23 articles on Cohabitation
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Cohabitation law reform – June 2026
Published on 9th Jun 2026 by: Lauren Heathcote
Last updated: 8 June 2026 In short: cohabiting couples do not automatically...
Property rights for unmarried couples
Published on 8th Jun 2026 by: Lisa Burton-Durham
When couples buy a property together, one of the questions they will...
Tenants in common vs joint tenants: what does it mean and why does it matter on separation?
Published on 2nd Jun 2026 by: Christopher Maulkin
The Office for National Statistics has provided a useful reminder that cohabitation...
Cohabitation is rising, and so is the need for reform…
Published on 16th Oct 2025 by: Lauren Heathcote
What is a marriage? The provision for marriage is set out it...
Is there a difference between a marriage and a civil partnership?
Published on 10th Dec 2023 by: Lisa Burton-Durham
The marriage rate in the UK is now the lowest since records...
A vision for family justice: provision of basic rights for cohabiting couples upon relationship breakdown
Published on 23rd Nov 2023 by: Gemma Hope
A cohabitation agreement applies to a couple who are living (or intend...
What can you include in a cohabitation agreement?
Published on 6th Jul 2023 by: Christopher Maulkin
As we have explored in previous blogs, unmarried couples have fewer rights...
Equitable accounting – what unmarried home owners need to know
Published on 12th Jul 2022 by: Christopher Maulkin
There are common myths that we see when unmarried people contact us...
Cohabitation and separation – what every cohabiting couple should know
Published on 1st Feb 2022 by: Lisa Burton-Durham
Cohabitation is the fastest growing family type with almost 7 million individuals...
Marriage -v- Cohabitation
Published on 24th Aug 2021 by: Raj Patel