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Common Law Marriage & Living Together Agreements

 Wade v. Bayliss In the words of Lord Justice Rimer: ‘Overall, this is an unusual case in which a joint owner of property had deliberately come off the title deeds, failed in his bid to prove and express agreement that he was to retain his beneficial interets and admitted that he had later rejected the […]

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Post Study Work Visa

Post Study Work Visa Overview The Post-Study Work sub-category replaced the International Graduates Scheme and the Fresh Talent: Working in Scotland scheme in 2008. The purpose of the Post Study Work visa (also called the PSW visa) is to allow graduate students the opportunity to take a period of employment in the United Kingdom after […]

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Tier 1 – Points Based System

Introduction to Tier 1 of the Points Based System of Immigration The United Kingdom’s Tier 1 visa immigration scheme is part of the new points based system for employment-based immigration. Tier 1 visas are for highly skilled migrants, entrepreneurs, investors, and foreign graduates of UK educational institutions. Tier 1 came into force in early 2008 […]

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Grandparents Grandchildren and Residence Applications

Cyrus Mansouri, Solicitor, reviews recent developments affecting the legal status of grandparents in Children Act 1989 proceedings for Residence and Contact. Grandparents have an vital role to play in the upbringing of children. However; often when parents separate, the custody of the children can become an issue and an area where grandparents feel increasingly isolated and ignored. […]

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Arnold Chrysler, The High Court and 40,000 missing coat hangers

The following is a reproduced extract from the Independent Newspaper.  Although this is an old story, it makes for some light reading which is sure to put a smile on anyone’s face: A most extraordinary trial is going on in the High Court at the moment in which a man named Chrysler is accused of […]