About LivingTogether

Our LivingTogether campaign counters the popular myth that people gain legal rights simply by living with their partner for a certain period of time.

On the LivingTogether pages we explain exactly what rights you really have if you live with your partner and make clear what you need to do to protect both you and your partner from whatever the future may hold.

LivingTogether information applies to England and Wales only.
The law in Scotland and Northern Ireland is significantly different.

Interested in the impact of the LivingTogether campaign?
Read the campaign report, detailing the trials and triumphs of the campaign -
Lt Report 2010 (468 KB).

Read the Report of research carried out by Prof. Anne Barlow and colleagues at Exeter University.

If you have any suggestions or comments about the campaign, please use our feedback form to let us know your thoughts.

This work was formerly funded by the Ministry of Justice but since April 2011 this work has been unfunded. We know how much people need this information so we are doing our best to keep it up-to-date and available for as long as possible.