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Family Courts at “breaking point” as latest England & Wales statistics are revealed

Commentary by Nick Manners, Partner in the Family department at Payne Hicks Beach, on the latest statistics on activity in the family courts of England and Wales ...

Top rated Payne Hicks Beach Family Law team gains another accolade

21 September 2021
Payne Hicks Beach’s highly regarded Family department is rated top tier in eprivateclient’s Top Family Law Firms 2021. Part of a series of rankings published ...

The industry reports on the partner hire of white-collar crime expert Paul Dorrans

20 September 2021
Coverage of the appointment of Paul Dorrans, as a Partner in the Dispute Resolution department at Payne Hicks Beach as of 13 September 2021, has been published in Law360, New ...

Informa: International Trust & Private Client Jersey & Guernsey 2021

16 September 2021
Payne Hicks Beach’s Frederick Bjorn and Jessica Henson are speaking at Informa's International Trust & Private Client Jersey and Guernsey 2021 conferences on 28 and 30 September 2021. ...

New statutory guidance on safeguarding children and pupils in education: now is the time to set the tone for the new culture

16 September 2021
Article by Ane Vernon, Dispute Resolution Partner and schools and education specialist lawyer at Payne Hicks Beach, in which she sets out the key policy requirements ...

Informa: US/UK Tax Planning

15 September 2021
Private client partner Frederick Bjørn is speaking at Informa's US/UK Tax Planning 2021 London conference on 23 September. Frederick joins some of the US and UK's ...

The Spoils of Divorce

14 September 2021
When considering the division of assets on divorce, focus, quite rightly, usually starts on the big items such as houses, bank balances, investments and pensions. However, intense debate can ...

Payne Hicks Beach strengthens its international Dispute Resolution offering with new Partner hire

13 September 2021
Leading Central London law firm, Payne Hicks Beach LLP, is pleased to announce that Paul Dorrans has joined the Dispute Resolution practice as a Partner. Paul joins the firm from ...

The Gates Foundation insights on mega divorce planning over charitable interests

08 September 2021
Article by Emily Foy, specialist family lawyer and Emily Grosvenor-Taylor specialist private client lawyer at Payne Hicks Beach, in which they review the Gates Foundation insights on ultra high ...

ICLG Family Law 2022 - trans-parenthood and a minor’s ability to consent to gender-changing medical treatment

03 September 2021
Sarah Williams, Legal Director and Head of Surrogacy, Fertility, Adoption & Modern Family in the leading Family department at Payne Hicks Beach, is a contributing author of the recently published ...