Being a family lawyer provides, I would argue, something of a privileged position. It enables you to observe at relatively close quarters the nature and pace of change in Britain’s households. In the course of the four decades since I entered the profession there has been considerable change. One of the major differences has been […]
Read moreIt might sound strange from someone who has spent much of his legal career advising individuals facing up the end of their marriages but I take no particular pleasure in the fact that divorce is very much a regular reality of modern life. Granted, it is less a feature than it was even a relatively […]
Read moreOf all the commitments which we may make over the course of a lifetime, marriage is among those which has the greatest significance for ourselves and for those close to us. That said, it does not appear to carry the same weight as it once did – on the face of it, at least. During […]
Read moreRegular readers of this ‘blog will be aware that one of the topics which appears from time to time is domestic abuse. That is because abuse is a feature in a considerable number of the cases dealt with by myself and my colleagues throughout the course of the year. Back in September, my colleague Jodi […]
Read moreBeing a family lawyer provides something of a unique perspective on change within the UK’s households. In the last few decades alone, we have seen huge fluctuations in how relationships are forged, formalised and brought to an end. Those same dynamics can also be measured in relation to children. This August, the Office for National […]
Read moreIt’s fair to say that the last decade or so has not necessarily been easy for Britain’s business community. Having rebounded from recession, companies have found themselves confronted by the prospect first of Brexit and then by a pandemic. However, entrepreneurs are nothing if not resilient and resourceful. That much is clear from recent figures […]
Read moreNo break-up between parents is ever easy. In my experience, that is true regardless of whether they are married or have been cohabiting. It is only natural for couples to experience some distress or upset when it happens, no matter how long they have been together. Even so, it is vital that the adults set […]
Read moreHall Brown Family Law has revealed that it is set for further growth after completing yet another clean sweep of the year’s leading legal rankings. The announcement follows the firm clinching a place as one of the best law firms in England and Wales in a classification compiled by The Times newspaper for the sixth […]
Read moreThe annual Academy Awards honour the great, good and very talented within the movie industry. Even more than the distribution of the much-coveted Oscar statuettes, they provide an opportunity for glad-handing between some of the world’s best-known film-makers. Last year’s ceremony, though, has gone down in entertainment history for a different sort of handiwork; namely, […]
Read moreTimes change and so too do the views of society. Perhaps the clearest indicator of the degree to which that is true is what happens in the home. A century ago, there were just 2,667 divorces in England and Wales (https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/divorce/bulletins/divorcesinenglandandwales/2021). That is only slightly more than the number of marriage break-ups recorded on average […]
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