Quantifying the beneficial interests of cohabitees

Discusses entitlements to a share of the sale proceeds of the family home where partners are cohabiting but not married and the property is registered in the name of one person only. Explains the obligation to establish that a cohabitee has an equitable interest in the property under the principles of constructive or resulting trusts. Considers how the court is able to quantify the respective shares, both before and after Oxley v Hiscock. [From the Legal Journals Index]