Following on from last week’s post, some comments were received in relation to the lack of cases in this relatively new area of law. Interes...

Following on from last week’s post, one issue that was raised with me related to the concept of an 'interdependency relationship' un...

Following last week's post, I was reminded of a case from earlier in 2011 that involved a lady who had been a part of a secret intimate ...

Further to last week’s post, the list below sets out some of the specific circumstances that are taken into account by the courts to determi...

Following on from last week’s post, I thought it would be useful to also summarise the definition of 'de facto'. This particular de...

The issue that what kind of relationship satisfies the definition of a 'spouse' has been coming up increasingly regularly. The Tax ...