Divorce can be a very emotional and intensely personal experience. However, no matter the individuals circumstances of a couple’s relationship, the process by which they end their marriage is common to all. When it comes to the financial terms of their separation, there is an emphasis on arriving at a settlement which is fair to […]
Read moreHall 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 moreOLIGARCHS, DIVORCE TOURISM AND DYSTOPIA For some years now, London has been regarded as the divorce capital of the world. That is a label which has been earned due to a succession of high value cases which have notably been regarded as more generous to financially weaker spouses than might have been the case in […]
Read moreOver the course of recent decades, the nature of domestic relationships in British homes has undergone tremendous change. Only in recent days, my colleague Alice Rogers has written on this ‘blog of the speed with which cohabitation has become more frequent – up by almost 60 per cent in less than 20 years – shedding […]
Read moreEvery so often, cases come before the family courts which command news coverage due to the size of the sums involved or the renown of the participants. In the last week, one such matter was determined by the Court of Appeal (https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2021/702.html). It has decided to allow Natalia Potanina to proceed with her claim for […]
Read moreIt’s entirely possible that anyone reading reports of some of the divorces which feature in our national newspapers might conclude that the entire process is highly dramatic. The reality is that most marriages are brought to a legal conclusion in a relatively straightforward fashion. Although sometimes distressing for those involved, there is little of the […]
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