Dr Andy Hayward
Published: 30/08/2022 15:38
Dr Andy Hayward is an Associate Professor in Family Law at Durham Law School, Durham University. His research focuses on domestic and comparative family law, especially the legal regulation of adult interpersonal relationships. In 2021 Andy was Special Advisor to the UK Parliament’s Women and Equalities Committee for their Rights of Cohabiting Partners Inquiry and in 2024 was appointed to the Family Justice Council. His recent publications are The Future of Registered Partnerships: Family Recognition Beyond Marriage? (Intersentia, 2017) (with Prof Jens Scherpe), Research Handbook on Family Property and the Law (Edward Elgar, 2024) (with Prof Margaret Briggs) and De Facto Relationships: A Comparative Guide (Edward Elgar, 2025 (forthcoming)) (with Prof Jens Scherpe).
Cohabitation Reform Under the New Labour Government: Moving From a ‘Whether’ to a ‘What’?
The law around cohabitation has been ripe for reform for many years. As far back as 2007, the Law Commission of England and Wales recommended that it be updated, so as to safeguard couples against uncertainty and injustice in the event of relationship breakdown.
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- Cohabitation
!20/08/2024 08:00
Cohabitation and Labour's Commitment to Changing the Law: What Reform Might Look Like
This post reflects on what reform of the law on cohabitation might look like. Drawing upon insights from comparative family law, it explores and contrasts two different models of cohabitation reform and will highlight how they have been received in practice.
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- Cohabitation
!23/11/2023 07:00
Cohabitation Rights in England and Wales, Scotland and Australia
Across the globe, the composition of families is changing. No longer is marriage the definitive means for defining a family; we have seen the growth of other formalised relationship statuses such as registered partnerships and civil unions. The family outside marriage has now become a statistical reality and something that policymakers should not readily ignore.
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- Cohabitation
!03/07/2023 08:00
Book Review: Quiet Revolutionaries
Dr Andy Hayward reviews Quiet Revolutionaries: The Married Women’s Association and Family Law, by Sharon Thompson (Hart Publishing, 2022).
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- Book Review
!27/03/2023 09:54
Evaluating the Government's Response to the Women and Equalities Committee Rights of Cohabiting Partners Inquiry
Dissecting the Government's response to the Rights of Cohabiting Partners Inquiry Report and assessing its impact on the campaign for cohabitation reform.
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- Cohabitation
- Marriage
- Education
!07/11/2022 19:10
Where Next for Cohabitation Reform in England and Wales?
Reflections on the Report on the Rights of Cohabiting Partners handed down by the Women and Equalities Committee of the UK Parliament, its key recommendations and the next steps for cohabitation law reform in England and Wales.
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- Cohabitation
!30/08/2022 15:37
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