Simone Wong
Biographic Data
| ID | 6524256 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Simone Wong |
| GIVEN NAMES | Simone |
| FAMILY NAME | Wong |
| SIGNATURE | WONG S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Kent |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Equality between married/civil and cohabiting partners to a survivor’s pension
In the United Kingdom, unmarried cohabiting relationships are still not provided formal legal recognition. Cohabiting partners are provided certain legal rights through a patchwork of legislation
Cohabitation Reform in England and Wales
The law of cohabitation and the succession rights of cohabitants in England and Wales have been subject to separate reviews recently by the Law Commission for England and Wales. Even though the Law Commission's recommendations have not been implemented by the British government, the reviews raise some interesting, if not challenging, issues regarding the need to formally recognize cohabitation. A key argument for extending rights to cohabitants i…
Notice Board
Special issue
Cohabitation and the Law Commission’s Project
The Human Rights Act 1998 and the Shared Home
From the date of the Civil Partnership Act 2004 coming into force, in December 2005, same-sex couples can register a civil partnership, thereby giving them the rights and responsibilities that are analogous to those for married spouses. These include access to a property regime to deal with property matters at the end of the civil partnership. An issue that arose when the 2004 Act was being passed was the exclusion of the economically vunerable o…
Mark Pawlowski and James Brown, Undue Influence and the Family Home
Property Regimes for Home‐sharers
This article examines issues relating to the distribution of, and the rights of cohabitees to, property at the end of cohabitation. In particular, the article considers the implications of the Civil Partnership Bill and seeks to argue that more radical reform is needed to deal with property matters that arise in cohabiting relationships, whether heterosexual or same‐sex. The token gesture of creating a new civil status for same‐sex cohabitation f…
Trusting in Trust(s)
Current developments
When Trust(s) is not Enough
Cohabitation Reform in England and Wales
The law of cohabitation and the succession rights of cohabitants in England and Wales have been subject to separate reviews recently by the Law Commission for England and Wales. Even though the Law Commission's recommendations have not been implemented by the British government, the reviews raise some interesting, if not challenging, issues regarding the need to formally recognize cohabitation. A key argument for extending rights to cohabitants i…
The Human Rights Act 1998 and the Shared Home
From the date of the Civil Partnership Act 2004 coming into force, in December 2005, same-sex couples can register a civil partnership, thereby giving them the rights and responsibilities that are analogous to those for married spouses. These include access to a property regime to deal with property matters at the end of the civil partnership. An issue that arose when the 2004 Act was being passed was the exclusion of the economically vunerable o…
When Trust(s) is not Enough
Special issue
Property Regimes for Home‐sharers
This article examines issues relating to the distribution of, and the rights of cohabitees to, property at the end of cohabitation. In particular, the article considers the implications of the Civil Partnership Bill and seeks to argue that more radical reform is needed to deal with property matters that arise in cohabiting relationships, whether heterosexual or same‐sex. The token gesture of creating a new civil status for same‐sex cohabitation f…
Trusting in Trust(s)
When Trust(s) is not Enough
Current developments
Trusting in Trust(s)
Mark Pawlowski and James Brown, Undue Influence and the Family Home
Property Regimes for Home‐sharers
This article examines issues relating to the distribution of, and the rights of cohabitees to, property at the end of cohabitation. In particular, the article considers the implications of the Civil Partnership Bill and seeks to argue that more radical reform is needed to deal with property matters that arise in cohabiting relationships, whether heterosexual or same‐sex. The token gesture of creating a new civil status for same‐sex cohabitation f…
The Human Rights Act 1998 and the Shared Home
From the date of the Civil Partnership Act 2004 coming into force, in December 2005, same-sex couples can register a civil partnership, thereby giving them the rights and responsibilities that are analogous to those for married spouses. These include access to a property regime to deal with property matters at the end of the civil partnership. An issue that arose when the 2004 Act was being passed was the exclusion of the economically vunerable o…
Special issue
Cohabitation and the Law Commission’s Project
Notice Board
Cohabitation Reform in England and Wales
The law of cohabitation and the succession rights of cohabitants in England and Wales have been subject to separate reviews recently by the Law Commission for England and Wales. Even though the Law Commission's recommendations have not been implemented by the British government, the reviews raise some interesting, if not challenging, issues regarding the need to formally recognize cohabitation. A key argument for extending rights to cohabitants i…
Equality between married/civil and cohabiting partners to a survivor’s pension
In the United Kingdom, unmarried cohabiting relationships are still not provided formal legal recognition. Cohabiting partners are provided certain legal rights through a patchwork of legislation
Political science (11 works) · Law (10 works) · Law (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Politics (6 works) · Law and economics (5 works) · Conflict of Laws and Jurisdiction (4 works) · International law (4 works) · Legal principles and applications (4 works) · Political philosophy (4 works)