All tenants are equal
All tenants are equal
- 2002
- Estates Gazette (0248) 30 November 2002, 137(1) .
Examines the law surrounding succession rights to residential tenancies following the death of a same-sex partner with reference to "Harrogate BC v Simpson" [1985] 27 HLR 205 and "Fitzpatrick v Sterling Housing Association Ltd" [2001] 1 AC 27. The Human Rights Act 1998 has forced the law to be revisited in the recent case "Mendoza v Ghaidan" [2002] EWCA Civ 1533 in which Mendoza was granted equal succession rights to a spouse or heterosexual partner on the death of his homosexual partner. View judgment on Bailii website http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2002/1533.html.
FITZPATRICK V STERLING HOUSING ASSOCIATION LTD
HARROGATE BC V SIMPSON
MENDOZA V GHAIDAN
HUMAN RIGHTS ACT 1998
SUCCESSION RIGHTS
HOMOSEXUAL RELATIONSHIP
Examines the law surrounding succession rights to residential tenancies following the death of a same-sex partner with reference to "Harrogate BC v Simpson" [1985] 27 HLR 205 and "Fitzpatrick v Sterling Housing Association Ltd" [2001] 1 AC 27. The Human Rights Act 1998 has forced the law to be revisited in the recent case "Mendoza v Ghaidan" [2002] EWCA Civ 1533 in which Mendoza was granted equal succession rights to a spouse or heterosexual partner on the death of his homosexual partner. View judgment on Bailii website http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2002/1533.html.
FITZPATRICK V STERLING HOUSING ASSOCIATION LTD
HARROGATE BC V SIMPSON
MENDOZA V GHAIDAN
HUMAN RIGHTS ACT 1998
SUCCESSION RIGHTS
HOMOSEXUAL RELATIONSHIP