Regular readers of this ‘blog might recall how, earlier this year, I penned an article about a phenomenon known as the ‘cuckoo couple’. It followed myself and my colleagues observing the impact on the stability of middle-aged marriages by adult children returning home, often with a partner in tow. The pattern has become more frequent […]
Read moreNo matter how amicable the process is, there are few individuals who ever say that they enjoy divorcing. The end of a relationship which, in some cases, might have lasted decades can cause distress, even though the marriage which preceded it may have involved tensions which proved impossible to overcome. When there are children, that […]
Read moreRecent decades have seen tremendous upheaval in British family life. Without doubt, the most significant has been the growth in the number of couples who choose to live together without marrying. Whilst individuals in such partnership would have been stigmatised by previous generations for whom marriage was the only domestic arrangement which mattered, it’s not […]
Read moreThere is, out of necessity, something very grown-up about the law. The sense of formality is arguably most evident at court, where the language and procedures can seem daunting to adults. Even so, we mustn’t forget that courts across England and Wales deal with thousands of matters each week which impact directly on the lives […]
Read moreHall Brown Family Law is delighted to announce that the efforts made since our launch in April last year have been rewarded yet again. My colleague and co-founder, Sam Hall, has been named as Lawyer of the Year by the Made in Manchester awards (http://www.madeinmanchesterawards.co.uk/). The awards were founded to honour what the organisers describe […]
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