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Published on: 23 November 2016
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Family analysis: Should civil partnerships be extended to opposite-sex couples? Claire O’Flinn, a consultant solicitor at Keystone Law, and Rachel Cooper, an associate with the firm, suggest that the current law is out of step with the modern family.

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