FAMILY LAW
LEGAL REPORT
48 www.canadianlawyermag.com
"There's a range of [family] situations,
but I think lots of people simply don't
know the details of the legal regime and don't
think about it."
Robert Leckey, Dean of Law, McGill University
But even without legal marriage, a
cohabitant can seek money from another
under the principle of unjust enrichment,
for example, which says that if one party
has enriched another and later been
impoverished as a result, that party can ask
the other to return some of that enrichment.
McGill Law's Leckey has a five-year research
grant to look at cohabitation and legal
reforms in provinces such as B.C. and
Saskatchewan, as well as provinces such as
Ontario that have not adapted.
His research takes two strands: common-
law bases for making a claim against a
former partner for unjust enrichment. In
Saskatchewan and B.C., which will take
ntitled-1 1 2015-02-09 9:06 AM
Enhance your presence on
Canada's largest legal directory
AVAILABLE ONLINE AND IN PRINT
Containing contact information for more than 66,000
judges and legal professionals, more than 27,500 law
offices, government departments, and law related offices,
canadianlawlist.com attracts more than 325,000 page
views a month and 110,000 unique visitors!
Book your enhanced listing today!
Contact Colleen Austin at 416.644.8740 Ext 314 or
colleen.austin@keymedia.com
www .canadianlawlist.com
ntitled-6 1 2019-04-18 4:32 PM
KEY MEDIA and the KEY MEDIA logo are trademarks of Key Media IP Limited, and used under license by HAB Press Limited.
CANADIAN LAW LIST is a trademark of HAB Press Limited.
FEWER CHILDREN
AT HOME
Between 2006 and 2011, couples
with children living at home
continued to fall as a share of all
census families.
39.2% of census families
were couples with children in
2011
44.5% of census families
were couples without children
in 2011
More than 60% of children
born in Quebec are to parents
who are not legally married
