06/05/13. Does the statutory 2-year minimum cohabitation requirement for cohabitees (as opposed to married couples) to bring claims as ‘dependants’ under the Fatal Accidents Act 1976 breach human rights law? No, said the Court of Appeal in Swift v Secretary of State for Justice [2013] EWCA Civ 193.
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