‘Part 2 of the Ministry of Justice’s consultation paper, A Fairer End to Relationships (“the CP”), proposes a financial remedies scheme for cohabitants on separation. It casts the net far too wide. If legislation goes through as proposed, an unfair regime will be foisted on millions of couples. Childless cohabitants, specifically, should not automatically become a financial unit in the eyes of the law just because they have lived together for 3 years. The CP does not acknowledge this but instead says that in an effort to protect women, children, and victim-survivors of domestic abuse, they will throw the baby out with the bathwater and introduce reform for a whole host of extra people too.’
Financial Remedies Journal, 12th August 2026
Source: financialremediesjournal.com
