Britons’ more refined drinking habits are being blamed for an increase in couples rowing about how to divide up their wine collections when they divorce. One of the country’s leading family law firms has reported that three per cent of divorces which it handles involve arguments about wine. Andrew Newbury, a partner with Hall Brown […]
Read moreOne of the country’s most dynamic family law firms has achieved the distinction of claiming more places on a global ranking of professional firms than any other practice outside London. Four partners at Hall Brown Family Law have been named among the UK’s leading private lawyers and accountants not in the capital by Spear’s, a […]
Read moreOver the course of my career as a family lawyer, one of the things which I’ve become aware of is the difference between the perception of the kind of work which myself and my colleagues at Hall Brown Family Law deal with and the reality. For instance, many individuals whose only experience of divorce is […]
Read moreOne of the country’s fastest growing family law firms has announced that focusing on its responsibilities to clients, colleagues and the local community contributed to further remarkable growth over the course of the last year. Hall Brown Family Law has seen turnover up by almost 50 per cent during a 12-month period in which its […]
Read moreRegular readers of this ‘blog will know that it highlights finely-detailed shifts in domestic relationships. Although we have tended to focus more on the effects of what happens in the home or workplace, it’s important not to lose sight of events outside of those environments but which potentially have consequences for both. Over the course […]
Read moreEven if you weren’t a particular fan of the Spice Girls, it was hard to avoid the notion of ‘Girl Power’ during the late 1990s. Although it was nothing necessarily new to have women making a valid contribution in the workplace, media – with imagination fuelled, at least in part, by the exploits of Scary, […]
Read moreOne of the country’s leading law firms has decided to celebrate International Women’s Day by throwing its weight behind a Mancunian landmark’s campaign to commemorate the mother and daughter who contributed to its success. Hall Brown Family Law, which has its headquarters in the city, has supported the decision to rename the well-known pub, Mr […]
Read moreWhilst no couple starts out together expecting that their relationship will collapse, relationship breakdown is, sadly, a frequent feature of modern life. For instance, the most recent data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) shows that 42 per cent of all marriages end in divorce (https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/divorce/bulletins/divorcesinenglandandwales/2017). Of course, a significant number of other relationships […]
Read moreFor anyone glancing over the pages of our national newspapers during the course of the last two years or so, it might appear that there’s been a single, rather significant piece of legislation dominating proceedings in Westminster. Even though a study by the House of Commons’ library shows that MPs are perhaps not as prolific […]
Read moreIt’s perhaps hard to believe but, not too many decades ago, there was something of a stigma attached to divorce. Even in marriages which were experiencing difficulties, spouses often spoke of “staying together for the children”, as though they were conscious of the potential which their splitting up would have for sons and daughters. Now, […]
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