MM v. NA (Declaration of Marital Status: Unrecognized State)

Abstract

Recognition — States — Acts of an unrecognized State — Somaliland — Whether capable of recognition — Everyday acts of administration — Marriage — Namibia doctrine — Whether court in England entitled to grant declaration of marital status to couple married in Somaliland

Relationship of international law and municipal law — Matters reserved to executive — Recognition — Principle that executive and courts should speak with one voice — Whether English courts entitled to recognize acts of a State not recognized by the Government of the United Kingdom — Marriage in unrecognized State

States — Somaliland — Whether recognized — Consequences of non-recognition — The law of England and Wales