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Law digest: Family law

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01 January 2009
Issue: 7350+7351 / Categories: Features , Family
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MacLeod v MacLeod [2008] UKPC 64

Agreements made after marriage which provide for a future separation can be given effect to by the courts, in the same way and under the same principles as separation agreements, pursuant to ss 34 to 36 of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973.

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