Antony Brannick, Family Law specialist at our Todmorden office is at it again… Following the recent hugely successful staging of Handel’s Messiah in aid of the Calderdale flood relief efforts, musical director of Todmorden Choral Society Antony isn’t resting on his laurels; he’s straight onto his next performance. Three centuries apart, two lives and two deaths: lives…
Sunday 24th January saw our very own Antony Brannick conduct Todmorden Choral Society and Orchestra in a special performance of Handel’s ‘Messiah’. And special it was! Todmorden, along with several other places in the Calder Valley, was very badly affected by the flooding and torrential rain on Boxing Day 2015. As a resident of the…
As you will all no doubt be aware the Calder Valley was badly hit by the Boxing Day floods. Many properties in Todmorden were flooded. Musical Director of the Todmorden Choral Society, Antony Brannick, an Associate Family Solicitor at our Todmorden office, is conducting a very special performance of Handel’s oratorio Messiah, with the Todmorden Orchestra. Proceeds…
In two recent family law decisions of the Supreme Court, the court has allowed appeals in cases where the husbands had deliberately been untruthful either by fraud or by non-disclosure about the full extent of their financial circumstances. The court has emphasised that the fundamental principle that a party in divorce financial proceedings must make a full and…
The recent decision of the Supreme Court in the case of Wyatt and Vince handed down on 11 March 2015 has brought to wider attention the fact that a decree absolute of divorce does not in itself “close the door” on a marriage relationship. Many people may be unaware that unless the court has also made a…
Shuduppa your Facebook? Or a “need to know”? The revelation from a solicitor’s firm that Facebook is a factor in around two-thirds of divorce cases is something which resonates with Wrigley Claydon’s family lawyers in Oldham and probably with all family solicitors up and down the country. From complaints that “he’s changed his Facebook status”…
The decision to end a marriage might be straightforward, yet the many aspects that follow from the implications of this step can appear daunting and difficult. Financial issues, housing and arrangements for any children will need to be addressed over and above the change of marital status that a divorce will bring about. It is…
Since April 2014 courts have been making child arrangement orders instead of residence and contacts orders. The new orders have two main elements to serve: with whom a child is to live and when with whom, when and how a child is to spend time or otherwise have contact with someone Whilst the new child…
Local solicitor Antony Brannick has been providing ‘legal aid’ of a rather different kind to a group of professional musicians recently. Antony, who is a family law specialist with Wrigley Claydon solicitors and based at their Todmorden office, has been using his musical skills as a conductor in the world premiere of a new opera…
Changes to the family justice system have now been introduced, which fundamentally change the way that the courts in England and Wales will resolve disputes between families. As from 22nd April 2014, Combined Family Courts have been introduced in England and Wales. These courts replace the previous three-tier system and are intended to simplify the…