Cardiff Law School and the Centre for the Study of Islam in the UK at Cardiff University have issued a report, from the research project of a study of religious courts and tribunals across the UK entitled ‘Social Cohesion and Civil Law : Marriage, Divorce and Religious Courts’.
The project explored how religious law already functions alongside civil law in the area of marriage and divorce. It examined the workings of three religious courts in detail : a Jewish Beth Din ; a matrimonial tribunal of the Roman Catholic Church ; and a Muslim “Shariah Council”. The project asked ‘What is the legal status of these courts ?’ and ‘How do they operate in relation to marriage, divorce and remarriage ?’

http://www.law.cf.ac.uk/clr/research/cohesion.html