Cohabitation/Unmarried couples

Last Saturday (18th August 2018) was officially the most popular day to get married. Despite this, fewer couples are deciding to tie the knot. In fact, there has been an increase in the number of cohabiting families with the figure rising from 1.5 million in...

Hot off the press is the landmark case of Brewster v McMullan which may have paved the way for unmarried couples to benefit from the pension of their deceased partner. The case concerned Denise Brewster who had been in a relationship with her partner for 10...

“Love me or leave me, make your choice but believe me, I love you, I do, I do, I do, I do….” Nothing encapsulates the exhilaration surrounding a marriage proposal like Abba’s classic from 1975 for those of you like us who remember...

Whilst society nowadays has departed from the traditional set up of the stay at home wife and the husband as the breadwinner the courts still recognise these traditional roles and most importantly do not discriminate against either role. Whether the spouse...

Moving in with a partner is a big step.  It’s an exciting time and there are lots of things to think about.  Understandably you won’t want to dwell on what might happen if you split up.  Whilst you may not need a piece of paper to...

In October 2013, the Office for National Statistics produced a bulletin showing the number of couples that now cohabit within the United Kingdom. The statistics showed that in 2013, there were 18.2 million families within the UK, and 2.9 million of those...