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Lady Hale lays down new rules for cohabitation disputes

New five-point test asks courts to look for evidence of intention or 'fair share'

Supreme Court awards female cohabitee 90 per cent of home's value

The Supreme Court has allowed the appeal by a former cohabitee that she should get 90 per cent of the former couple's home, restoring the trial judge's decision to depart from the traditional assumption that interest in the property should be split 50-50.

Norgrove review could have gone further

The Norgrove review of family law has made some worthwhile recommendations but has missed an opportunity for a more radical overhaul, says Jon Armstrong

Does England and Wales need a cohabitation law?

The modern reality of two people living together does not fit with the inflexible and outdated principles of the laws that govern it

Does England and Wales need a new cohabitation law?

Resources would be better spent on publicising the tools available already ?to cohabiting couples

Solicitors back Supreme Court's rejection of immigration rule

Age limit 'about immigration, not about forced marriages'

Supreme Court overturns immigration age limit

The Supreme Court has this morning overturned an immigration rule banning the entry of foreign spouses from non-EU countries who are under the age of 21.

In their pocket

The latest government attacks on personal injury claimants are based on a distorted view of the market, says David Ellis