“…to the concept of a non-marriage which he considered was established by the line of 11 cases, starting with the Court of Criminal Appeal’s decision in R v Bham [1966] 1 QB 159, at [46]. This meant that the issue of whether the court could grant a decree of nullity depended on whether what had taken place in this case amounted to a no…”
“…The first authority to which we need refer, and the earliest authority referred to in the judgment below, which specifically addresses the 1949 Act is R v Bham [1966] 1 QB 159. The case concerned the criminal prosecution of an Imam under section 75(2)(a) of the 1949 Act for having conducted an Islamic ceremony of marriage in a privat…”