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

• Disclosure
• Family Procedure Rules
• Chattels
• Costs

• Elizabeth Bowden

James v Seymour: The Calculator

As helpfully summarised by Calum Smith on the FRJ website Mostyn J’s judgment in James v Seymour [2023] EWHC 844 (Fam) 675 included a renewed attempt to tackle how Child Maintenance should be calculated, effectively refining the methodology first se…

• Blog

• Child Maintenance

• Dom Christophers

!29/05/2023 08:00

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
• NCDR
• Family Procedure Rules
• Alternative Dispute Resolution

• Liam Kelly

James v Seymour [2023] EWHC 844 (Fam)19 April 2023

Mostyn J. An appeal concerning the correct approach to the calculation of child maintenance liability in which Mostyn J adds to the ever-expanding repository of family law acronyms.

• Cases

• Publicity and Confidentiality
• Children Act 1989 Schedule 1 Applications
• Child Maintenance
• Child Support
• Variation Applications

• Calum Smith