The 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 […]
Read moreHall Brown Family Law has continued its remarkable run of success by claiming a prestigious regional business award. The firm triumphed in the Employer of the Year category at the North West Business of the Year Awards. It is Hall Brown’s third major trophy of the year and comes just days after the firm retained […]
Read moreMajor life events are quite often the trigger for people to consider their circumstances. Alongside the birth of a child, the death of a loved one or serious illness, marriage perhaps provides the most significant single reason to take stock. The practicalities – and no little complication – of living together as spouses have prompted […]
Read moreHouseholds across Britain are very handy barometers of social and economic change. One example of that is how couples live together. In the last half-century, the number of marriages in England and Wales has fallen considerably. In fact, figures released by the Office for National Statisticsa (ONS) in May, show that the number of marriages […]
Read moreMarriages are complex, dynamic things and whether they ultimately work or not comes down to the individuals involved. If they fail, there is seldom a mutual understanding that the relationship has run its course – at least, not initially. In my experience, it is more likely that one spouse feels unhappy with the conduct of […]
Read moreAs stark as it may seem, divorce is very much a fact of modern life. The most recent data published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show that 113,505 opposite-sex and same-sex married couples parted in 2021 (https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/divorce/bulletins/divorcesinenglandandwales/2021). Although that figure is almost one-third lower than the all-time high recorded in 1993 (165,018), it […]
Read moreREALITY TV AND REAL LIFE: MUMS, DADS AND PROHIBITED STEPS None other than Oscar Wilde once remarked that life imitates art more than the other way around. If true, I wonder how a new and popular reality television show might be reflected in viewers’ households. The programme is entitled ‘My Mum, Your Dad’ and features […]
Read moreThe breakdown of any relationship can be an intensely emotional experience for those involved. If it means the sudden collapse of a marriage or cohabitation which may have lasted a significant period of time, the experience perhaps understandably prompts a desire to know why things have gone wrong. However, it is imperative that individuals do […]
Read moreThat family courts across England and Wales handle a very large case load is by now accepted without dispute. Many individuals in government and the judiciary have already remarked on the impact which the volume of work has on the speed with which often very sensitive matters can be resolved. At the end of June, […]
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