Civil partnership 'to avoid tax'

[Shana A]

Civil partnership 'to avoid tax'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/cambridgeshire/7376925.stm

Two women have spoken about how they entered into a civil partnership to regain their tax and pension rights.

Emma Martin, 64, a post-operative transsexual from Cambridgeshire, was married to her now civil partner Linda.

They annulled their marriage so Emma would be legally recognised as a woman, but lost the same tax rights as married couples or those in civil partnerships.