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Asylum Seekers and Work Permits – The New Second Chance

New Court ruling grants legacy asylum claimants a further opportunity to seek work Thousands of asylum seekers will now be entitled to work after a Supreme Court ruling that an EU Directive applies to applicants who make fresh claims for asylum. About 45,000 people will be entitled to look for work as a result of […]

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Uncontested Divorce Guide

Our fixed fee uncontested divorce package includes… What is an uncontested divorce? An uncontested divorce is one where your spouse does not intend to contest the grant of your divorce and agrees to allow the matter to proceed undefended. Under the new laws which came into effect in April 2023, almost all divorces are now […]

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Individual Practicing Certificate fee set at £428 as SRA gears up to regulate law firms

The Legal Services Board has backed proposals to charge individual lawyers an annual practising certificate fee of £428 as part of a move to substantially overhaul the funding of solicitors’ professional regulation. The move will see the costs of the practising certificate shift from a single levy on individuals to a new system which will […]

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Immigration Limit for Tier 2 (General) of the Points Based System (PBS)

From April 2011, the government will introduce an annual limit on applications for Tier 2 (General) of the points-based system. An interim limit will be introduced from 19 July 2010 until the long-term limit is introduced in April 2011. The interim limit will apply only to the number of certificates of sponsorship that an employer […]

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POINTS BASED SYSTEM v POLITICALY BASED STATISTICS

The new Points Based (PBS) immigration system is now based on a set of unverified and draconian principals dependent almost entirely on the applicants ability to tick and fit into boxes designed by auditors and political policy makers with hardly, if any, consideration given to the law, the rights of individuals or fairness.