The news that a heterosexual couple have been granted the right to take their case to enter into civil partnership in the Supreme Court should not “detract from the more pressing issue” of providing protection and support to financially vulnerable cohabitants upon relationship breakdown.

According to partner in the family law department at Hunters Solicitors, Graeme Fraser, who is also a cohabitation expert, the Supreme Court “may well decide as a matter of equality” that heterosexual couples, such as Rebecca Steinfeld and Charles Keidan who are bri...