Hampshire v Bonser [2025] EWCC 55
HHJ Owen. Claim for a declaration of beneficial interest in the net sale proceeds of a bed and breakfast come former family home.
Cohabitation
The Financial Remedies Court: A New Horizon?
It is approaching 10 years since HHJ Edward Hess and Joanna Miles published their seminal article which fired the starting gun for the creation of the Financial Remedies Court. The purpose of this article is to reflect upon the possible ways in which the FRC might evolve and develop in the future.
When Couples Fall Out: The Role of the Land Registration Division in Dispute Resolution
This article examines the functioning of the Land Registration Division, particularly in the context of disputes arising from informal cohabitation, and the legal foundation of cohabitees’ rights in land, the avenues for protecting and asserting such rights, and how the LRD resolves disputes.
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.
The Role of Opt-out Agreements in Cohabitation Reform
There is a significant measure of agreement amongst both academics and practitioners that making financial remedies available to cohabiting couples on an opt-in basis will not work.[[1]] It will do little to help those in religious only marriages who are left exposed upon separation. It will do little to
How Cohabitation Reform Could Reduce Pressure on Public Finances
Introduction
Following the UK general election in 2024, the Government has gone on record various times since to confirm that a public consultation will be issued later this year to strengthen the rights and protections available to women in cohabiting couples. In this article, I set out why legislating for
SV v AV [2024] EWFC 86 (B)
Judgment date: 07 February 2024
https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/OJ/2024/86.html
DJ Ashworth. Final financial remedy hearing involving the weight to be attached to a pre-nuptial agreement, non-matrimonial and matrimonial property, and the computation of assets.
Facts
Wife (aged 42) and husband (aged 52) married