Steinfeld v Secretary of State for Education [2016] EWHC 128 (Admin); [2017] EWCA Civ 81

Civil partnership: Opening up the options

Emma Willing suggests that the Supreme Court declaration of incompatibility in relation to civil partnerships is just the start of a very necessary process of change ‘When Parliament enacted M(SSC)A 2013, the government should have eliminated the inequality immediately, by either abolishing civil partnerships or by extending them to different-sex couples.’ In 2014, Rebecca Steinfeld …

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Cohabitants: Home truths

Mark Pawlowski summarises how a non-owning cohabitant can obtain capital provision under the Children Act 1989 ‘The practical effect of a settlement/transfer order made under Sch 1 is that, during the period of the children’s education, the house is held on trust for the non-owning party to the exclusion of the other party for the …

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Civil Partnership: Assessing the options

Danielle Taylor considers the arguments for and against making civil partnership available to opposite-sex couples ‘All three judges in the Court of Appeal in Steinfeld agreed that the bar at s3(1)(a), CPA 2004 is discriminatory, and that the argument that the appellants could have their relationship legally recognised by way of marriage did not provide …

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Civil Partnership: Quest for equality

Anna Shadbolt details the law reform campaign in relation to civil partnership and the ongoing issues regarding cohabitant reform ‘The differing treatment of same-sex and opposite-sex couples, it is argued, breaches the right to respect for private and family life, and the right to enjoy this free from discrimination.’ Earlier this year the claimants in …

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