Citation Statement from Recorder Rhys Taylor

The Government's Fairer End to Relationships consultation has sparked significant discussion about the future of cohabitation, marriage, divorce and financial remedies on relationship breakdown. Throughout the consultation period, we have published a series of articles exploring the key proposals, their potential impact on individuals and families, and the

Reform of this scale invites comparison. At a recent roundtable, family law specialists from Hugh James and Brodies brought together practitioners from Wales and Scotland to test where each jurisdiction might learn from the other.

Part 2 of the Ministry of Justice’s consultation paper, A Fairer End to Relationships, proposes a financial remedies scheme for cohabitants on separation. It casts the net far too wide. If legislation goes through as proposed, an unfair regime will be foisted on millions of couples.