This summer saw the introduction of a new Act called the ‘Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act, 2010. In this article I shall deal only with Cohabitants. I shall deal with Civil Partnerships in another article. Up to now couples who cohabit (even for many years) […]
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Living with your partner and the law (Part 2)
Last week I discussed the introduction of a new Act called the Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants 2010. As a continuation, the Act also introduces significant changes in relation to the estate of a deceased cohabitant. Effectively the Act largely brings a cohabitant materially within the […]