High Court suspends unconstitutionality of law over 'post-flight marriages' for three months

The High Court has suspended for three months its declaration of unconstitutionality of a law preventing the recognition, for family reunification purposes, of marriages of refugees which took place after they sought protection here.

Earlier this month, Mr Justice Max Barrett found a section of the International Protection Act 2015 relating to this was repugnant to the Constitution in relation to an Afghan refugee in relation to his case which was taken over what are referred to as "post-flight" (from country of origin) marriages.