Rajnaara C. Akhtar is Senior Lecturer of Law at De Montfort University.Patrick Nash is Research Fellow at the Woolf Institute at the University of Cambridge.Rebecca Probert is Professor of Law at the University of Exeter.

• Introduction ~ Rajnaara C. Akhtar, Patrick Nash and Rebecca ProbertDetermining the Boundaries Between Valid, Void and ‘Non-Qualifying’ Marriages: Past, Present and Future? ~ Rebecca Probert‘Cohabitants’ in the Law of England & Wales: A Brief Introduction ~ Joanna MilesModern Marriage Myths: The Dichotomy Between Expectations of Legal Rationality and Lived Law ~ Anne BarlowThe Case for Moving Away From ‘Non-Qualifying Marriage’ Declarations ~ Vishal VoraReligious-Only Marriages and Cohabitation: Deciphering Differences ~Rajnaara C. AkhtarFrom Regulating Marriage Ceremonies to Recognising Marriage Ceremonies ~ Rehana ParveenAt the Margins: Nikah Ceremonies in the UK – A Tool for Empowerment? ~ Zainab NaqviIn Pursuit of an Islamic Divorce: A Socio-Legal Examination of Practices Among British Muslims, Informal and Legal Solutions ~ Islam UddinArbitration as a Legal Solution for Relationship Breakdown in the Muslim Community: The Case of the Muslim Arbitration Tribunal ~ Amin Al-Astewani‘Regrettably It Is Not That Simple’: The Case for Minimalistic Marriage Laws ~ Patrick NashConclusion