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| Project title |
Legal practitioners’
perspectives on the cohabitation provisions
of the Family Law (Scotland) Act 2006 |
| Funding details |
The Nuffield Foundation |
| Research
team |
Fran
Wasoff, Enid Mordaunt,
Jo
Miles (University of Cambridge) |
| Dates |
April 2009 to March
2010 |
| Type of project |
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| Keywords |
Couples, (re)marriage, cohabitation,
government (local, Scottish and comparative), separation, succession, death, financial provision |
| Project
description |
This one year study
is the first empirical study of the functioning of the Family
Law (Scotland) Act 2006 with the aim of understanding the operation
of the cohabitation provisions of the Act. Particular
consideration will be given to the experiences and perspectives
of legal practitioners and other selected family law professionals
regarding the use of the provisions in the first three years
of the legislation. We shall be examining the nature and frequency
of the use of the provisions, the circumstances in which they
are used, the type of issues covered, the cost and effect, along
with an assessment of any benefits and difficulties the provisions
have brought for both potential pursuers and defenders.
The study will draw from two data sources: postal questionnaires
and follow up, in-depth telephone interviews. |
Publications/
dissemination |
Click
here for the Final Report
Click
here for CRFR Briefing 51 - No longer living together: how
does
Scots cohabitation law work in practice? |
| Contact |
Fran
Wasoff |
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