This changed with the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 which provided for marriage to be available to couples of the same sex. At that time, same-sex partners were not able to marry under English law. The Civil Partnerships Act 2004 was introduced to allow same-sex couples to enter into a legally binding civil partnership, which gave them some, but not all, of the rights that different-sex partners could obtain through marriage. In R (on the application of Steinfeld and Keidan) v Secretary of State for International Development UKSC 32, the Court said that the fact that different-sex couples could not enter into civil partnerships breached their rights under Article 14 (non-discrimination) when read with Article 8 (respect for private life). ![]() In June 2018, the UK Supreme Court made a somewhat rare declaration of incompatibility under the Human Rights Act 1998, finding that the Civil Partnerships Act 2004 is incompatible with the European Convention on Human Rights. ![]() This post has been contributed by Charlotte Crilly, Teaching Fellow for Undergraduate Laws.
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