The parties jointly owned a property. They were unmarried without children. When they purchased the property, they paid a deposit of £100,000. The man paid £80,000 and his partner paid £20,000. They were advised that the party who paid more could protect his greater contribution if they held the property as Tenants in Common and […]
Two parties had been in a relationship for 17 years but were not married and had no children. My client did not work and had never worked during the relationship. At the time, her partner did not want her to work. He was self-employed, worked very hard, and owned several properties. As there is no […]
If you are living with someone without being married and the relationship breaks down, or one of you dies, you might think you would have similar rights to a married couple. You may regard yourself as common law husband and wife. In fact this term means nothing from a legal perspective and couples who live […]
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Spouses have financial claims against the other in the event of Divorce, in terms of property/savings, income and pensions, and the Courts have a range of powers to deal with these claims. At present however, unmarried couples who live together do not have the same rights. At this point in time, cohabitees have no automatic […]
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