cohabitation – Page 6 – Current Awareness

Gülbahce v Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg – WLR Daily

Posted November 12th, 2012 in cohabitation, EC law, law reports, migrant workers, retrospectivity by sally

Gülbahce v Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg (Case C-268/11); [2012] WLR (D) 313

“The first indent of article 6(1) of Decision No 1/80 of the EEC-Turkey Association Council precluded the competent national authorities from withdrawing the residence permit of a Turkish worker with retroactive effect from the point in time at which there was no longer compliance with the ground on the basis of which his residence permit had been issued under national law if there was no question of fraudulent conduct on the part of that worker and that withdrawal occurred after the completion of the period of one year of legal employment provided for in the first indent of article 6(1).”

WLR Daily, 8th November 2012

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Cohabitation Update – Zenith Chambers

Posted October 30th, 2012 in cohabitation, constructive trusts, news by sally

“The purpose of this seminar is to consider the law on constructive trusts following Jones v. Kernott and recent developments regarding cohabiting couples.”

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Zenith Chambers, 25th October 2012

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Dukali v Lamrani: a cautionary tale on how the courts define marriage – Family Law Week

Posted August 15th, 2012 in cohabitation, financial provision, jurisdiction, marriage, news by sally

“Dr John Fox and Eleanor Fletcher, both barristers at Lamb Building, consider the lessons to be learned from the court’s approach to determining the validity of the parties’ marriage in Dukali v Lamrani.”

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Family Law Week, 14th August 2012

Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk

Finance and Divorce August 2012 Update – Family Law Week

Posted August 13th, 2012 in appeals, cohabitation, divorce, freedom of expression, media, news, privacy by sally

“Anna Heenan, solicitor and David Salter, Joint Head of Family Law at Mills & Reeve LLP analyse July’s financial remedies and divorce news and cases.”

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Family Law Week, 10th August 2012

Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk

Cohabitation Update – Zenith Chambers

Posted July 27th, 2012 in civil partnerships, cohabitation, news by sally

“The law of property, as it applies to cohabiting couples in England and Wales, continues to produce outcomes which many commentators regard as unfair. In the Scottish case of Gow v. Grant, a recent appeal under the Family Law (Scotland) Act 2006 Lady Hale calls for similar legislation to be introduced in England and Wales.”

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Zenith Chambers, 17th July 2012

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Unmarried couples should get more rights, says judge – Daily Telegraph

Posted July 9th, 2012 in cohabitation, compensation, judges, news by sally

“Two million unmarried couples should be given greater legal rights, the country’s top female judge has said.”

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Daily Telegraph, 9th July 2012

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Lessons to be learned for cohabitation cases in England, says Lady Hale in Supreme Court Scottish case – Family Law Week

Posted July 5th, 2012 in cohabitation, financial provision, news, Supreme Court by sally

“In Gow v Grant [2012] UKSC 29, a Scottish cohabitation case, heard in the Supreme Court, Barnoness Hale has said that lessons can be learned in England and Wales from the practicability and fairness provided by Scottish legislation.”

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Family Law Week, 5th July 2012

Source: www.familylawweek.com

Cohabitation and Trusts of Land Update – Zenith Chambers

Posted July 3rd, 2012 in cohabitation, land registration, news, trusts by sally

“The purpose of this article is to consider the law of constructive trusts following Jones v. Kernott [2011] UKSC 53, judgment given on 9th November 2011, insofar as it relates to the purchase of property primarily by cohabitants.”

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Zenith Chambers, 27th June 2012

Source: www.zenithchambers.co.uk

Cohabitees’ Property – All Clear Now? – Hardwicke Chambers

Posted February 8th, 2012 in appeals, cohabitation, mortgages, news by sally

“It is only a short time ago since the House of Lords was asked to consider the issue of beneficial interests of an unmarried couple in Stack v Dowden. The recent decision of the Supreme Court in Jones v Kernott highlights again the ongoing problems that can arise when unmarried couples separate and there is no clear agreement as to the ownership of their property interests.”

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Hardwicke Chambers, 2nd February 2012

Source: www.hardwicke.co.uk

Unmarried couples ‘should have equal inheritance rights’ – The Guardian

Posted December 15th, 2011 in bills, cohabitation, intestacy, Law Commission, news, reports by sally

“Unmarried couples who have lived together for five years or more should be able to inherit from each other without writing a will, the Law Commission has recommended.”

