'With this ring, I thee and (your proxy) wed': a new form of marriage in the time of coronavirus?
- Written by Henry Kha, Lecturer in Law, Macquarie University
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Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced that only five people can attend a wedding as part of the tough new restrictions to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
But why this number specifically? According to the Marriage Act 1961, for a marriage to be legally valid in Australia, five is the minimum number of people who need to be...