Hobart man denied next of kin status loses anti-discrimination appeal

A Hobart man who was not recognised as his same-sex partner’s next of kin has lost his anti-discrimination appeal against Tasmania’s coronial court, but has vowed to keep fighting for reform.

Supreme Court judge Helen Wood published her judgment upholding the Anti-Discrimination Tribunal’s decision that Benjamin Jago could not bring a case against the court.

Mr Jago was not recognised as next of kin when his partner Nathan Lunson died in 2015, despite their five-year relationship, as their…