Civil Partnerships in UK Law
Legislation
Books & Journal Articles
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Equal Civil Partnerships, Discrimination and the Indulgence of Time: R (on the application of Steinfeld and Keidan) v Secretary of State for International Development
In R (on the application of Steinfeld and Keidan) v Secretary of State for International Development the Supreme Court unanimously declared that the ban on different‐sex civil partnerships was inco...
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Combating Child Sex Tourism in South‐east Asia: Law Enforcement Cooperation and Civil Society Partnerships
Many states have enacted extra‐territorial child sex tourism (CST) offences. Despite the existence of these offences, some states, including Australia and the United Kingdom, continue to privilege ...
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Adoption, Homosexuality and the European Convention on Human Rights: Gas and Dubois v France
On 15 March 2012 the European Court of Human Rights (the Court) issued its first judgment addressing the differential treatment of same‐sex and opposite‐sex couples in respect of the adoption of a ...
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Third Way Regulation? Community Legal Service Partnerships
This article examines recent changes in the civil legal aid scheme in England and Wales (now called the Community Legal Service) and the creation of Community Legal Service Partnerships in particul...
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Law Firm Commentaries
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British Parliament Approves Regulations Extending Civil Partnerships to Opposite-Sex Couples
Law & Religion UK reports that in Britain, the Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) Regulations 2019 were approved by the House of Commons on Oct. 31 and by the House of Lords on November 5.
- The Inequality Of Civil Partnerships
- Civil Partnerships For Heterosexual Couples
- Opposite-Sex Couples Entering Into Civil Partnerships Beware re Wills
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