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Civil partnership the same as marriage (at least in the Court of Appeal)
Mar
Readers of the Farleys blog will recall my previous blog on the landmark case in the Court of Appeal between civil partners Gallagher (an actor) and Lawrence (a city financier). Assets worth over £4,000,000 were in issue between the couple and the case was the first opportunity for the Appeal...
Same sex couples await guidance on the division of assets in divorce
Mar
The Court of Appeal are considering, for the first time, the issue of the division of assets in a same sex divorce. The case between a high flying financier, Peter Lawrence, and an actor Donald Gallagher concerns significant assets (over £4,000,000) and higher than average earnings (the...
Draft Act of Parliament aims to speed up process of allowing same-sex marriage
Mar
Stonewall, an organisation that campaigns for the rights of same sex couples, has published a draft Act of Parliament; aimed at speeding up the process of allowing gay couples to marry. The government is committed to changing the law in England and Wales to allow same-sex marriage by 2015 and...
Same sex marriages? Plans to allow civil partnership ceremonies in religious buildings announced
Feb
You may have heard on the news recently that the Government is expected to publish plans that will enable same sex couples to hold civil partnership ceremonies in church and other religious buildings. The plans could take shape and be implemented as early as next year. Marriage...
Civil partnerships and marriage - time for a reform of the "patriarchal history”?
Jan
Since the introduction of Civil Partnerships in 2005 statistics show that more than 40,000 same sex couples have had their relationships recognised by law. It is now becoming apparent that heterosexual couples also wish for their relationships to be recognised as partnerships, rather...
