What is a civil partnership?
15th January 2020A civil partnership is a formal legal relationship between two people. To become civil partners, the couple must give notice […]
Cohabiting couple families are still growing faster than married and lone parent families
3rd October 2019Recent figures published by the Office for National Statistics regarding trends in UK living arrangements highlight the continuing rapid changes […]
What is a common-law marriage? Do I have the same rights as married couples?
26th June 2019There is no such thing as ‘common law marriage’; it is a myth! It doesn’t matter whether you have […]
Potential issues for an unmarried joint owner of property on separation
2nd May 2019My partner and I have agreed our shares in the home. I want to sell, but my partner doesn’t. What […]
Horn v Chipperfield – Joint Owners
28th March 2019A conversation in the pub In disputes between cohabitees, romantic conversations between couples can have very significant implications. This is […]
What if you are unmarried but feel entitled to a share in a property?
20th March 2019In this blog I will look at the position of the non-owning unmarried partner on relationship breakdown. For the party […]
Safeguards for unmarried couples
14th March 2019It’s official; statistics reveal that marriage is on the decline, with more people choosing to live together. In my last […]
A look back over 2018
18th December 20182018 has certainly been an important year for family law. There have been some important decisions for those wishing to […]
Myth buster: Common law marriage
21st August 2018Resolution recently tweeted: #Cohabiting couples are the fastest growing family type, with 1 in 8 adults in England and Wales […]
Dobson v Griffey – the fallout from cohabitation gone wrong
11th May 2018Cohabitation gone wrong The case Jacqueline Dobson and Matthew Griffey are both in their 50s. She claimed he assured her […]