Interview with Martha McCarthy on M v H
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Title
Interview with Martha McCarthy on M v H
Subject
partner rights, legal process
Description
Clip is an excerpt from an interview with Toronto family lawyer Martha McCarthy discussing the case "M v H", a challenge for spousal support following the dissolution of a same-sex partnership. The case resulted in a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of Canada that same-sex couples are due the same rights and protections as opposite-sex couples in civil partnerships (1999).
Creator
Nancy Nicol
Source
Clip is original footage for documentary series, From Criminity to Equality, including Stand Together (2002), The Queer Nineties (2009), Politics of the Heart (2005) and The End of Second Class (2006), Produced and Directed by Nancy Nicol. http://www.yorku.ca/nnicol/documentary.html
Date
2004-08-30
Rights
Copyright held by Nancy Nicol
Format
.mp4
Language
English
Type
Moving image
Identifier
2016-074
Coverage
Toronto
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Citation
Nancy Nicol, “Interview with Martha McCarthy on M v H,” The ArQuives Digital Exhibitions, accessed April 24, 2024, https://digitalexhibitions.arquives.ca/items/show/647.