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SV v AV [2024] EWFC 86 (B)

https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/OJ/2024/86.html DJ Ashworth. Final financial remedy hearing involving the weight to be attached to a pre-nuptial agreement, non-matrimonial and matrimonial property, and the computation of assets. Facts Wife (aged 42) and husband (aged 52) married in 2007 and divorced in

Balancing the Books: Equitable Accounting in Trusts of Land Disputes

Balancing the Books: Equitable Accounting in Trusts of Land Disputes

Introduction This article aims to provide the busy family practitioner with a fairly comprehensive guide to the what, where, when, and how of equitable accounting, specifically in the context of trusts of land, to assist you in getting such claims off on the right footing. In the experience of the

Cohabitation and Separation: When Does the Clock Start and Stop?

Cohabitation and Separation: When Does the Clock Start and Stop?

Since the two seminal decisions of the House of Lords, first in White v White [2000] 2 FLR 981 and then in Miller v Miller; McFarlane v McFarlane [2006] 1 FLR 1186, introduced practitioners to the potentially crucial distinction (in sharing cases, at least) between matrimonial and non-matrimonial property, and

Cohabitation Reform Under the New Labour Government: Moving From a ‘Whether’ to a ‘What’?

Cohabitation Reform Under the New Labour Government: Moving From a ‘Whether’ to a ‘What’?

The law around cohabitation has been ripe for reform for many years. As far back as 2007, the Law Commission of England and Wales recommended that it be updated, so as to safeguard couples against uncertainty and injustice in the event of relationship breakdown. Similarly, academics and practitioners have long

Cohabitation – The Case For and Against Reform

Cohabitation – The Case For and Against Reform

Opener Harry Benson Divorce law, in principle at least, seems pretty sensible. You keep what you brought into the marriage and share what you gained. At least that’s my limited understanding, courtesy of my colleague former High Court Judge Sir Paul Coleridge. So why shouldn’t the same or

Book Review: Cohabitation and Trusts of Land

Book Review: Cohabitation and Trusts of Land

Elizabeth Darlington and Laura Heaton (Sweet & Maxwell, 4th edn, 2024) In the absence of a specific family law-based remedy, it is a fair comment to say that practising cohabitation law in England and Wales is more complicated in 2024 than it ever has been before. This significant publication is

Cohabitation and Labour's Commitment to Changing the Law: What Reform Might Look Like

Cohabitation and Labour's Commitment to Changing the Law: What Reform Might Look Like

On Tuesday, 10 October 2023, Shadow Attorney General Emily Thornberry MP announced that the Labour Party intended to review the law relating to cohabitation with a view to introducing reform. This is welcome news and was received positively by Resolution and many academics that have campaigned tirelessly over the years