The Supreme Court’s judgement in the case of Kernott v Jones was published last week and clarifies the law on the question of who is entitled to how much of the value of the jointly-owned home in cases where the couple aren’t married.  But the Government should modernise the law on cohabitants’ rights.  It had the opportunity to do so recently when it received the Law Commission’s report on the question.  It decided to do nothing, which was the wrong decision.