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.
Cohabitation
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
Balancing the Books: Equitable Accounting in Trusts of Land Disputes
Introduction
This article aims to provide the busy family practitioner with a fairly comprehensive guide to the what, where, when, and how of equitable accounting, specifically in the context of trusts of land, to assist you in getting such claims off on the right footing.
In the experience of the
Cohabitation and Separation: When Does the Clock Start and Stop?
Since the two seminal decisions of the House of Lords, first in White v White [2000] 2 FLR 981 and then in Miller v Miller; McFarlane v McFarlane [2006] 1 FLR 1186, introduced practitioners to the potentially crucial distinction (in sharing cases, at least) between matrimonial and non-matrimonial property, and
Cohabitation Reform Under the New Labour Government: Moving From a ‘Whether’ to a ‘What’?
The law around cohabitation has been ripe for reform for many years. As far back as 2007, the Law Commission of England and Wales recommended that it be updated, so as to safeguard couples against uncertainty and injustice in the event of relationship breakdown. Similarly, academics and practitioners have long