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Civil Partnership Bill Second Stage This Evening

Dec 3, 2009

The second stage debate on the Civil Partnership Bill takes place this evening starting from 6.45 pm. We have already blogged about the bill here, here and here. Maman Poulet has been providing excellent coverage of the politics around the Bill here. Of particular interest is discussion of the addition of a so-called ‘religious freedom optout‘ to the(…)

Civil Partnership Bill – The Cohabitation Provisions

Nov 2, 2009

As a supplement to Fiona’s timely post on the Civil Partnership Bill 2009 and its implications for same-sex couples, I wanted to expand on the Bill’s undernourished second child; its cohabitation provisions. These are of relevance both to same-sex and opposite-sex couples. The most important element of the Bill is Part 15; a hybrid redress-contract ancillary relief regime which will apply to(…)

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Civil Partnership Bill Second Stage This Evening

Civil Partnership Bill – The Cohabitation Provisions