(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:
Cited – Fitzpatrick 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 . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.
Commonwealth
Updated: 13 May 2022; Ref: scu.215875
