The Plight of the Unmarried Lord Neuberger, President of the Supreme Court has given a keynote speech at a recent ‘At A Glance’ conference on the perils and pitfalls of being an unmarried couple facing relationship breakdown, and highlighting the lack of...Read MoreTags: cohabitation, beneficial interest, interest, property, tolata, unmarried
Table for One According to latest figures published by the Office for National Statistics, over a third of people (33.9%) in England and Wales are not only single, but have also never been married. That is the highest ever recorded and represents an increase of 10 per...Read MoreTags: inheritance, divorce, family law, paradigm family law, york, civil partnership, marriage, prenuptial agreement, cohabitation, postnuptial
Death – the ultimate clean break? As matrimonial lawyers we often talk of clean break settlements. Many people use the term, but do they understand what it means in the context of the death of their spouse or civil partner? Not everyone is perhaps aware that...Read MoreTags: inheritance, family law, divorce, fixed fee, paradigm family law, york, civil partnership, marriage, maintenance, cohabitation, financial
Graham-York v York [2015] EWCA Civ 72 In the recent Court of Appeal decision in Graham-York v York [2015] EWCA Civ 72 guidance was given in connection with the determination of the beneficial interests in a property held by only one party in an unmarried relationship....Read MoreTags: divorce, family law, paradigm family law, york, children, cohabitation
