Joint ownership scotland

[Confused991]

Hi all,

I bought a house with my partner last year and we are both named on the trust deeds as being 50/50 joint owners. We do not have a cohabitation agreement that details what we each paid, but there is a trail of money for the deposit coming from each of our banks. I am planning to leave as he has become emotionally abusive and has been physically threatening. We have spent just under £50k on improvements since we moved in which we have split, I pay more of the mortgage and we split all the bills. He put in a much higher deposit than me. We still have some debts from said home improvements so I'm worried he'd try to take every penny and leave me with nothing. I'm not sure we will get all of our money back as we paid substantial offers over too. I just want to understand what I might be entitled to? Any advice welcome.

I think this is pretty specialised and you need the input of a Scottish solicitor really, rather than people here guessing. I have a good Scottish conveyancing solicitor I would happily recommend to you but this would seem to pull in aspects of family law as well, so perhaps a full-service law firm would be a better choice. Would you be able to get some signposting at least from the solicitor who handled the purchase?

I'm sorry for what you're going through.

You need to see a family lawyer & discuss section 28 cohabitation laws.

Where in Scotland are you?

I would rather not say where just incase of any identification. Thanks both, I did think the same but just hoped there was some advice out there before I take the leap. The conveyancing solicitor from prior sales is a family solicitor of my partner so doesn't feel like I could bring this up as I think would be more inclined to represent my partner than me if that makes sense

Ah, I wondered if there might be a potential conflict of interest. I'm PMing you a recommendation @Confused991.