Is living apart the new being together? Quite possibly, if a new university study is anything to go by.
It is a detailed look at a social phenomenon which has been dubbed ‘living apart together’ – that is to say, couples who form relationships but do not move in together. Apparently
In the first case of its kind since 1995, the parental rights of a man have been terminated by the High Court after he was imprisoned for sexual abuse.
CW v SG concerned an unmarried couple who had a child together, referred to in case
A senior family law judge has accused the government of excessive preoccupation with gay marriage.
Baroness Butler-Sloss is a former President of the Family Division of the High Court and a leading legal authority. She told the Telegraph that the government should be more concerned
Any family lawyer who has chalked up a few years in the profession will be very aware of one particular social trend of recent decades: the rise of cohabitation, and this is certainly a subject I have written about more than once.
The unmarried former partner of wealthy businessman Steve Owen has been awarded a record payout by the Scottish courts.
Jacqueline Whigham was granted £250,000 by Scotland’s highest civil court, the Court of Session
Earlier today I appeared on Daybreak, to talk about the importance of making a will.
A senior judge has branded property laws “harsh” and “unfair” on cohabiting couples.
Pamela Curran told the Court of Appeal that she was “absolutely stripped of everything” when a 30 year relationship ended and a court ruled that she had no right to a share in the
Not so long ago, getting hitched was taken for granted and cohabiting without a marriage licence was seen as ‘living in sin’. These days social attitudes have changed, but getting married is so expensive that people are put off the idea.
A man who shared a home as part of a cohabiting couple for more than 20 years has failed in his bid to claim more than ten per cent ownership of the property.
In this recently published case, the man had been granted ten per cent “beneficial interest
In the latest twist to a ten year legal battle between a former lesbian couple who conceived using IVF, the Court of Appeal has overturned a decision to deny one of the partners contact with the children.
This was the third trip to the Court of Appeal
The Supreme Court has delivered its eagerly-awaited judgment in the Scottish case of Gow v Grant. One interesting point is the emphasis on the fair and reasonable - even for cohabiting couples.
Cohabitation and the legal rights (or lack of them) enjoyed by unmarried couples have been covered in detail on this blog over the years. Cohabitation is when couples live together as man or wife, with or without children, but without being married.
What happens to the estate of a person who dies intestate? I know about the injustices that can occur. A few years ago, a man for whom I acted in his divorce bought a property with his new partner. This is her story.
Earlier today I appeared on BBC Breakfast, to discuss the Supreme Court’s ruling in Kernott v Jones. Accompanying me on the sofa was Patricia Jones, whose appeal was upheld by the five Supreme Court justices who heard the case.
I wrote about the possible outcome of the Kernott v Jones case yesterday after reading the Court of Appeal judgment in the case, and noting Lord Justice Jacob’s dissenting judgment. I couldn’t see any reason to fault his argument, which made a lot of sense.
Baroness Hale of Richmond, the only woman judge in the Supreme Court, is “dismayed” that so many judges belong to the Garrick Club.
I appeared on BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour, alongside Harry Benson of the Bristol Community Family Trust, to discuss cohabitation and the Government’s abandonment of plans to give cohabiting couples greater legal protection.
This is a slightly expanded version of my latest post for The Times, which appears on The Experts blog today. In 2005, the Government asked the Law Commission to report on possible changes to the law in relation to cohabitation. Two years later, …
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