Published 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 […]
Read morePublished on 20 May, 2024 | Katie Welton-Dillon
Hall Brown has reinforced its reputation as Manchester’s leading family law practice by topping a new independent ranking of legal specialists. In addition to being the only inclusion in the First Tier of family and divorce law firms in the city compiled by the Doyle’s Guide, Hall Brown has more of its lawyers recognised for […]
Read morePublished on 14 May, 2024 | Michael Swanick
The workload undertaken by family courts across England and Wales is both immense and incredibly varied. During 2023, they dealt with just over a quarter of a million new cases (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/family-court-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2023/family-court-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2023#main-points). Each and every one has the potential to impact the lives of those involved for many years to come, not least the kind of […]
Read morePublished on 01 May, 2024 | Emma Dewhurst
Religion, so data would suggest, is less significant in the way that British couples now tend to formalise their relationships than in previous generations. The latest marriage figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), for instance, show that just under 15 per cent of opposite sex couples married in religious ceremonies during 2020 (https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/marriagecohabitationandcivilpartnerships/bulletins/marriagesinenglandandwalesprovisional/2020). […]
Read morePublished on 30 April, 2024 | Sky Langwieser
THE GOOD DIVORCE: COMMON SENSE, CONFLICT AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION Few individuals facing up to the end of their marriage would consider there to be any such thing as a ‘good divorce’. That might seem particularly true for individuals who attribute the failure of their relationships to their partner’s misconduct. Unreasonable behaviour and adultery were the […]
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