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Marriages and Civil Partnerships (Approved Premises) (Amendment) Regulations 2011

Debate between Lord Collins of Highbury and Lord Lester of Herne Hill
Thursday 15th December 2011

(12 years, 11 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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No respectable member of the Bar, properly informed and reading the statute as a whole, if asked whether there was a reasonable chance of success, would be likely to say that there were. Anyone who brought such a challenge would have to find public funds or their own funds to do so and they would fail at first instance, in the Court of Appeal and in the Supreme Court.

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