Law and religion round-up – 24th February

Largely Anglican news this week – it’s the C of E’s General Synod again…

EU Regulation causes mix-up in marriage fees”…

… or that’s perhaps how some of the “red tops” in the media might have highlighted the issue. On Tuesday this week, we posted Increased fee for issue of Marriage Certificate, drawing attention to the changes in the fees for the issue of a marriage certificate as from 16 February 2019. This is the date on which the EU Regulation 2016/1191 of 27 July 2016 came into force “to promote the free movement of citizens by simplifying the requirements for presenting certain public documents in EU countries”.

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