REALITY 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, […]
Read moreOver the course of almost three decades, I’ve been trusted by more than a thousand individuals to help them navigate the divorce process. In some cases, their marriages had come to an end after relationships lasting many years. Even when a break-up is relatively amicable, it can still be an unpleasant experience. The realisation that […]
Read moreAccording to an old African proverb, “it takes a village to raise a child”. A glance at new figures published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) shows that large parts not just of one village but the entire world are making their own telling contribution to the British population. Just under one-third of all […]
Read moreOne of the reasons why I and many of my peers chose family law as a profession is that it provides an opportunity to observe change in British households at close quarters and to help those affected deal with whatever challenges they create. Over the course of the last half-century, there has been no shortage […]
Read moreThe breakdown of any relationship, such as a marriage, is not necessarily a pleasant experience. Nevertheless, in my professional experience, many couples manage to divide their joint assets and – particularly – provide for their children’s future after they themselves separate without rancour. However, there are still cases in which conflict does occur to varying […]
Read moreHall Brown Family Law’s continued strong showing in Yorkshire has led to its being shortlisted for a clutch of the region’s most prestigious legal awards. The boutique firm has been named as a finalist in four categories by organisers of the Yorkshire Legal Awards. Hall Brown has described the news as “wonderful recognition” for the […]
Read moreMarriages, it could be said, are measured in years spent together, filled with families and shared experiences – some good, some not so. As a family lawyer, however, I would venture that divorce, on the other hand, can be traced in seasons. That is because it is possible to discern fairly distinct patterns in when […]
Read moreIn October 2000, one of the country’s most senior lawyers highlighted to his fellow peers what he described as a permanent problem whenever marriages ended in divorce. The issue identified by Lord Nicholls of Birkenhead was “how the property of the husband and wife should be divided and whether one of them should continue to […]
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