With great pleasure we wish to congratulate Aina Khan, Family Law specialist, for her outstanding work which has seen her receive an Order of the British Empire (OBE) award for her service to the protection of women and children in unregistered marriages. Aina Khan has been the head of Law …
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Aina Khan discusses the demonisation of UK Shariah marriage and vulnerable Muslim women in the The Telegraph
Aina Khan, featured in The Telegraph on the 3rd July 2015 discussing the demonisation of Shariah marriage in the UK and the vulnerable Muslim women left as victims as a result. With the rise of Sharia marriages in Britain, Aina Khan spoke to the The Telegraph regarding the issue of demonisation of …
Successful claim arising out of an Islamic marriage
A client came to us having been told by several solicitors that she had no case. She had unknowingly entered into an unregistered Islamic marriage in the UK and did not realise that under English law, she was classed as a cohabitee and had no matrimonial rights. When the relationship broke down, …
Aina Khan Presents Paper at Max Planck Institut für ethnologische Forschung
Aina Khan was invited to present a paper on her work with Muslim families and their legal issues. She spoke at the world-renowned Max Planck research Institute for social anthropology, Halle, Germany. The lecture was attended by PhD and postdoctoral research, as well as leading academics, including …
Aina Khan’s “Register our Marriage Roadshow” in Newcastle on 23rd March 2016
Aina Khan brought her “Register our Marriage Roadshow” to the Trinity Chambers in Newcastle on the 23rd March 2016 as part of a series of events and campaign providing vital information on unregistered marriages. The event, which was held at Trinity Chambers The Custom House Quayside Newcastle …
