Published on 11 January, 2024 | Emma Whitehead
London is one of the major global cities and, as such, has magnetic appeal not only for foreign visitors but for those wishing to work and live in England. More than its tourist attractions and vibrant business community, London has added another dimension to its reputation over time as the world’s divorce capital. As various […]
Read morePublished on 13 December, 2023 | Andrew Breakwell
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 morePublished on 30 November, 2023 | Sam Hall
It 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 morePublished on 28 November, 2023 | Allie Pitchford
Of 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 morePublished on 27 November, 2023 | Emma Hubbard
Regular 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 morePublished on 13 November, 2023 | Hannah Pilling
Being 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 morePublished on 08 November, 2023 | Melanie Hadwin
It’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 morePublished on 31 October, 2023 | Katie Welton-Dillon
No 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 morePublished on 26 October, 2023 | James Brown
Hall 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 morePublished on 24 October, 2023 | Hannah Durkin
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, […]
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