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Cohabitation and Labour's Commitment to Changing the Law: What Reform Might Look Like

Cohabitation and Labour's Commitment to Changing the Law: What Reform Might Look Like

On Tuesday, 10 October 2023, Shadow Attorney General Emily Thornberry MP announced that the Labour Party intended to review the law relating to cohabitation with a view to introducing reform. This is welcome news and was received positively by Resolution and many academics that have campaigned tirelessly over the years

Where Property, Insolvency and Estate Administration Law Collide

Where Property, Insolvency and Estate Administration Law Collide

I had a hearing last week, acting for a court-appointed administrator of a deceased’s estate, that raised some interesting and unusual points of property, insolvency and estate administration law. Since it is unlikely to be reported, being an extempore judgment from a Deputy Master, I thought it might be

When Are Pensions Too Small to Worry About?

When Are Pensions Too Small to Worry About?

https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Fam/2023/2453.html First of all, may I observe that the Family Court seems to be publishing more judgments in small money cases. I commend this approach. As a single joint expert, I was often instructed in smaller money cases, and the

Important Part III Case in Supreme Court

Important Part III Case in Supreme Court

On 31 October and 1 November 2023 the UK Supreme Court will be hearing the former husband’s appeal in the case of Potanin and Potanina. The appeal will consider in what circumstances it is appropriate for the English family court to allow a former spouse to make an application

Graeme Fraser’s A–Z of Cohabitation

Graeme Fraser’s A–Z of Cohabitation

Graeme Fraser needs no introduction in the cohabitation world. Here’s his A-Z of Cohabitation… A is for Agreement A cohabitation agreement is a written, signed document, often signed as a deed in front of witnesses which deals with who owns (and owes) what at the time of the agreement

Final Hearings: a User’s Guide

Final Hearings: a User’s Guide

In Outliers: The Story of Success, Malcolm Gladwell advanced the concept of the 10,000 Hour Rule, whereby the key to achieving expertise is relentless practice. The examples given ranged from Bill Gates’ access to computers as a youth and the Beatles performing 1,200 times from 1960 to 1964.

London – ‘Divorce Capital of the World’?

London – ‘Divorce Capital of the World’?

Jersey International Family Law Conference October 2023. ‘International Divorce: The Where, the Why and the How?’ Introduction 1. ’To the injured spouses of the world’s billionaires, if you want to take him to the cleaners… take him to the cleaners in London. Because London cleaners will be grateful for