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The Guardian, 14th December 2011

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Unmarried couples should have inheritance rights, say law advisers – Daily Telegraph

Posted December 14th, 2011 in cohabitation, equality, families, intestacy, news, wills by sally

“Unmarried couples who live together for five years will automatically take their partner’s entire estate if they die without a will, under proposals from the Government’s law advisers.”

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Daily Telegraph, 14th December 2011

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Supreme Court’s ruling on cohabitees welcomed – Law Society’s Gazette

Posted November 17th, 2011 in cohabitation, news, Supreme Court by tracey

“Family lawyers have welcomed the Supreme Court’s landmark judgment on the division of assets between former cohabiting couples – but say the case highlights the need for law reform.”

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Law Society’s Gazette, 17th November 2011

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

Judgment of the Supreme Court in Jones v Kernott [2011] UKSC 53 – Hardwicke Chambers

Posted November 14th, 2011 in cohabitation, mortgages, news by sally

“How should the court approach the determination of the beneficial interests in a property acquired in joint names by an unmarried couple? The Court of Appeal had held the decision of the House of Lords in Stack v Dowden did not allow the court to impute to the parties an intention that they would divide their beneficial interest in their property fairly. The Supreme Court revisited the decision in Stack v Dowden and disagreed with the Court of Appeal: If the presumption of joint beneficial ownership is rebutted, the court can, in the absence of finding any intention as to the shares, impute to the parties an intention that their beneficial interest would be divided in a manner that the court considers fair.”

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Hardwicke Chambers, 9th November 2011

Source: www.hardwicke.co.uk

Cohabitees’ property rights: still as clear as mud – The Guardian

Posted November 10th, 2011 in cohabitation, mortgages, news, precedent, Supreme Court by sally

“The Jones v Kernott judgment does little to resolve the grey area of ex-cohabitees’ entitlements to a share in their former home.”

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The Guardian, 10th November 2011

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Jones v Kernott – WLR Daily

Posted November 10th, 2011 in cohabitation, law reports, mortgages, Supreme Court by sally

Jones v Kernott [2011] UKSC 53; [2011] WLR (D) 321

“When a cohabiting couple bought a family home in their joint names and were both responsible for the mortgage, but without any express declaration as to their beneficial interests, the starting point was that equity followed the law so that the presumption was that they were joint tenants both in law and in equity. That presumption could be displaced by showing that the parties had a different common intention at the time when they acquired the home or that they later formed a common intention that their respective shares would change. Their common intention was to be deduced objectively from their conduct. If it was clear that the parties did not intend joint tenancy at the outset or had changed their original intention, but it was not possible to ascertain, whether by direct evidence or by inference, what their actual intention was as to the shares in which they owned the property, each was entitled to that share which the court considered fair, having regard to the whole course of the dealing between them in relation to the property.”

WLR Daily, 9th November 2011

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Lawyers call for couples law reform – The Independent

Posted November 9th, 2011 in cohabitation, mortgages, news, Supreme Court by tracey

” Lawyers called today for new legislation on ‘co-habiting couples’ after the UK’s highest court ruled that a man who left his partner nearly 20 years ago was not entitled to half the value of the house they shared.”

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The Independent, 9th November 2011

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Court rules on property rights for unmarried couples – The Guardian

Posted November 9th, 2011 in cohabitation, mortgages, news by tracey

“The property rights of millions of unmarried couples who split up have been clarified by a supreme court judgment that has awarded the overwhelming share of a bungalow in Essex to the woman.”

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The Guardian, 9th November 2011

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Statement on the Government’s response to our Cohabitation report – Law Commission

Posted September 9th, 2011 in cohabitation, press releases, reports by tracey

“Statement on the Government’s response to our Cohabitation report.”

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Law Commission, 6th September 2011

Source: www.justice.gov.uk/lawcommission

Judge demands review of damaging divorce laws – Daily Telegraph

Posted May 12th, 2011 in children, cohabitation, divorce, families, judges, news by sally

“Outdated family laws have fuelled an ‘alarming’ rise in marital breakdown, causing ‘profound’ damage to millions of children, a High Court judge has warned.”

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Daily Telegraph, 11th May 2011

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk