Equal Civil Partnerships, Discrimination and the Indulgence of Time: R (on the application of Steinfeld and Keidan) v Secretary of State for International Development

Hayward, A.

doi:10.1111/1468-2230.12437

Equal Civil Partnerships, Discrimination and the Indulgence of Time: R (on the application of Steinfeld and Keidan) v Secretary of State for International Development

Hayward, A.

Authors

Dr Andy Hayward a.p.hayward@durham.ac.uk
Associate Professor

Abstract

In R (on the application of Steinfeld and Keidan) v Secretary of State for International Development the Supreme Court unanimously declared that the ban on different‐sex civil partnerships was incompatible with Articles 8 and 14 of the European Convention on Human Rights. In a strikingly robust and, at times, acerbic manner, the Court systematically dismantled the Secretary of State's request for tolerance of a discriminatory and unsustainable legal position. The decision represents a clear victory for those campaigning for reform and the issuing of a declaration of incompatibility by the Court is likely to have influenced the later announcement by Prime Minister Theresa May in October 2018 that different‐sex civil partnerships will ultimately be introduced in England and Wales.

Citation

Hayward, A. (2019). Equal Civil Partnerships, Discrimination and the Indulgence of Time: R (on the application of Steinfeld and Keidan) v Secretary of State for International Development. Modern Law Review, 82(5), 922-935. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-2230.12437

Journal Article Type	Article
Acceptance Date	Feb 21, 2019
Online Publication Date	May 20, 2019
Publication Date	Jan 1, 2019
Deposit Date	Feb 26, 2019
Publicly Available Date	May 20, 2020
Journal	Modern Law Review
Print ISSN	0026-7961
Publisher	Wiley
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	82
Issue	5
Pages	922-935
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-2230.12437

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This is the accepted version of the following article: Hayward, A. (2019). Equal Civil Partnerships, Discrimination and the Indulgence of Time: R (on the application of Steinfeld and Keidan) v Secretary of State for International Development. Modern Law Review 82(5): 922-935., which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-2230.12437. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance With Wiley Terms and Conditions for self-archiving.