Last week has marked the first anniversary of the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, placing the UK into a state of lockdown in an effort to control the spreading coronavirus pandemic. There have, of course, been enormous economic consequences since on a national, business and also a personal level. Financial support from Westminster may have softened […]
Read moreThe last four months have arguably been amongst the most trying for families across Britain in living memory. Since March the 23rd, when Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced the introduction of a series of measures designed to counteract the spread of coronavirus, much of our normal routines have undergone substantial change. In particular, the combination […]
Read moreBritain’s status as one of the world’s major countries has long made it something of a magnet for foreign nationals. Many, of course, have relocated to the UK for work purposes. According to figures released earlier this year by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), there were, in fact, more than 3.6 million non-UK citizens […]
Read moreThe last three months of lockdown have added tremendous pressures to the challenge of bringing up a child. As I mentioned just days after the restrictions on working and travel were announced by the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, there was some confusion about what they meant for parents who were no longer together (https://hallbrown.co.uk/coronavirus-and-childcare-some-helpful-clarification/). In […]
Read moreI don’t think that there are many people who would disagree with the suggestion that the last 11 weeks have been incredibly trying for people in the UK. Whilst necessary, the measures put in place to prevent the spread of coronavirus have restricted the ability of the business community to function anything like normally. However, […]
Read moreParenting can be difficult enough at any time but in these extraordinary and very worrying times there is increased pressure. It can be hard enough for adults to come to terms with the very real threat posed by the coronavirus outbreak but explaining what it means to – and comforting – children adds another degree […]
Read moreWhen one thinks of various professions which have been impacted on by technology, law might not spring most readily to mind. However, on the whole, successive decades have seen the way that cases are managed across a whole breadth of legal disciplines made much simpler by the adoption of new, computer-powered systems. That’s not to […]
Read moreThere are, as the saying goes, “lies, damned lies and statistics”. Whilst it’s true that figures can be shaped to fit anyone’s argument, some play a very important role in illustrating change in many facets of commercial and domestic life in contemporary Britain. It’s one reason why myself and my colleagues at Hall Brown Family […]
Read moreOne of the reasons many in the legal profession specialise in Family law is that it touches the lives of so many individuals. Take divorce, for example. The most recent figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) reveal that there were 101,669 divorces in England and Wales during the course of 2017 (https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/divorce/bulletins/divorcesinenglandandwales/2017). […]
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