Chekov v Fryer [2015] EWHC 1642 (Ch); [2021] WTLR 441 ChD

1975 Act: ‘Til death do us part?

Jessica Woollard and Alexandra Hirst revisit 1975 Act claims and financial remedies on divorce A former spouse or civil partner may be able to bring a claim under s81(1)(ba) of the 1975 Act if the parties legally separate and subsequently cohabit. In Chekov v Fryer [2015], the defendants applied to strike out an application under …

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Inheritance Act 1975: He loves me… he loves me not

Claire Roberts outlines a case where a claim was brought under the 1975 Act by a former spouse who was also a co-habitee ‘Practitioners and laymen alike may be surprised that the apparently clear wording of a divorce order prohibiting a claim under the 1975 Act is not an absolute prohibition.’ The law of succession …

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