The Office for National Statistics (ONS) have released figures which indicate there was an increase in the number of civil partnerships last year. The provisional figures for 2011 show there were a total of 6,795civil partnerships formed, representing an increase of 6.4 per cent on 2010's...
Unmarried couples who jointly own property are being urged to consider entering into a cohabitation agreement or separation agreement following the decision of the Supreme Court in the Jones v Kernott case. Following a lengthy legal battle, involving four different courts, the Supreme Court...
Many have been waiting for a change in the Law to provide cohabiting couples with greater rights upon separation. Recommendations for change were made by the Law Commission in 2007 and sadly none of those recommendations were brought in by the last Government. It was hoped that this...
The issues of property rights when parties are not married has long been a thorny issue and one which has presented family lawyers with many difficulties. The law does not provide the same rights for non-married couples as it does for married couples. People do not realise that there is no...
Data from the Office for National Statistics released this week showed that divorce rates in England and Wales were at their lowest level since 1974. The figures revealed that there were 113,949 divorces in 2009 compared with 121,708 the previous year. These figures represent the sixth...