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David L. Parris v Trinity College Dublin and Others (C-443/15)
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Question 1
59

David L. Parris v Trinity College Dublin and Others (C-443/15)

Judgment of 24 Nov 2016law://eu/cjeu/2015/c-443-15/para_59@2026-11-11

59The Member States are thus free to provide or not provide for marriage for persons of the same sex, or an alternative form of legal recognition of their relationship, and, if they do so provide, to lay down the date from which such a marriage or alternative form is to have effect.

Source: EUR-Lex, © European Union, 1998-2026. Reuse authorised under Decision 2011/833/EU.

Key facts

Court: Court of Justice · First Chamber
Case: C-443/15 · ECLI:EU:C:2016:897
Decided: 24 Nov 2016
Procedure: Preliminary reference · referred by the Labour Court (Ireland)
Applicant: David L. Parris
Defendants: Trinity College Dublin; Higher Education Authority; Department of Public Expenditure and Reform; Department of Education and Skills
Rapporteur: R. Silva de Lapuerta
Advocate General: J. Kokott
Bench: 5 judges
R. Silva de Lapuerta, E. Regan, J.‑C. Bonichot, A. Arabadjiev, S. Rodin
Language: English
Official: CURIA · EUR-Lex 62015CJ0443

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Principles of Union law Social policy

History · 1 version

24 Nov 2016Reading

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Interprets 1: Council Directive 2000/78/EC of 27 November 2000 establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation
Cited by 6: E.B. v Versicherungsanstalt öffentlich Bediensteter BVA (C-258/17); Jakub Cupriak-Trojan and Mateusz Trojan v Wojewoda Mazowiecki (C-713/23)2 provisions; Relu Adrian Coman and Others v Inspectoratul General pentru Imigrări and Ministerul Afacerilor Interne (C-673/16)2 provisions; F.C.I. v Instituto Nacional de la Seguridad Social (INSS) (C-244/20); KM v European Commission (T-374/20); Surjit Singh Bedi v Bundesrepublik Deutschland and Bundesrepublik Deutschland in Prozessstandschaft für das Vereinigte Königreich von Großbritannien und Nordirland (C-312/17)
Cites 10: Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (consolidated 2016); Council Directive 2000/78/EC of 27 November 2000 establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation; Commission of the European Communities v Hellenic Republic (C-559/07); Franz Lesar v Beim Vorstand der Telekom Austria AG eingerichtetes Personalamt (C-159/15); Joseph Griesmar v Ministre de l'Economie, des Finances et de l'Industrie and Ministre de la Fonction publique, de la Réforme de l'Etat et de la Décentralisation (C-366/99); Dansk Jurist- og Økonomforbund, acting on behalf of Erik Toftgaard v Indenrigs- og Sundhedsministeriet (C-546/11); Bestuur van het Algemeen Burgerlijk Pensioenfonds v G. A. Beune (C-7/93); Pirkko Niemi (C-351/00); Opinion of the Advocate General (C-443/15); Tadao Maruko v Versorgungsanstalt der deutschen Bühnen (C-267/06)