The numbers of unmarried cohabiting couples continues to increase with the result that the law and practice relating to this area continues to grow in significance for family and private client lawyers. This new edition of Cohabitation: Law Practice and Precedents has been extensively revised to take account of legislative changes, as well as significant new case law, particularly in relation to pre-nuptial agreements.

Whether preparing a cohabitation contract, drafting wills for cohabiting couples, advising on rights on the breakdown of a relationship or the death of a partner, or applying for a personal protection order or a parental responsibility agreement, practitioners will find authoritative analysis of the applicable law and expert guidance on procedural issues.

Cohabitation: Law, Practice and Precedents is the only work on the subject to provide commentary, checklists, procedural guides and precedents in a single volume making it an invaluable aid to all practitioners advising unmarried couples. This new edition comes with a CDROM containing all the precedents covered in the volume.

Helen Wood, District Judge, North Eastern Circuit
Denzil Lush, Senior Judge of the Court of Protection
David Bishop, Solicitor
Ashley Murray, Barrister

 Property

• Law and Practice
  • Ownership of the home
  • Occupation of the home
  • Ownership and use of chattels
• Precedents
  • Non-contentious precedents
  • Contentious precedents
• Procedural Guides
• Checklists 

Cohabitation Agreements

• Law and Practice
• Precedents
• Checklists  

Taxation of Unmarried Couples  

Personal Protection

• Law and Practice
  • Family Law Act 1996, Part IV
  • Other remedies
• Precedents
• Procedural Guides
• Checklists  

Children

• Law and Practice
  • Registration of Births; Parental Responsibility
  • Adoption
  • Child Abduction
  • Financial provision for children
• Precedents
• Procedural Guides 

Death and Succession

• Law and Practice
  • Making provision for death
  • Death of a cohabitant
  • Illness or incapacity of a cohabitant
• Precedents
  • Non-contentious precedents
  • Contentious precedents
• Procedural Guides
• Checklists  

Pension Rights of Cohabitants

Pre-nuptial Agreements

• Law and Practice
• Precedents  

Miscellaneous

• Law and Practice
• Precedents

"there is all the armoury for practitioners to advise unmarried couples ... contains precedents for almost any situation"
ALC Newsletter

"a very good buy ... not just for family lawyers"
New Law Journal

"comprehensive chapters on property rights, cohabitation agreements, taxation, domestic violence, children, death and succession, pension rights and pre-nuptial agreements. Each chapter is supported by useful (and very full) precedents and addresses common misconceptions ... practical information and precedents ... extremely useful ... very comprehensive and particularly useful for those who specialise in children law ... a useful tool"
ALC

"set out in a helpful and clear format ... the style is clear ... There is no doubt that the authors have provided a 'clear and authoritative exposition of the law', as the Foreword suggests. It is both comprehensive in its range and thorough in its detail, succeeding in elucidating an often complex area of law and offering the busy practitioner a helpful guide to the procedures and practicalities involved in advising and acting for their cohabitant clients"
Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law