In Brief From 1 October 2026, the Right to Work regime is due to extend beyond traditional employees to cover a wider range of working arrangements, including worker contracts, individual...
In Brief Celebrity prenup stories attract attention because they make a private legal document sound like headline entertainment. The more useful lesson for couples in England and Wales is more...
In Brief Managing a UK sponsor licence is not a simple administrative task that can be delegated to a new admin recruit. Nor can companies expect busy HR professionals to...
In Brief The Home Office has updated its nationality priority treatment guidance to reflect a new paid Priority Service for citizenship applications. For applicants who want a faster nationality decision...
In Brief The Immigration and Asylum Bill 2026 could significantly affect the way immigration, asylum, human rights, deportation and modern slavery cases are handled in the UK. The Bill has...
In Brief If you are facing removal to France after a negative trafficking or modern slavery decision, a new High Court judgment may be highly relevant, but it does not...
In Brief If you or a member of your family has received a deportation decision, you may be able to appeal where removal would breach the Refugee Convention or your...
In Brief The Home Office has published new operational guidance for Service Supplier applications under the UK-India Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement. The arrangements create a defined route for qualifying...
In Brief A Home Office EUSS review or ‘minded to curtail’ letter does not itself cancel your pre-settled status. It is an opportunity to respond before the Home Office makes...
In Brief A payslip showing the correct gross salary does not necessarily prove that a Skilled Worker sponsor is complying with the immigration rules. If you are required to return...
In Brief Awaab’s Law Phase 2 is due to take effect in England on 30 November 2026, subject to parliamentary approval of the draft amendment regulations. It will extend the...
In Brief When parents with parental responsibility disagree about whether their child should attend school or be educated at home, neither parent should assume that acting first will settle the...
In Brief For Category F or Category G, the Home Office does not normally assess freelance or sole-trader income by looking only at the six months immediately before the application....
In Brief A Skilled Worker does not have to wait for an extension visa to expire before applying for Indefinite Leave to Remain. If a valid, in-time extension application remains...
In Brief In this article, our UK Immigration Solicitors provide a comprehensive guide on visa curtailment for employers and sponsored workers navigating the UK immigration system. Visa curtailment can have...
In Brief Andy Burnham becoming Prime Minister on 20 July 2026 did not, by itself, amend the UK Immigration Rules, invalidate sponsor licences or change the conditions of existing Skilled...
In Brief A parental order is the specialist family court order that transfers legal parenthood after surrogacy from the surrogate, and any other person who is a legal parent, to...
In Brief Divorce and employment law claims can overlap when one spouse has a pending employment tribunal claim, receives redundancy or settlement compensation, loses their job during the divorce, or...
In Brief A British citizenship application normally requires two referees. One referee can be of any nationality but must be an acceptable professional person. The other must hold a British...
In Brief A straightforward child arrangements application may be resolved at or shortly after the first court hearing, but a contested case can take many months. The latest Ministry of...
In Brief A Certificate of Sponsorship records the annual salary a sponsor has undertaken to pay. A below-rate week or month does not necessarily prove that the worker has been...
In Brief The Supreme Court’s judgment in Akbars Restaurant (Middlesborough) Limited v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2026] UKSC 26 is important for any employer reviewing an illegal-working...
In Brief An overseas business can use a UK Expansion Worker sponsor licence for more than one senior employee, but it may not be able to sponsor both employees at...
In Brief A child can, in an appropriate case, enter the UK under the de facto adoption route and later become the subject of a formal UK adoption order. The...
In Brief A refusal of an FLR(FP) or other family-life application does not necessarily mean your relationship case is over. Where the Home Office has refused because it does not...
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