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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2014-03-27more like thismore than 2014-03-27
answering body
Ministry of Justice more like this
answering dept id 54 more like this
answering dept short name Justice more like this
answering dept sort name Justice more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
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pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty's Government how many legal cases were decided under Sharia law in the United Kingdom in 2012 and 2013. more like this
tabling member printed
Lord Bradshaw more like this
uin HL6393 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2014-04-10more like thismore than 2014-04-10
answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>Sharia law has no jurisdiction here and legal cases are not decided under Sharia law in the United Kingdom's courts and tribunals. The answer to the question is therefore ‘none'.</p><p>If people choose to use Sharia for the purposes of dispute resolution or to agree a contract, for example, the enforceability of such arrangements will be entirely dependent on the law of the relevant part of the United Kingdom.</p><p>Regardless of religious belief everyone in the United Kingdom is equal before the law of the land.</p> more like this
answering member printed Lord Faulks more like this
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answering member
4183
label Biography information for Lord Faulks more like this
tabling member
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label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw more like this