Co-Author Cohabitation: Law, Practice and Precedents

5th Edn (January 2012; Jordans)
with H Wood, D Lush, D Bishop, A Murray, J Eames

‘Provides commentary, checklists, procedural guides and precedents in a single volume, making it an invaluable aid to all practitioners advising unmarried couples. Fully updated to reflect the new FPR and comes with a CD-ROM containing all the precedents. The numbers of unmarried cohabiting couples continue 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 has been extensively revised to take account of the Family Procedure Rules 2010 and includes a new section on welfare benefits, as well as analysis of significant case law such as the Supreme Court’s ruling in Jones v Kernott.
Whether preparing a cohabitation contract or ante-nuptial agreement, 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 CD-ROM containing all the precedents covered in the volume.’

Reviews

“A very good buy … not just for family lawyers” – New Law Journal

“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 ALC Newsletter 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

“There is all the armoury for practitioners to advise unmarried couples …contains precedents for almost any situation” – ALC Newsletter