In Re Wakim: 1999

(High Court of Australia) Changes in attitudes and perceptions may require a wider meaning to be given to a word such as ‘marriage’, at any rate in some contexts.

Judges:

McHugh J

Citations:

[1999] 173 ALJR 839

Cited by:

CitedFitzpatrick v Sterling Housing Association Ltd HL 28-Oct-1999
Same Sex Paartner to Inherit as Family Member
The claimant had lived with the original tenant in a stable and long standing homosexual relationship at the deceased’s flat. After the tenant’s death he sought a statutory tenancy as a spouse of the deceased. The Act had been extended to include as . .
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Commonwealth

Updated: 13 May 2022; Ref: scu.215875