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Congratulations to Trudi Brown! Family Law Expert
Congratulations to our very own, Trudi Brown! Trudi L. Brown, K.C., has been chosen by her peers out of all of the family lawyers in British Columbia to be the first ever recipient of the Law Society of British Columbia’s Excellence in Family Law Award. With her 45...
Strategic Planning for Family Law Clients
Brown Henderson Melbye is a Victoria-based family law firm where experience and innovation live. Led by firm partners Trudi L. Brown, Q.C., with 45 years’ of experience, Kay Melbye and Shauna Tucker, each with more than 20 years’ of experience, our team of six lawyers...
Business Leader of the Year – Oak Bay News
On January 31, 2018, the Oak Bay News kindly recognized Trudi Brown, Q.C. as a 'Trail Blazer' in Family Law in light of being awarded the Law Society of BC’s Excellence in Family Law award. Read more by clicking here. More recently on February 28, 2018, the Oak...
Justice for Children in Canada
On May 11th to 12th, Suzanne Williams from the BHM team spoke at the Vancouver event, Access to Justice for Children: Child Rights in Action Conference organized by the Continuing Legal Education Society of BC (CLEBC) in collaboration with the Canadian Bar...
Annual General Meeting of the International Academy of Family Lawyers– September 2017 in Reykavik, Iceland
The International Academy of Family Lawyers is an organization of senior experienced family lawyers from around the world. There are three meetings a year; the European Chapter, the Canadian/US Chapter and the International AGM. At this meeting, there was a very...
When the Home is not a Haven in Family Law
BHM Lawyer Suzanne Williams presented at the April 21, 2017 When the Home is not a Haven: Protecting the Child Conference hosted by The Trial Lawyers Association of BC in Vancouver. Lawyers from across BC learned about key challenges in Family Law cases that also...
2017 Update to the Federal Child Support Tables
Important information for payors and recipients of child support: Beginning November 22, 2017, the new Federal Child Support Tables come into effect. This may affect the amount of child support that you are entitled to receive, or required to pay. The updated Tables...
Arts Council at the Pub
On June 20, 2017, some of Brown Henderson Melbye’s artistic stars attended Art at the Pub at the Six Mile Pub in Colwood. Art at the Pub was hosted by the West Shore Arts council and sponsored by the Six Mile Pub. Art at the Pub is a social event, in which attendees...
Fund Raising for the Boys and Girls Club
A few of our team members took the opportunity to switch out their lawyer hats for a different kind of hat... Kay, Shauna, Sam de Wit and Sam Rappoport attended the Mad Hatters Ball, a fund raiser for the Boys and Girls Club at Bear Mountain on March 11, 2017. Kay...
Potential New Law on Pets in Divorce
In British Columbia the law is that pets in family law disputes are considered “chattels”. That means they are considered as just another piece of property to be divided between the parties. In fact, pets are often considered to be members of the family and...