Reform

The Role of Opt-out Agreements in Cohabitation Reform

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

Financial Remedies – Next Steps on the Road to Reform?

Financial Remedies – Next Steps on the Road to Reform?

1.1 On 18 December 2024 the Law Commission published its Scoping Report on financial remedies on divorce and dissolution.[[1]] The Scoping Report sets out our findings that the current law does not provide a cohesive framework in which couples going through a divorce can expect fair and sufficiently

A New Weddings Law – the Law Commission’s Proposals

A New Weddings Law – the Law Commission’s Proposals

Why should family lawyers who deal with the breakdown of relationships and marriages be interested in the law relating to marriage itself? Well, if it were not for marriage, there would be no divorce! The Law Commission are proposing far-reaching changes to the law in relation to marriage and weddings.