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035 _a(Sirsi) u120661
245 _aAll tenants are equal
260 _c2002
490 _aEstates Gazette
_v(0248) 30 November 2002, 137(1)
520 _aExamines 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.
590 _aWB
650 _aFITZPATRICK V STERLING HOUSING ASSOCIATION LTD
650 _aHARROGATE BC V SIMPSON
650 _aMENDOZA V GHAIDAN
650 _aHUMAN RIGHTS ACT 1998
650 _aSUCCESSION RIGHTS
650 _aHOMOSEXUAL RELATIONSHIP
690 _aPROPERTY-RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY-RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT-RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES
856 _uhttps://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2002/1533.html
_zView judgment on Bailii website.
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999 _c71705
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