Search site
Call our office
Make an enquiry
Our people
Search our people
The Birkett Long Divorce and Family Team are supporting Resolution Awareness Week 2023, which runs from 27 November to 1 December 2023. What is this week about? This annual campaign was initiated by Resolution – a community of over 6,500...
We have previously written about the “common law marriage” myth: the belief by unmarried couples that they will get the same protection from the law as married couples do. Whilst we desperately await changes from Parliament, it is important to...
On the 4th of August 2022, the Women and Equalities Committee of the UK Parliament published their Report on the Rights of Cohabiting Partners. The inquiry was launched in April 2021 and invited views and evidence from a wide range of people and...
The risks faced by cohabiting couple families at the end of their relationship or on the death of one of the parties, has again been called for reform by The House of Commons. MP’s are once again calling for a legal scheme which gives...
Boris Johnson and Carrie Symonds are the first unmarried couple to live at No.10 Downing Street. However, this does not come as a surprise as there is a steady increase in the number of cohabiting couples in the UK. According to a recent study conducted by...
