Inheritance

The concept of women’s legal rights pertaining to property is always called into question in countries like Pakistan. Both Muslim majority and minority countries recognize the […]

Introduction Under Islamic law, a child born out of wedlock is considered filius nullius (“a son of nobody”) and considered to own no lineage to the […]

Why Have We Written A Book On Family Laws In Pakistan? Dr Cheema and I have recently published a book titled Family Laws in Pakistan (Oxford University […]

Restructuring The Law Of Inheritance In Pakistan: Who To Blame? Muslim law of inheritance has always come forth as quite a complex, and at the same […]

Ownership Of Land In Monotheistic Religions ‘Land’ and ‘inheritance’ have been widely discussed in all known heavenly scriptures of Christianity, Judaism and Islam. All these monotheistic […]

Ilott v The Blue Cross And Others: A Supreme Court Judgment To recap, the landmark case of Ilott v Mitson made its way in front of […]

Important UK Legislation Which Still Has Relevance Today ‘‘Law and order are the medicine of the body politic and when the body politic gets sick, medicine must […]

Ilott v The Blue Cross And Others A landmark ruling by the Court of Appeal in Ilott v Mitson has made its way to the Supreme […]

Disinheriting Women Inheritance in legal terms is the property received from an ancestor under the laws of inheritance or property that a person receives by bequest […]

Islam, Law Of The Land, Women’s Rights And Women’s Day In Pakistan March 8 comes and goes every year. Like every year, this year also seminars, […]

Centuries have passed, countless books have been written, technology has surpassed barriers, innumerable studies have been carried out yet the perception of a woman as mere […]