Hearings
England & Wales
05 Nov 2002 [2002] EWCA Civ 1533; [2003] Ch 380; [2003] 2 WLR 478; [2002] 4 All ER 1162; [2003] 1 FLR 468, CA
21 Jun 2004 [2004] UKHL 30; [2004] 2 AC 557; [2004] 3 WLR 113; [2004] 3 All ER 411; [2004] 2 FLR 600, HL(E)
Ghaidan v Godin-Mendoza
Subject Matter
LANDLORD AND TENANT — Rent restriction — Death of tenant — Man living with tenant in homosexual relationship — Whether living with tenant as “his … wife or husband” — Whether becoming statutory tenant or only entitled to assured tenancy by succession — No reasonable justification for discrimination against same-sex relationships — Whether legislation to be read and given effect in way compatible with Convention rights — Rent Act 1977 (as amended by Housing Act 1980, s 76(1) and Housing Act 1988, s 39(2), Sch 4, paras 2, 3), Sch 1, paras 2(2), 3(1) — Human Rights Act 1998, s 3, Sch 1, Pt I, art 14
[2002] EWCA Civ 1533; [2003] Ch 380; [2003] 2 WLR 478; [2002] 4 All ER 1162; [2003] 1 FLR 468, CA
[2004] UKHL 30; [2004] 2 AC 557; [2004] 3 WLR 113; [2004] 3 All ER 411; [2004] 2 FLR 600, HL(E)
Appellate History
Ghaidan v Godin-Mendoza [2002] EWCA Civ 1533; [2003] Ch 380; [2003] 2 WLR 478; [2002] 4 All ER 1162; [2003] 1 FLR 468, CA
Decision of the Court of Appeal affirmed
Ghaidan v Godin-Mendoza [2004] UKHL 30; [2004] 2 AC 557; [2004] 3 WLR 113; [2004] 3 All ER 411; [2004] 2 FLR 600, HL(E)
Commentary
Blackstones Criminal Practice 2025
Interpretation of Legislation - Primary Legislation
A7.11
Blackstones Civil Practice 2023
Main Provisions of the Human Rights Act 1998 - Interpretation of legislation
91.3
Articles of the Convention Incorporated into the Human Rights Act 1998 - Article 14: prohibition of discrimination in enjoyment of Convention rights 91.29