Marriage and Divorce in the Supreme Court and the Law Commission: For Love or Money?

Abstract

The case note considers the impact of the Supreme Court decision in Radmacher v Granatino regarding pre-nuptial and other classes of nuptial agreement, together with recent proposals of the Law Commission for reform of the law relating to marital property agreements generally. It explores in particular the question of what, if any, core obligations of marriage cannot or should not be excludable by agreement.