The Office for National Statistics (ONS) have released figures which indicate there was an increase in the number of civil partnerships last year. The provisional figures for 2011 show there were a total of 6,795civil partnerships formed, representing an increase of 6.4 per cent on 2010's...
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...
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...
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...
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...