On the 6th April 2012 Section 184 of the Localism Act 2011 will be in force. The three significant changes which the legislation brings are:- 1. Alteration of the current 14 day timescale for protecting the deposit. The 14 days will be changed to 30 days from the date of receipt of the deposit. 2. The
Cohabitation can present difficult legal challenges for couples in the UK. Unlike with married couples, there is no single statute that governs the division of financial interest with respect to property when cohabitating couples separate. There is no such thing as a “common law husband and wife”. In order to make a claim against property
Civil partnerships in the UK have all the rights and obligations that arise under marriage, so dissolutions of civil partnerships are comparable to matrimonial divorce obligations. However, there are a few differences between marriage and civil partnerships. For example, a civil partnership cannot be entered into on or in religious premises. Additionally, in a civil
