Celebrating Marriage: A New Weddings Law, the Law Commission of England and Wales' own 2022 report, recommends reforming English and Welsh weddings law and records that humanist marriages were not legally recognised in England and Wales at the time of writing. Its strength is that it is the government law reform body's own report, the primary record of the recommendation and the law as it then stood. Its limit is that the law has since moved; a government announcement of reform followed in 2025, so a reader wants a more current source for where the law now stands.
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AuthorLaw Commission of England and Wales
PublisherLaw Commission of England and Wales
The government body's own report, matching this entry's own author field. Publication Year2022
URLhttps://lawcom.gov.uk/project/weddings/
Source Typegovernment
Assessment
Reliability Tier1
Reliability tier 1: the government law reform body's own report, the primary record of its recommendation and the law as it then stood, though the law has since moved and a more current source is needed for where it now stands. NotesHumanist marriage still unrecognised in England and Wales as of this report; a government announcement followed in 2025.
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