This summer the Law Commission, the Government’s advisory body on law reform, released its recommendations for how the law should be changed to make rights and responsibilities clearer for everyone. In the seminar notes, Suzy Ashworth, professional support lawyer to the Mills & Reeve family team, looks in detail at what this means for the law as it applies to those couples who live together but do not marry.
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This paper was delivered at the National Family Law Group Conference in Norwich on 16 November 2007 and may be of particular interest to law students and specialist practitioners.