Abstract
Human rights – Right to private and family life – Civil partnerships – Claimants opposite-sex couple wanting to enter into civil partnership – Domestic law precluding opposite-sex couples from registering as civil partners – Claimants issuing judicial review proceedings seeking declaration of incompatibility – Court of first instance ruling that domestic legislation compatible with claimants fundamental rights– Claimants appealing to Court of Appeal – Whether legislation prohibiting opposite-sex couples from registering as civil partners incompatible with prohibition of discrimination and right to private and family life – Civil Partnership Act 2004, ss 1, 3(1)(a) – Marriage (Same-Sex Couples) Act 2013 – Human Rights Act 1998, Sch 1, arts 8, 14
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