Helen and Henry presented a webinar on equitable accounting in cohabitation cases, explaining the legal principles and processes for dividing assets and accounting for financial actions during relationships. The Webinar covered various aspects of equitable accounting, including fiduciary relationships, trust arrangements, and the assessment of equitable compensation, with a specific focus on how these principles apply to cohabitation situations. The webinar concluded with discussions on occupation rent, mortgage agreements, and the importance of fact-sensitive considerations in determining financial responsibilities between former cohabitants.
The slides from the session can be downloaded here (please email Chelsey Stuart if you would like to re-use the slides for your own purposes).
Helen Brander is a matrimonial finance and cohabitation, trusts, property, and estates practitioner. She advises and represents individuals and their associated entities (companies, trustee bodies, unincorporated associations) in matters concerning family finance, financial provision for children, the financial aspects of cohabitation, trusts of land, trustee disputes, inheritance and probate disputes.
Henry Hawkesworth now has a significant and increasing number of instructions in cohabitation disputes, and is happy to assist pre-issue, in mediation or early neutral evaluation, or at any stage of litigation. Henry receives many instructions in applications under TLTA 1996 or in proprietary estoppel. He has advised and acted in claims involving undue influence, breach of trust, fraud and mistake, and is happy to advise at all stages of proceedings in this high-risk jurisdiction.
