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  Splits and Singles: Living Alone in Middle Age  

Published on 08 August, 2019 | Andrew Newbury

The British household has undergone tremendous change in recent decades. Since the introduction of current divorce law in the early 1970s, we’ve seen a dramatic increase (and, then, over the last 25 years, an equally considerable decline) in the number of marriages coming to a legal conclusion. We’ve seen civil partnerships for same-sex couples precede […]

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  Hall Brown FDAC Campaign Nominated for Law Society Award  

Published on 30 July, 2019 | James Brown

The founders of one of the country’s most dynamic family law firms have been nominated for a prestigious Law Society award for their part in saving a court system helping to prevent the children of parents addicted to drugs or alcohol from being taken into care Sam Hall and James Brown of Hall Brown Family Law […]

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  Hall Brown Admin Team Claim Fabulous Five Award Nominations  

Published on 29 July, 2019 | James Brown

Administrative staff at one of the UK’s most dynamic law firms have received a string of prestigious award nominations for their contribution to its continued success. Employees at Hall Brown Family Law have made the shortlist in five categories in the Manchester PA Awards. The firm’s Office Manager, Joanne Wilson, is in the running for […]

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  Hall Brown Retains Place Among UK’s Family Law Elite  

Published on 27 June, 2019 | James Brown

One of the the country’s most dynamic law firms has retained its place among the UK’s very best Family law specialists. Hall Brown Family Law is one of only two boutique firms based outside London and the only one from the North West to make a prestigious annual list of Britain’s leading family lawyers published […]

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  A Case of Separation: Wine Collections and Divorce  

Published on 18 June, 2019 | Andrew Newbury

Although Britons have drunk wine for centuries, it’s arguably only in the last few decades that its consumption has become truly popular across different age and demographic groups. Buoyed by the kind of range in supermarkets which would once only have been the preserve of specialist shops in years gone by, sales continue to climb. […]

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  Drinking Habits Spark Rise in Divorce Disputes Over Wine Collections  

Published on 17 June, 2019 | Andrew Newbury

Britons’ more refined drinking habits are being blamed for an increase in couples rowing about how to divide up their wine collections when they divorce. One of the country’s leading family law firms has reported that three per cent of divorces which it handles involve arguments about wine. Andrew Newbury, a partner with Hall Brown […]

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  Hall Brown Excellence On Point With Spear’s  

Published on 10 June, 2019 | James Brown

One of the country’s most dynamic family law firms has achieved the distinction of claiming more places on a global ranking of professional firms than any other practice outside London. Four partners at Hall Brown Family Law have been named among the UK’s leading private lawyers and accountants not in the capital by Spear’s, a […]

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  Couples, Control and Kids  

Published on 29 April, 2019 | Laura Guillon

Over the course of my career as a family lawyer, one of the things which I’ve become aware of is the difference between the perception of the kind of work which myself and my colleagues at Hall Brown Family Law deal with and the reality. For instance, many individuals whose only experience of divorce is […]

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  Hall Brown’s Investments in Staff and Community Key to Continued Success  

Published on 12 April, 2019 | Sam Hall

Sam Hall - Hall Brown Family Law

One of the country’s fastest growing family law firms has announced that focusing on its responsibilities to clients, colleagues and the local community contributed to further remarkable growth over the course of the last year. Hall Brown Family Law has seen turnover up by almost 50 per cent during a 12-month period in which its […]

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  Government Recognises ‘No-Fault’ Divorce is a No-Brainer  

Published on 10 April, 2019 | Sam Hall

Sam Hall - Hall Brown Family Law

Regular readers of this ‘blog will know that it highlights finely-detailed shifts in domestic relationships. Although we have tended to focus more on the effects of what happens in the home or workplace, it’s important not to lose sight of events outside of those environments but which potentially have consequences for both. Over the course […]

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