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- Heterosexual couples in England and Wales will be able to choose to have a civil partnership rather than get married, Theresa May has announced. News, 02/10/2018, free
- Figures published in latest ONS statistical bulletin News, 17/08/2018, free
- Appeal concerning whether different sex couples are discriminated against by not being allowed to enter into a civil partnership. The Supreme Court unanimously held that they were and declared the CPA incompatible with the ECHR Judgment, 28/06/2018, free
- Figures published latest marriages in England and Wales statistics from the ONS News, 14/03/2017, free
- The Court of Appeal has dismissed the appeal against an earlier High Court decision refusing an opposite-sex couple judicial review of the Secretary of State’s decision not - at this stage - to propose any change to the bar on opposite-sex couples entering into a civil partnership. The majority considered it "proportionate, and therefore lawful, for the Secretary of State to have further time to undertake a proper assessment of the best way forward on what is an important matter of social policy, when a number of options, including the extension of civil partnership to different-sex couples, or its phasing out, fall to be considered." Judgment, 21/02/2017, free
Latest know-how
- Supreme Court decision making a declaration that ss.1 and 3 Civil Partnership Act 2004, to the extent that they preclude a different-sex couple from entering into a civil partnership, are incompatible with article 14 taken in conjunction with article 8 ECHR. Case note, 28/06/2018, members only
- Practice Note reproduced from the Dictionary of Financial Remedies 2018. See more here: https://classlegal.com/books/dictionary-of-financial-remedies Practice note, 01/05/2018, members only
- In a tweet: Court of Appeal upholds ban on opposite-sex civil partnerships Case note, 22/03/2017, members only
- In a tweet: Use case management powers to direct abbreviated hearing and consider applications without merit Case note, 07/11/2016, members only
- High Court rules that the CPA 2004 does not breach human rights of opposite-sex couples who cannot obtain a civil partnership Case note, 04/02/2016, members only
Latest sources
- Allows for people to obtain information on registered civil partnerships SI, 14/10/2016, free
- Consolidation of various fees payable. No changes made to level of fees SI, 15/09/2016, free
- SI (external), 04/03/2015, free
- SI (external), 03/12/2014, free
- In force 3 June 2014. Amends the Civil Partnerships (Registration Abroad and Certificates) Order 2005 to alter the requirements to provide details of “residence” in relation to the parties to the proposed consular civil partnership and their witnesses to q requirement to provide details of address. Also, reduces the residency requirement before a UK national may apply for a certificate of no impediment for an overseas relationship under local law from 21 days to three days and the notice period before the certificate may be issued from 21 days to seven days and updates the requirements on practical requirements for consular civil partnership procedures (storage of notices and opening hours) to mirror the provisions already established for consular marriages. SI (external), 10/07/2014, free
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