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  Hall Brown Team Secures Chambers’ Top Tier Ranking  

One of the country’s youngest and most dynamic family law firms has broken yet more new ground by establishing itself in the top tier of another authoritative legal ranking. Hall Brown Family Law is the only boutique specialist named among the four firms practicing family law considered by the influential Chambers and Partners guide to […]

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  Excellent Hall Brown Retains Place Among Nation’s Family Law Elite  

One of the country’s youngest and most dynamic family law firms has enhanced its reputation while retaining its place among Britain’s legal elite. In cementing Hall Brown Family Law’s place as a Tier One firm, the prestigious Legal 500 rankings has commended it for possessing “a wealth of experience’ and “offering the highest calibre” support. […]

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  The Silver Settled: Septuagenarians and the Changing British Household  

Sit for a minute or two and consider even some of the changes – both good and bad – which British society has seen over the course of the last few decades. While many people might consider technology to have had the greatest impact on our lives, the effect of shifts inside the country’s homes […]

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  Despite Grand Designs, Cohabitee Financial Rights Are Still Elusive  

One of the reasons many in the legal profession specialise in Family law is that it touches the lives of so many individuals. Take divorce, for example. The most recent figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) reveal that there were 101,669 divorces in England and Wales during the course of 2017 (https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/divorce/bulletins/divorcesinenglandandwales/2017). […]

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  Hall Brown Shortlisted for Family Law Award  

The work of one of the country’s most dynamic law firms has been rewarded with a nomination for one of the UK’s foremost awards open to family lawyers. Hall Brown Family Law is among five nominees in the Family Law Firm of the Year – North category in the 10th Family Law Awards. Managing Partner […]

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  Splits and Singles: Living Alone in Middle Age  

The British household has undergone tremendous change in recent decades. Since the introduction of current divorce law in the early 1970s, we’ve seen a dramatic increase (and, then, over the last 25 years, an equally considerable decline) in the number of marriages coming to a legal conclusion. We’ve seen civil partnerships for same-sex couples precede […]

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  Hall Brown FDAC Campaign Nominated for Law Society Award  

The founders of one of the country’s most dynamic family law firms have been nominated for a prestigious Law Society award for their part in saving a court system helping to prevent the children of parents addicted to drugs or alcohol from being taken into care Sam Hall and James Brown of Hall Brown Family Law […]

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  Hall Brown Admin Team Claim Fabulous Five Award Nominations  

Administrative staff at one of the UK’s most dynamic law firms have received a string of prestigious award nominations for their contribution to its continued success. Employees at Hall Brown Family Law have made the shortlist in five categories in the Manchester PA Awards. The firm’s Office Manager, Joanne Wilson, is in the running for […]

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  Hall Brown Retains Place Among UK’s Family Law Elite  

One of the the country’s most dynamic law firms has retained its place among the UK’s very best Family law specialists. Hall Brown Family Law is one of only two boutique firms based outside London and the only one from the North West to make a prestigious annual list of Britain’s leading family lawyers published […]

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  A Case of Separation: Wine Collections and Divorce  

Although Britons have drunk wine for centuries, it’s arguably only in the last few decades that its consumption has become truly popular across different age and demographic groups. Buoyed by the kind of range in supermarkets which would once only have been the preserve of specialist shops in years gone by, sales continue to climb. […]

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