Hall Brown Family Law has secured top status in the North West in the latest prestigious ranking for family lawyers. Five of the firm’s partners have been named as Leading Individuals following research by Chambers and Partners, more than any other family law specialist in the region. Along with Managing Partner James Brown and Senior […]
Read moreDuring 2019, there were 108,421 divorces in England and Wales: the vast majority of them involving opposite sex couples (https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/divorce/bulletins/divorcesinenglandandwales/2019). That figure marked a considerable increase (18.4 per cent) on the number of divorces the year before. The reason, revealed the Office for National Statistics, was due to the 18 regional divorce centres dotted around […]
Read moreIn recent months, the UK – and, indeed, the rest of the world – has been emerging from lockdown. The staging of music festivals and football matches as well as the gradually busier commute to work have all been taken as indications that life is getting back to something approaching normality. We have now also […]
Read moreDespite all the uncertainty created by the coronavirus pandemic, one clear economic indicator emerged in the UK. According to figures issued by the House of Commons’ library earlier this year, the number of trading businesses increased by 112,700 during 2020, taking the total to approximately six million (https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/sn06152/). To put a human face on those […]
Read moreThat the last 18 months have brought about tremendous changes to our home and work lives will come as no surprise to anyone. In particular, measures to control the spread of coronavirus have prompted a necessary increase in the number of people working from home. Not too long ago, it was a sign of flexibility […]
Read moreOne of the founders of Hall Brown Family Law has completed a personal double for his efforts in securing the firm a place among the country’s legal elite. On the same day that James Brown, the firm’s Managing Partner, was named Professional Services Leader in the North West Leadership Awards, he was singled out for […]
Read moreThe divorce process has two important elements. Obtaining divorce decrees is generally a straightforward exercise and consists of completing court forms. Contention can arise when spouses try and work out how to divide their finances in order to provide them with the means to move on with their lives. Whereas the administrative part of divorce […]
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