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The Cohabiting Family in 2011: English law post Jones v Kernott
The decision of the Supreme Court on 9 November 2011 in the case of Jones v Kernot has drawn attention yet again to the state of English law for those who cohabit instead of entering into marriage or civil partnership. It remains a precarious form of relationship because of the relatively high (and early) rate of breakdown in contrast to marriage, and because of the very unsatisfactory outcomes in law on the conclusion of a cohabitation relationship.
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