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Immigration

New UK Innovator Visa Overview & Eligibility Criteria

UK Innovator Visa Overview and Eligibility The UK Innovator Visa is a UK visa category usually for experienced business people to set up an innovative business.  The investment requirement is £50,000 and you need to be endorsed by an endorsing body. There is an endorsement requirement which means that this visa may be difficult to […]

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Immigration

Immigration policy on assessing age of young asylum seekers found to be unlawful by Court of Appeal

Coram Children’s Legal Centre (CCLC) has welcomed the judgement from the Court of Appeal in BF (Eritrea) v Secretary of State for the Home Department[2019] EWCA Civ 872 finding Home Office policy regarding young asylum seekers and age disputes to be unlawful. CCLC has repeatedly highlighted its concerns to the Home Office regarding its policy allowing […]

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Divorce

Civil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration etc) Act 2019 comes into force

On Sunday, 26 May, the Civil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration etc) Act 2019 came into force in accordance with section 6(3) of the Act.  Section 2(1) of the Act empowers the Secretary of State, by regulations, to amend the Civil Partnership Act 2004 so that two persons who are not of the same sex are eligible […]

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Solicitors Firm

Tier 1 Entrepreneur Visa Closed as of 29 March 2019

Tier 1 Entrepreneur Visa Closed to New Applicants Following a statement of changes to UK immigration rules issued on 7 March 2019, the Tier 1 Entrepreneur Visa programme was closed to new applicants on 29 March 2019. This has been replaced by the new UK Innovator visa scheme. Important Information Only entry clearance applications made by people who […]

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Wills

Amnesty International Make A Will Month 2019 – London

We are pleased to be taking part in the Amnesty International Make A Will Month campaign 2019. The campaign runs through March 2019 and is for a truly fantastic cause. That cause is Amnesty International. Amnesty International is perhaps the most prominent and effective organisation standing up for victims of miscarriages of justice and political […]