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JM v United Kingdom: ECHR 21 Nov 2008

Citations: 37060/06, [2008] ECHR 1544 Links: Bailii Statutes: European Convention on Human Rights, Child Support (Maintenance Assessments and Special Cases) Regulations 1992 1(2) Citing: At Commissioner – (Un-named) SSCS 1-Oct-2003 The mother had challenged payments required of her by way of child support. The Secretary of State now appealed. Held: The appeal was rejected: ‘a … Continue reading JM v United Kingdom: ECHR 21 Nov 2008

Secretary of State for Work and Pensions v M: CA 15 Oct 2004

M had challenged the Child Support Regulations saying that they discriminated against her. She was the liable parent, and in a monogomoud lesbian relationship. As such she said that she was treated worse than she would have been since the Regulations did not that her relationship as constituting a family. The Secretary of State appealed … Continue reading Secretary of State for Work and Pensions v M: CA 15 Oct 2004

(Un-named): SSCS 1 Oct 2003

The mother had challenged payments required of her by way of child support. The Secretary of State now appealed. Held: The appeal was rejected: ‘a gay relationship can be a family for the purpose of [A]rticle 8’. There was no reason, in the context of child support legislation, to distinguish between families according to the … Continue reading (Un-named): SSCS 1 Oct 2003

JM v United Kingdom: ECHR 28 Sep 2010

The applicant alleged that she had been the victim of discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation in the assessment by the authorities of her financial liability under the regulations on child support. Lech Garlicki, P [2010] ECHR 1361, 30 BHRC 60, [2010] Fam Law 1270, [2010] 3 FCR 648, [2011] 1 FLR 491, (2011) … Continue reading JM v United Kingdom: ECHR 28 Sep 2010