Richard's Consti & Theory Blog

This is where I post my (fairly random) thoughts on issues I come across in Constitutional Law, and in Legal Theory more generally. I need to make clear that the contents of this Blog are no-one else's responsibility (except where law dictates), and that no trees died in the making of this part of the blogosphere. I may try to be witty ...

Wednesday, August 02, 2006

Civil Partnerships Act 2004 - implications ?

Sir Mark Potter, the President of the Family Division of the High Court, has just issued an important judgement on the compatibility of the Civil Partnerships Act 2004 (CPA) with the ECHR. The reference was Wilkinson v Kitzinger, Her Majesty's Attorney-General and the Lord Chancellor [2006] EWHC 2022 (Fam).

The argument was, in short, that the CPA discriminates by not calling a civil partnership a 'marriage' - Article 8, 12 and 14 were cited. The argument was expected, and an appeal must be certain to occur.

Again, watch this space.

posted by Richard Heald | 5:20:00 am

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