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The Civil Partnership Act 2004 came into force on the 5 December 2005 providing a long overdue legal recognition of same sex couples’ rights. Same sex couples now finally have largely the same legal rights as that of heterosexual married couples. However, there does appear to be 2 areas where the legal rights of civil partners and married couples differ.

Dissolution
The grounds for dissolving a civil partnership are the same as those for dissolving a marriage with one exception - adultery is not a ground for dissolution in a civil partnership unlike in marriage cases.
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Have you ever got a speeding ticket that you didn’t feel you deserved? I know that the majority of people who receive speeding tickets feel that they do not deserve it, but more often than the average person would suspect, they do not deserve. And, I would like to give you some suggestions on beating a speeding ticket

The next time you pass a “speed trap” pay attention to how it is set up. Quite often the Police use a two or thee man system.

The first officer will be operating the radar equipment. His responsibility is to record the speed of oncoming vehicles and accurately identify the vehicle that he has recorded the speed for. He then conveys by radio information to his partner or partners so that they can identify and pull over the correct offending vehicle.
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