Civil Partnerships - What The Court Of Appeal Had To Say

How to deal with financial remedies on the dissolution of a Civil Partnership has been considered by the Court of Appeal for the first time in Lawrence v Gallagher. Robert Worthing, Partner and Head of our Family Team looks at this in further detail.

In the lower Court, the Judge confirmed that on the breakdown of a Civil Partnership, civil partners should be treated the same as divorcing spouses. On appeal, Mr Lawrence ran the argument that in a homosexual relationship, it was more likely that the couple would not have children and would both be able to work outside the home in order to pursue their dual careers. He wanted to treat their income and capital as separate...