Not married, property ownership issue

[SageMist]

I am looking to for some advice for a very good friend who's relationship is breaking down.
She and her partner have been together for about 15 years, they have 2 DC, aged 10 and 5. He has a fairly good job and she had been working part time since the children came along. They have a house which she thought they had a joint mortgage on. It turns out the house is in his sole name. And as they have never had a joint account, she has never paid the mortgage, but she has paid other bills, especially related to the children and food.
The relationship is falling apart, and he is talking about not leaving the house because it is his and not theirs, despite the fact they bought it together.
She has seen a solicitor who says my friend is entitled to nothing. Is this right? Surely she must have some stake in the property?

I also agree with Collaborate and other lawyers. I would also add STIDW to that list - not a lawyer but clearly knows her stuff.

We all know the current proposals to give unmarried live in lovers extra legal rights and I hope everyone on the tread lobbbies against them. Thankfully the Government has not proceeded so far. As for those rights mentioned - yes they can sometimes be established but thankfully there is a vast difference between rights of married people and cohabitants and so there should be.

(I don't like to say what I do on mumsnet but given the comment above perhaps I need to say that I am not exactly a layperson and any lawyer on the thread will agree with me that married people have much wider rights where thehouse is not in joint names than mere cohabitants - thankfully)

Rather than hi jack OP's thread any further I 've started a new one here;

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/legal_matters/1578613-Co-habitants-Rights?msgid=34509085#34509085