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13 November 2014 / Jonathan Herring
Issue: 7630 / Categories: Features , Family
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Book review: Same Sex Marriage & Civil Partnerships: The New Law

“This book will be essential on any family practitioner’s bookshelf”

Authors: M Harper, S Chelvan, M Downs, K Landells & G Wilson
Publisher: Jordans
ISBN: 9781846618598
Price: £54

This book will tell you everything you might want to know about same sex marriage and civil partnerships. Equal marriage is one of the most dramatic and controversial changes to family law in decades. There will inevitably be a rush to take up the new status and no doubt a series of cases seeking to resolve some of the legal difficulties this follow. This book will be essential on any family practitioner’s bookshelf.

New Act

The Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 opens with a refreshing concise sub-section: “Marriage of same sex couples is lawful”

It might have been hoped that that was that and nothing more needed to be said save that the rejoicing could begin. Yet it takes seven schedules and over 60 pages to cover all the consequences that flow from the opening declaration. This book

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