Beziehungsvielfalt, Nichtmonogamie und der Civil Partnership Act im Vereinigten Königreich.

2011 ◽  
pp. 71-86
Author(s):  
Christian Klesse
Keyword(s):  
Civil Partnership

The curious case of marriage/civil partnership discrimination in Britain

2012 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 166-178 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Hand
Keyword(s):  
Marital Status ◽  
Sex Discrimination ◽  
The Past ◽  
Civil Partnership

Discrimination on grounds of marital status was one of the first grounds to be protected in British discrimination law (as part of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975). However, it has always been a highly restricted provision and, seldom litigated, it faced abolition during the passage of the Equality Act 2010. Although marriage/civil partnership was retained as a protected characteristic, the Equality Act 2010 did nothing to clarify or expand its function. This article considers developments that could mean that marriage/civil partnership discrimination could have a much wider scope rather than, as some would have it, being relegated to being a quaint relic of the past.

Premises

2021 ◽  
pp. 145-162
Author(s):  
Catherine Casserley
Keyword(s):  
Private Sector ◽  
Case Law ◽  
The Public ◽  
Civil Partnership

This chapter assesses provisions relating to premises. The provisions for premises are contained in Part 4 of the Equality Act 2010 and are heavy in legislative detail and remain relatively light on case law. Part 4 of the Act sets out what is unlawful in relation to premises. It is concerned with the sale, leasing, and management of all premises, both residential and commercial. It applies to both the public and the private sector in their roles relating to the disposal and management of premises. However, the premises provisions do not apply to the protected characteristics of age and marriage and civil partnership. There are also provisions to ensure that there is no overlap between the premises provisions and other parts of the Act. Thus, the premises provisions do not apply to discrimination, harassment, or victimization that is prohibited by Part 5 (work), or Part 6 (education), or would be prohibited but for an express exception.

Protected Characteristics

2021 ◽  
pp. 15-33
Author(s):  
Razia Karim
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Orientation ◽  
Civil Partnership ◽  
Gender Reassignment ◽  
Single Approach

This chapter discusses the protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010. One of the objectives of the Equality Act 2010 is to bring together in one place all of those characteristics on which it is unlawful to discriminate and to establish a single approach to discrimination, with some exceptions. These ‘protected characteristics’ are set out in Part 2, Chapter 1 of the Act. The protected characteristics covered by the Act are: age; disability; gender reassignment; marriage and civil partnership; race; religion or belief; sex; sexual orientation; and pregnancy and maternity. The chapter looks at the provisions for each of these protected characteristics in turn.

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