Ask The Experts: The Legalities Behind Outdoor Weddings in The UK
Today on the blog we are talking Outdoor weddings. More importantly, the legalities of holding one. Holding a legal outdoor wedding in the UK has always been a difficult thing to do. Most outdoor ceremonies I feature here on the blog are actually more like blessings, with the legal ceremony (the paper work as I like to call it) having already been held in a local registry office that day or a few days before. BUT things have recently changed, so I have invited Kate Van Rol, Barrister at 4PB to come onto the blog and tell you all about these new legal changes and what it means for the wedding industry! At last some good news!!
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In one of the biggest reforms to England’s marriage ceremony law, the Government recently announced that they’ll permanently be making outdoor marriages across the UK legal, following temporary legislation introduced during the pandemic. This will no doubt come as great news to the thousands of couples who have creative outdoor ideas for their weddings. The law around marriage ceremonies has been largely unchanged since 1836, which long prohibited couples from marrying in anything other than a permanent structure with a roof if the ceremony was to be legally valid. The Law Commission (an independent body which scrutinises legislation) have long pushed to modernise the antiquated laws ? arguing that these laws were not fit for purpose, nor are they reflective of the way in which people wi...
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