LAWYER PROFILE
Sam Hall

Sam Hall

UK 2026

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About

Provided by Hall Brown Family Law

Practice Areas

Sam specialises in every aspect of family law, with particular focus on financial settlements and pre / post-nuptial agreements.

Career

Sam trained at the leading family law firm in Leeds before joining one of the best family law teams in Manchester and subsequently became a partner in 2012. Together with James Brown, Sam founded Hall Brown Family Law in April 2016. The firm is now ranked in Tier 1 of Legal 500, Chambers & Partners and independently verified as one of the country’s Best Law Firms by The Times newspaper for the last three years.

Publications

Sam is a Leading Expert in the independent directory Chambers and Partners, describing him as “brilliant and really well respected”. Legal 500 has described him as “first rate” and “…An excellent strategist and is hard to beat; a top-rate lawyer who also has unrivalled experience in matrimonial litigation at the highest level”.

Previously, he has also been singled out by the Spears’ directory as being in the top 10 family lawyers and more recently in CityWealth’s top 20 family lawyers. On both occasions he was the only solicitor outside London ranked.

He has been published in various legal and non-legal publications including Family Law Journal, Daily Telegraph, Times, Daily Mail and Independent. He is a regular commentator in the media on family law issues and cases. He has acted in cases with assets ranging from £100,000 to cases with assets in the £Billions.

Clients

He has significant expertise in cases involving professional footballers and other sportspeople or their ex-partners/spouses. Although the majority of his cases remain highly confidential, he regularly represents Premier League players and managers.

Recent Notable Cases:

M v F [2016]

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

Chambers Guide to the Legal Profession

Family/Matrimonial - North West

Band 2
Band 2

Individual Editorial
Sam Hall advises on complex financial remedy and divorce cases, with particular expertise in representing professional sportspeople. He is additionally adept at advising on cross-border matters.

Strengths

Provided by Chambers

  • Sam is always cool under fire. He maintains his composure and focus even in the most difficult of cases.

    Family/MatrimonialChambers Guide to the Legal Profession
  • Sam is a force of nature.

    Family/MatrimonialChambers Guide to the Legal Profession

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North West

Yorkshire

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