“Anna Heenan, solicitor and David Salter, Joint Head of Family Law at Mills & Reeve LLP analyse July’s financial remedies and divorce news and cases.”
Family Law Week, 7th September 2012
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
“The freedom of Christians to wear crosses at work and to refuse to support same-sex relationships will come under international legal scrutiny at the European court of human rights this week.”
The Guardian, 2nd September 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The law of property, as it applies to cohabiting couples in England and Wales, continues to produce outcomes which many commentators regard as unfair. In the Scottish case of Gow v. Grant, a recent appeal under the Family Law (Scotland) Act 2006 Lady Hale calls for similar legislation to be introduced in England and Wales.”
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Zenith Chambers, 17th July 2012
Source: www.zenithchambers.co.uk
“The debate over same-sex unions could have been avoided if civil partnerships had been described as marriage by the Government, a top divorce lawyer has said.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th June 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Judges have overturned a decision that awarded an actor a £1.7m settlement after his civil partnership broke down.”
BBC News, 29th March 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Christians do not have a right to wear a cross or crucifix openly at work, the Government is to argue in a landmark court case.”
Daily Telegraph, 10th March 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Lawyers for Peter Lawrence told the Court of Appeal that his former civil partner, Donald Gallagher, an actor, was not entitled to a £1.7 million payout because they had ‘dual careers’. The case is one of the first times that a court has adjudicated in a civil partnership separation involving two parties who had very different levels of wealth.”
Daily Telegraph, 9th March 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The treatment of elderly people in care is now so bad that it meets the legal definition of torture, the Government’s human rights watchdog said on Monday.”
Daily Telegraph, 5th March 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Church of England will not allow its churches to be used for civil partnership ceremonies unless the full General Synod gives consent, it says.”
BBC News, 3rd December 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Couples in civil partnerships should have the same pension rights as married couples according to the European Court of Justice, backing the approach already taken in the UK.”
OUT-LAW.com, 11th May 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“As part of its commitment to advancing equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGB and T) people, the government will today announce that religious buildings will be allowed to host civil partnership registrations.”
Home Office, 17th February 2011
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
“Gay and lesbian couples could soon win the right to marry, and straight couples be given the right to form civil partnerships.
The equalities minister, Lynne Featherstone, has disclosed that the government intends to consult over how marriage laws in England and Wales can be further reformed, despite strong opposition from some religious groups.”
The Guardian, 17th February 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Campaigners launch legal challenge in attempt to change legislation that prevents gay couples from getting married.”
The Guardian, 19th December 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A heterosexual couple will request a civil partnership – available only to same-sex couples in the UK – at a register office in London tomorrow, to take a stand against a system which they say ‘segregates couples according to their sexuality’.”
The Guardian, 8th November 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A lesbian couple have pledged to go to court in an attempt to overturn the ban on same-sex marriages after a register office refused to grant them a civil licence.”
Daily Telegraph, 2nd November 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Peter Tatchell plans legal challenge in campaign by gay and mixed-sex couples calling for the same type of union.”
The Guardian, 24th October 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The European Court of Human Rights has declared that rules on child maintenance prior to introduction of the Civil Partnership Act discriminated against those in same-sex relationships.”
The Guardian, 30th September 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Coalition will give homosexual couples the same legal rights to marriage as heterosexuals, a senior Liberal Democrat has said.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th July 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Ministers have assured clergy that they will not face legal action if they refuse to carry out new ‘gay weddings’ in churches.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th March 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A Christian registrar who lost her job after she refused to carry out civil partnership ceremonies has been refused permission to appeal to the Supreme Court.”
Daily Telegraph, 9th March 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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