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Six Year Fight For Next-Of-Kin Recognition For Gay Couple

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Six years after the death of his partner Nathan Lunson, Tasmanian resident Ben Jago is still waiting for justice and to be recognised as the next of kin. Ben Jago’s appeal seeking that the immunity from the anti-discrimination law to the Tasmanian Coroner’s Office, which had not granted him next of kin recognition, be taken away is pending in the Supreme Court of Tasmania.

The Supreme Court of Tasmania last heard Ben’s case almost two years ago, but is yet to deliver a verdict, and this has frustrated him and his lawyers. “It has been over six years.

I want the decision to be handed down so that I can get on with the case. It is basically delaying and holding everything up,” Ben told Star Observer.The past six years have been a difficult.

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