All tenants are equal
Series: Estates Gazette ; (0248) 30 November 2002, 137(1)Publication details: 2002Subject(s): Online resources: Summary: 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.| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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| News article | London News article | WB3845-19 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 120661-1001 |
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.