Not too many years ago, there was a commonly held view that reaching middle age meant leaving behind energetic pursuits and adopting rather more sedate pastimes. It was an attitude stereotyped by popular references to bath chairs and grey hairs, gardening and a love of fairly uninspiring daytime television programmes. However, the last decade or […]
Read moreAn increase in complex cases handled by one of the country’s most dynamic family law firms has helped propel members of its fast-growing London team onto a ranking of the UK’s top advisors for wealthy clients. Izzy Walsh, who heads up Hall Brown Family Law’s office in the capital, has been included in a list […]
Read moreThanks to the referendum vote in June 2016 in favour of ‘Brexit’, Britain now stands apart from the rest of Europe. However, it’s not only in political terms that the country has adopted a different approach to its counterparts overseas. For the best part of two decades, London has earned the reputation as the ‘divorce […]
Read moreOne of Hall Brown Family Law’s first recruits has claimed two prizes for her work in supporting the development of the Manchester’s young professionals. Ellen Walker was singled out by judges in the British and European rounds of the Junior Chamber International (JCI) awards for her efforts during her time as the organisation’s president in […]
Read moreIt’s a fact that divorce is a more frequent feature of modern life than in previous generations. Even if we take into account a gradual decline over the last quarter of a century in the number of couples who end their marriages this way, the 91,299 divorces in England and Wales during 2018 still represented […]
Read moreThe last three months of lockdown have added tremendous pressures to the challenge of bringing up a child. As I mentioned just days after the restrictions on working and travel were announced by the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, there was some confusion about what they meant for parents who were no longer together (https://hallbrown.co.uk/coronavirus-and-childcare-some-helpful-clarification/). In […]
Read moreI don’t think that there are many people who would disagree with the suggestion that the last 11 weeks have been incredibly trying for people in the UK. Whilst necessary, the measures put in place to prevent the spread of coronavirus have restricted the ability of the business community to function anything like normally. However, […]
Read morePerhaps we should not be surprised. Over this last weekend, it emerged that the Government is seeking to hasten the passage of the Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill (https://services.parliament.uk/bills/2019-21/divorcedissolutionandseparation.html) – more commonly referred to as the ‘no-fault’ divorce Bill – through parliament and onto the Statute Book It has already generated a lot of positive […]
Read moreA virtual quiz night to boost the morale of staff at one of Britain’s leading family law firm during lockdown is set to benefit regional and national charities. Four organisations will receive £450 as a result of the event organised by Hall Brown Family Law, the latest in a series of initiatives to support its […]
Read moreThis summer should have been another glorious one for fans of all kinds of sports. As well the European Football Championships, the tennis at Wimbledon and the Ryder Cup, those unable to travel to Tokyo would have been glued to their televisions for the Olympic Games. That was, of course, before the global Coronavirus pandemic […]
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