Published on 10 April, 2019 | Sam Hall
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 […]
Read morePublished on 01 April, 2019 | Ellen Walker
Even if you weren’t a particular fan of the Spice Girls, it was hard to avoid the notion of ‘Girl Power’ during the late 1990s. Although it was nothing necessarily new to have women making a valid contribution in the workplace, media – with imagination fuelled, at least in part, by the exploits of Scary, […]
Read morePublished on 08 March, 2019 | Sam Hall
One of the country’s leading law firms has decided to celebrate International Women’s Day by throwing its weight behind a Mancunian landmark’s campaign to commemorate the mother and daughter who contributed to its success. Hall Brown Family Law, which has its headquarters in the city, has supported the decision to rename the well-known pub, Mr […]
Read morePublished on 28 February, 2019 | James Brown
Whilst no couple starts out together expecting that their relationship will collapse, relationship breakdown is, sadly, a frequent feature of modern life. For instance, the most recent data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) shows that 42 per cent of all marriages end in divorce (https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/divorce/bulletins/divorcesinenglandandwales/2017). Of course, a significant number of other relationships […]
Read morePublished on 27 February, 2019 | Judith Klyne
For anyone glancing over the pages of our national newspapers during the course of the last two years or so, it might appear that there’s been a single, rather significant piece of legislation dominating proceedings in Westminster. Even though a study by the House of Commons’ library shows that MPs are perhaps not as prolific […]
Read morePublished on 22 January, 2019 | Alice Rogers
It’s perhaps hard to believe but, not too many decades ago, there was something of a stigma attached to divorce. Even in marriages which were experiencing difficulties, spouses often spoke of “staying together for the children”, as though they were conscious of the potential which their splitting up would have for sons and daughters. Now, […]
Read morePublished on 07 January, 2019 | Katie Dillon
It will come as a surprise to very few that even the most amicable end to a marriage can be a time of great sensitivity and no little stress either. Some spouses might have been together for many years, only to find that any difficulties which they had could simply not be overcome. To the […]
Read morePublished on 02 January, 2019 | Misc
One of Hall Brown Family Law’s first recruits has been elected as the leader of the Manchester branch of a group supporting the development of the city’s young professionals. Ellen Walker’s nomination as President of the local chapter of Junior Chamber International (JCI) is the latest piece of individual and collective recognition for the firm […]
Read morePublished on 04 December, 2018 | Sam Hall
It is an unfortunate fact of modern life that a significant number of marriages do not last. According to figures published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), there were 101,669 divorces in 2017 (https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/divorce/bulletins/divorcesinenglandandwales/2017). The same tranche of data revealed that 42 per cent of all marriages are brought to a legal end with […]
Read morePublished on 19 November, 2018 | James Brown
One of the country’s most dynamic law firms has announced that a growth in business has led to it doubling the size of its offices. Two years after opening its doors for the first time, Hall Brown Family Law has announced that it has taken over an entire floor of one of Manchester’s most prestigious […]
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