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The importance of obtaining a recognised Jewish get when Jewish couples divorce and how the courts can help
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Lucy Greenwood and Feriha Tayfur The International Family Law Group LLP
Whilst there has been a lot of discussion around the recognition of religious marriages following the recent Court of Appeal case of Akhter v Khan and another serious issues and implications can also arise in respect of the recognition of religious divorces. Perhaps the most common of which we come across in our work relates to a Jewish divorce or ‘Get’.
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