Legal Knowledge Scotland » Cohabitants http://www.legalknowledgescotland.com Legal support for lawyers Wed, 14 Mar 2018 15:58:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.2 Cohabitants’ claims are strictly time-limited http://www.legalknowledgescotland.com/?p=921 http://www.legalknowledgescotland.com/?p=921#comments Wed, 10 Oct 2012 06:56:43 +0000 http://www.legalknowledgescotland.com/?p=921 The Scottish Court of Session has ruled that the one-year time limit for s25 financial provision claims under the Family Law (Scotland) Act 2006 is to be rigidly applied.

Overruling a sheriff’s decision to allow a time-barred claim in Simpson v Downie, the Court of Session said a cohabitant has no independent substantive right to financial provision. 

The full case report from the Scottish Courts Service can be found here.  

An article from Scottish Legal News can also be found here.

 

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