Family Law

The Changing Law of Cohabitation

January 30th 2024

Virtual Seminar

The Changing Law of Cohabitation

January 30th 2024

2 - 5pm

Speaker: Tom Quail

Virtual Seminar

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£180+VAT

3hrs CPD

Cohabitation is very much a live issue. The Scottish Law Commission has now issued its Report recommending the reform on the law of cohabitation as set out in the Family Law (Scotland) 2006. The reforms proposed are both significant and wide ranging. It is envisaged that the Report will result in a Bill being presented to the Scottish Parliament to reform the present law which has been criticised for being out of date, unclear and overly complicated.

The seminar will cover both the current law together with the proposed reforms and will cover the following issues:-

The current legal position on cohabitation and implementation of the case law by the courts;

how to pursue a claim under the present cohabitation law and, if met with such a claim, how to resist a claim; and

the proposed recommendations of the Scottish Law Commission to reform the present overly complicated law.

The talk will be of interest to lawyers who specialise in family law and equally those for which family law is part of their general practice.

Tom Quail is lead partner in the family law team at Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie LLP. He is a family law expert who has been involved in family law at a high level for over twenty years. Tom is trained in mediation and is a Solicitor Advocate.

Tom has spoken at Family Law Conferences over the past ten years and has had articles published in law journals.