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Avoiding Inheritance Tax for Cohabiting Couples
If you are married to your partner then there are lots of financial and tax benefits. If you have been cohabiting though, for however long, then you...
Check List: Your Legal Rights When a Relationship Ends
The end of a relationship is never a fun time but as well as the emotional fallout to deal with there are always a lot pf practical issues to...
Drawing Up a Cohabitation Agreement
If you live with your partner but are not married then no matter how committed you are or how long you have been together, you will not be granted the same rights as...
Planned Reforms in the Law for Cohabiting Couples
Millions of couples live together as cohabiting partners and many believe that they are entitled to the same rights as married couples under 'common...
Property Rights for Cohabiting Couples
When you are cohabiting with your partner there are many possibilities about the accommodation you are living in. Perhaps you are renting through a...
Rights to Pensions and Maintenance when the Relationship Ends
However long you have been in a cohabiting relationship, when it ends you are not automatically entitled to any of your partner’s assets. This...
The Basics of Civil Partnerships
Since 2005 same-sex couples have been able to register as civil partners under the civil partnership act. This gives them a new legal status as 'civil partners' which...
The Myths of Common Law Marriage
Millions of couples live together without getting married and many believe that after a number of years together they become 'common law' husband and wife and are...
Wills and the Rights of a Surviving Partner
Obviously nobody wants to consider the possibility of themselves or their partner dying but in the unlikely event of it happening, it is best to be...
