relationship with France and other French overseas territories.

The Hindu

No reports from headless Law Commission

Commission, constituted for a term of three years, has not released any report after the tenure of last Chairperson Justice B.S. Chauhan ended in August 2018

Newsroom.co.nz

Kyung Yup Kim, China and NZ's extradition laws

A woman was killed in Shanghai in 2009. A New Zealand resident, Kyung Yup Kim, is accused of her murder. China wants him extradited - why is it taking so long?

Daily Record

What you can and can't do in self-driving cars - from drinking to using phone

Self driving cars will not be fully automatic, meaning a list of confusing list of rules about what motorists can and can't do - and when.

Liverpool Echo

What you can and can't do in a self driving car - from watching a movie to using the phone

Motorists with a self-driving car will be allowed to watch movies behind the wheel

Chronicle Live

Driverless car rules: Users could watch films behind the wheel under proposed changes

This is everything you can and cannot do in a driverless car under the proposed changes

Daily Mirror

Everything you can and can't do in self-driving cars - from drinking to using phone

Motorists were told this morning that when driverless cars come in they will be able to watch films behind the wheel, but there is a list of other rules they will have to stick to

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