Civil partnerships were introduced in the UK back in 2005, before marriage was made available for same-sex and LGBTQ+ couples (which happened in England, Wales, and Scotland in 2014, and in Northern ...

Civil partnerships were introduced in the UK back in 2005, before marriage was made available for same-sex and LGBTQ+ couples (which happened in England, Wales, and Scotland in 2014, and in Northern ...

A straight couple who were previously denied the right to enter into a civil partnership have won a claim at the Supreme Court that they had suffered discrimination. Civil partnerships are currently ...

In recent years, the legal framework surrounding same-sex relationships in the UK has undergone transformative change, ...

Heterosexual couples in England and Wales are to be given the right to enter into civil partnerships, the government has announced. Prime Minister Theresa May said that the legal union would not ...

Marriage isn't for everyone. But, even if you don't want to be united in wedlock, it doesn't necessarily mean you don't want the legal security that comes with partnership. Now, mixed-sex couples in ...

Mike Thomas receives funding from the Economic and Social Research Council. He is affiliated with the Labour Party. The UK Supreme Court has ruled that civil partnerships should be available to ...

University of Lancashire provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. Heterosexual couples in England and Wales will soon be allowed to enter into civil partnerships, formerly reserved for ...

[JURIST Europe] Monday is the first day of registration for same-sex couples to apply for a civil partnership ceremony under the UK Civil Partnership Act 2004 [official text]. The civil partnerships ...

UK Prime Minister Theresa May has announced that heterosexual couples in England and Wales will be able to enter into civil partnerships instead of getting married, previously only same-sex couples ...