Published on 01 August, 2024 | Savannah Davies
Within the wide span of cases handled by Hall Brown and other family law firms, it is possible to detect certain emerging patterns over time. They are dependent on more than an individual household’s circumstances and can be influenced by everything from the global economic climate, government policy, court judgements and even celebrities. One of […]
Read morePublished on 23 July, 2024 | Katie Welton-Dillon
Every few months, statisticians at the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) publish figures detailing the volume and types of work passing through family courts across the country. They provide the kind of broad context and evidence of important individual patterns which can sometimes even escape family law firms concentrating on their respective caseloads. The latest tranche […]
Read morePublished on 04 July, 2024 | Matt Hodgson
As lauded and lucrative as the career of a top flight footballer is these days, it is very much shorter than many other professions. Some players are lucky enough to impact the game that they love after hanging up their boots either as a coach, administrator or pundit. Very few, however, create an unintended legal […]
Read morePublished on 28 June, 2024 | Izzy Walsh
Hall Brown Family Law has described its second repeat awards success in less than a fortnight as evidence of its all-’round strengths. The firm has retained its title as the UK’s top Boutique Family Law Firm in the eprivateclient Excellence Awards just weeks after being named as Medium-sized Law Firm of the Year in the Manchester […]
Read morePublished on 25 June, 2024 | Madelaine Hailey
This time last year, marriage appeared to be in crisis. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) had published its latest figures on the number of couples tying the knot across England and Wales in 2020. That data showed that 85,770 ceremonies involving opposite sex and same sex couples had taken place that year – a […]
Read morePublished on 24 June, 2024 | Matt Hodgson
As I sit here trying to write, it is difficult to concentrate due to the sound of sports fans across the country rubbing their hands with glee. Whether we’re football or cricket fans, lovers of golf and tennis or simply afficionados of sport in general, there’s plenty to keep us occupied at the moment. Attending […]
Read morePublished on 11 June, 2024 | James Brown
Hall Brown Family Law has described consecutive triumphs at the Manchester Legal Awards (MLAs) as vindication of its recruitment policy. The boutique firm has been named Medium-sized Law Firm of the Year in the competition for the second time in a row. Over the last 12 months, Hall Brown has seen strong growth among the […]
Read morePublished on 03 June, 2024 | Emma Whitehead
Regular readers of this ‘blog will recognise that it has remarked upon a number of significant changes in British home life over recent decades. One of the most notable is arguably the degree to which the collapse of a marriage is no longer necessarily regarded as being in any way unusual. That is despite the […]
Read morePublished on 23 May, 2024 | Matt Hodgson
In a season which lifts the spirits, one of the regular heartwarming sights of summer is when the winners of golf’s Major tournaments are joined by their families to celebrate with their hard-earned trophies. For all the dedication of those who succeed in team sports, there is something about the characterististics which golf’s champions require […]
Read morePublished on 21 May, 2024 | Melanie Hadwin
Over the last couple of decades, we have seen considerable change in the nature of British households. Whereas marriage was, for instance, regarded as the absolute gold standard for domestic relationships, it has been in almost constant decline for half a century. Figures published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show that there were […]
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