This practical book provides a wealth of information on important issues affecting cohabitiants such as cohabitiation agreements, disputes relating to children, the family home and poverty. Valuable precedents are also provided, including a framwork cohabitation agreement and a declaration of trust for co-owners of freehold property.
Legislative developments since publication of last edition include: Domestic Violence Act; Adoption and Children Act 2002; Land Registration Act 2002; Civil Partnerships Act 2004.
Case law developments in relation to: Constructive trusts; Financial provision; Human rights in context of discrimination; Divorce settlements where periods of cohabitation are now taken into account.
