Cohabitation – The Case For and Against Reform

Divorce law, in principle at least, seems pretty sensible. You keep what you brought into the marriage and share what you gained. So why shouldn’t the same or similar rights and responsibilities apply to cohabiting couples who have shared a life together?

• Journal

• Cohabitation

• Graeme Fraser
• Harry Benson

!13/03/2024 07:00

KFK v DQD [2024] EWFC 78 (B)3 April 2024

Recorder Rhys Taylor. Modest asset needs case. Issues in the case: add-back, adverse inference, beneficial interests, dishonesty, family loans and resources, nature of business assets (income vs capital resource), non-disclosure, presumption of advancement, treatment of debts, and witness credibility.

• Cases

• Chattels
• Costs
• Disclosure
• Family Procedure Rules

• Elizabeth Bowden

Nazir & Nazir v Begum [2024] EWHC 378 (KB)21 February 2024

Freedman J. A person is not to be regarded as being in adverse possession of an estate when the estate is subject to a trust: see Schedule 6, paragraph 12, to the Land Registration Act 2002. Does this include a situation in which land is held by the personal representatives of a deceased person by virtue of s 33 Administration of Estates Act 1925?

• Cases

• Land Registration Act 2002
• Administration Of Estates
• Adverse Possession
• Intestacy

• Sophia Paraskeva

Hadkinson Orders: the Need to Show Restraint

This article addresses ‘Hadkinson’ orders, in light of several recent cases handed down over a short period of time, highlighting the potential limitations as to their availability.

• Blog

• Hadkinson Orders

• Rebecca Cross
• Nicholas Starks

!17/04/2024 10:22

Re X (Financial Remedy: Non-Court Dispute Resolution) [2024] EWHC 538 (Fam)8 March 2024

Knowles J; impact of Churchill on family proceedings. Incoming changes to FPR from 29 April 2024 will enable court to adjourn proceedings for ADR with potential costs consequences for non-engagement.

• Cases

• Mediation
• Family Procedure Rules
• Alternative Dispute Resolution
• NCDR

• Liam Kelly