20 Oct, 2023 Home Office offering automation of settled status post-Brexit By Rowan Grimshaw A recent High Court ruling has engineered a change in the process for obtaining settled status for anyone who is under the post-Brexit...
18 Jul, 2023 Positive changes to UK immigration rules – automatic extensions for those with Pre-Settled Status By Edward Reed Just before Christmas 2022, the High Court ruled against the Home Office on the legality of the two-step EU Settlement Scheme application...
11 May, 2023 Non-compete clauses to be capped at three months as the Government announces post-Brexit employment law measures By Tabitha Al-Mahdawie The Government has announced a number of employment law measures in its policy paper: Smarter Regulation to Grow the Economy. The...
17 Feb, 2023 Home Office decides not to appeal landmark EU Settlement Scheme judgment By Edward Reed Just before Christmas 2022, the High Court ruled against the Home Office on the legality of the two step EU Settlement Scheme application...
23 Jan, 2023 Post Brexit: The return of anti-suit injunctions from the English court in cases involving EU member states By Madeleine Brown Chloe Edworthy In Ebury Partners Belgium SA/NZ v Technical Touch BV and another [2022] EWHC 2927 (Comm), the English court granted an anti-suit...
14 Dec, 2022 Will the Edinburgh Reforms make a difference? By Alexandra Green Michael Sholem On 9 December, the Chancellor announced a package of over 30 reforms to the UK’s financial regulations, an attempt to achieve the biggest...
29 Nov, 2022 Transparency, but not at any cost By Dominic Sedghi In a significant judgment, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has struck down provisions of European Union law that give...
29 Nov, 2022 A new dawn for EU "substance" requirements? By Lora Froud Michael Sholem Alexandra Green At the Irish Funds’ UK symposium on 24 November, the Central Bank of Ireland’s (CBI's) Derville Rowland made an ominous remark in her...
20 Oct, 2022 No joy for UK investors just yet as immigration rule changes are published By Edward Reed The Home Office tends to serve up major changes to the Immigration Rules twice a year, in Spring and Autumn, with emergency measures...
22 Sep, 2022 UK to begin roll-out of electronic travel authorisation programme from January 2023 By Edward Reed If you have ever travelled to the US as a visitor, you may be familiar with ESTAs. ESTA is a US government programme which allows you to...
04 Aug, 2022 The impact of the war in Ukraine on the Home Office By Edward Reed The Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 created a refugee crisis as almost four million, mostly, women and children fled the...
09 Jun, 2022 A more appealing position: changes to applying for permission to appeal By Sophie Rhind As a successful party in litigation, content with the outcome of a decision, you would not expect to have to give immediate consideration...
01 Mar, 2022 Overseas Funds Regime: "live" but not yet kicking By Lora Froud The Government has made and published Regulations that brought the Overseas Funds Regime (OFR) into effect from 23 February 2022. This is...
27 Jan, 2022 Trading for visas: UK considers easing visa requirements for Indian nationals By Edward Reed When the UK left the UK-EU transition period on 31 December 2021, it ended free trade of goods and services with a trading bloc of 450m...
11 Nov, 2021 Christmas comes early for clearing – UK CCP temporary equivalence to be extended By Edward Karsten Robert Daniell Christine Long Pursuant to a statement published yesterday, Mairead McGuinness, European commissioner for financial services announced an extension to...
27 Oct, 2021 UK Budget and immigration - Chancellor confirms 2022 high skilled visa plans By Edward Reed Today, the UK’s Chancellor of the Exchequer announced the Government’s fiscal plans for the immediate and near future. Amongst the tax...