The amount of time necessary to construct a Cohabitation Agreement will largely be dependent on how complex your affairs are.
Preparing a Cohabitation Agreement for first-time buyers with modest savings and no children for example will take a few weeks to negotiate, draft and conclude. Conversely if the finances are complex and involved then it could take significantly more time.
Consideration will need to be given to how assets are to be divided upon separation, and ideally independent legal advice should be secured to ensure both parties have been advised on the merits and pitfalls of any agreed terms may mean for them.
