Same-sex marriage in Northern Ireland

Wilkinson v Kitzinger

Court	High Court of Justice Family Division
Decided	31 July 2006
Citation(s)	[2006] EWHC 2022 (Fam) [2006] H.R.L.R. 36
Court membership
Judge(s) sitting	Potter P

Marriage is a devolved issue in the different parts of the United Kingdom, and the status of same-sex marriage is different in England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Same-sex marriage is recognised and performed in England, Scotland, and Wales, but not Northern Ireland.

Of the fourteen British Overseas Territories, same-sex marriage has been recognised and performed in Akrotiri and Dhekelia (for UK military personnel only) and the British Indian Ocean Territory since 3 June 2014, the Pitcairn Islands since 14 May 2015, the British Antarctic Territory since 13 October 2016, Gibraltar since 15 December 2016, Ascension Island since 1 January 2017, the Falkland Islands since 29 April 2017 and Tristan da Cunha since 4 August 2017. A same-sex marriage law was passed in Saint Helena on 19 December 2017, and it awaits royal assent. Of the three Crown dependencies, same-sex marriage has been recognised and performed in the Isle of Man since 22 July 2016 and in Guernsey since 2 May 2017, and a law to allow same-sex marriage in Guernsey's dependency Alderney received royal assent 13 December 2017.