Cohabitation consultation to provide 'improvement not parity'

The government launched its cohabitation consultation last week (5 June) as it looks to improve inheritance protections for unmarried couples and consider whether courts should give greater weight to the impact of domestic abuse when assessing finances for married couples and cohabitants.  Additionally, the consultation looks to make pre-nuptial and post-nuptial agreements legally binding. Forsters head of family law Jo Edwards sees the consultation as a "pivotal moment" for the future of family law. "If done well," Edwards said, "this is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to creat...