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The article discusses a case in which the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) considered whether the lack of legal recognition and protection for same-sex couples in Poland violated Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). The court ruled that Poland had failed to comply with its positive obligation to ensure legal recognition and protection for same-sex unions, thereby violating the right to private and family life and engaging in indirect discrimination based on sexual orientation. The ruling has implications for all member states of the Council of Europe and highlights the importance of the ECtHR in advancing same-sex rights. [Extracted from the article]

However, whilst the equal sharing principle may provide formal equality, a departure from the equal sharing principle may be appropriate in order to achieve substantive equality, e.g. where one party receives a greater share of the marital acquest to redress the economic imbalance between them resulting from the choices they made during marriage, ensuring that neither party is unfairly disadvantaged (Douglas [5]). The fundamental objective of any financial remedy is that of achieving "fairness" between the parties upon dissolution of marriage: The parties commit themselves to sharing their lives. Keywords: Financial remedy; sharing; needs; equality; gender EN Financial remedy sharing needs equality gender 124 126 3 04/05/22 20220301 NES 220301 I E v L i [2021] EWFC 60 (Fam) considered the case of highly successful production manager, L (the husband, 66 years) and E (the wife, 61 years). [Extracted from the article]