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Supreme Court upholds county ruling in cohabitation case

I hate to put a damper on things but this was a very extreme case. involving a very long period of separation, the purchase of a new house by Mr Kernott and a lack of child support over the years. It does not mean that whenever one party moves out and the other party pays the mortgage and other bills the party who stays in the house will automatically get more than 50%. The only safe way is to decide from the outset what the shares are to be and what is to happen (a) if one party dies and (b) if they split up. By and large the "factory" conveyancers either ignore this completely or else pay lip service to it.

9-Nov-2011

4:23 pm