Book Review: Cohabitation Law and Practice Handbook (3rd Edition)
Gwynfor Evans reviews the Cohabitation Law and Practice Handbook, 3rd edition, published by Resolution and edited by Graeme Fraser, with 16 notable contributors.
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Separating Better: the Free Co-Parenting App That’s About to Lose Its Funding
When a parent starts the process of ending a marriage, they have so many questions: Where will I live? Will the children be okay? Will I have enough money? Why do I feel so angry? There’s a minefield of practical considerations to pick through, and an emotional tightrope stretched across it all.
A Note on Citation
Setting out the rules that apply to the certification of judgments as citable.
Pensions and Divorce – Which Valuation Should You Use?
One issue which crops up regularly when advising parties on the division of pension rights on divorce is how pensions should be valued, and in particular whether the cash equivalent transfer value (CETV or CEV) is appropriate for this purpose.
The Costs of ‘Costs of Sale’
As part of the computation stage of financial remedy proceedings great care is taken to ascertain the accurate net value of the family home and other property owned by the parties or in which they have an interest.
Helliwell v Entwistle: Some Troubling Aspects
Following King LJ’s judgment in Helliwell v Entwistle [2025] EWCA Civ 1055, Sir Nicholas Mostyn reconsiders his reasoning in Cummings v Fawn [2023] EWHC 830 (Fam) and concludes that some of his language needs to be modified.
A Divorce, Gaslighting, Lack of Transparency, and a Port
Emma Brunning and Dharshica Thanarajasingham (with Alexander Thorpe KC and Saima Younis) represented the wife in TF v SF [2025] EWHC 1959 (Fam). The judge had to untangle a web of hidden assets, misleading disclosures and a multi-million-pound port deal to determine a fair financial settlement.