Sentences with phrase «number of civil partnership»

The provisional number of civil partnerships in the UK in 2010 was 6,385, an increase of 1.7 per cent since 2009.

Not exact matches

There are a number of other countries which have stopped short of allowing gay marriage but have introduced civil unions or registered partnerships for same - sex couples.

Moreover, as Professor Leslie Green shown in a recent programme at the British Academy (Gay Marriage: Prospects and Realities, 29 May 2012), marriage offers a number of advantages not offered by same - sex civil partnerships, including portability of status, a broader understanding of the couple's status, as well as the potential for religious recognition, depending upon the religious group involved.

It is though fair to say that a disproportionate number of gay and non-homophobic Tories consider the gay rights agenda to have been effectively concluded with the advent of civil partnerships, and that there is no further work to be done on combatting homophobia.

When considering financial settlements on divorce or dissolution of a civil partnership, a number of factors are taken into account.

Equally this may be said of the types of cases which reach the Court of Appeal and the House of Lords; hence the domination of «big money» decisions in the ongoing reinterpretation of MCA 1975, s 25 and the rarity of reported cohabitant cases despite increasing numbers of couples choosing to cohabit rather than marry or enter into a civil partnership.

Its seminal report on cohabitation issued on July 2007, is a ground - breaking paper setting out a proposed structure for the protection of the increasing numbers of couples who live together outside marriage or civil partnership, but whose financial and property affairs are closely entwined.

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The Office for National Statistics recently revealed that the number of cohabiting couples has doubled over the past 20 years, to an astounding 5.9 million; 20 % of whom have no intention to marry or enter into a civil partnership in the future.

The government estimates of take up were far too low with almost five times the numbers forecast having entered into civil partnerships by 2010.

HM Courts and Tribunal Service produces a series of leaflets (reference numbers D183, D184 and D185) to help people applying for a divorce or civil partnership.