A human rights campaign group has intervened in a court battle over whether humanist marriages should be legally recognised in the North.

A court ruling, granting an international footballer and his fiancee legal recognition of their looming humanist wedding, is to be appealed.

Ireland International footballer Eunan O'Kane and his fiancee Laura Lacole are seeking legal recognition of their humanist wedding.

A landmark legal bid to secure official recognition of a humanist wedding is due to be heard in Belfast on Friday.