Yikes..from their website:
“We are corresponding with Timesonline to clarify which “sharia council” was referred to in the article (as there are many “sharia council’s” operating in UK).”
..many...
..many...
Yes, just as there are many Jewish Orthodox courts operating within the UK.
In English law, people involved in a non-criminal dispute may solve it in their own way in front of an agreed third party. This is as true for a Sharia Court as it is for a Jewish one.