The month of May has seen a ray of sunshine for Sky in the courts: firstly, the EU General Court has upheld Sky’s opposition of Skype community trade mark applications (CTMs) on appeal; secondly, in...
Exceptional Talent Tech City visa update
The tech sector is booming in the UK. The Exceptional Digital Talent visa was introduced in April 2014 to attract world-leading recognised experts within the digital and tech industry to the UK. The v...
Chimpanzees win right in New York Court to argue case against imprisonment
Nonhuman Rights Project (NhRP) has petitioned a New York Court in an attempt to free chimpanzees called Hercules and Leo imprisoned within the State of New York through an “Article 70–Habeas Corpu...
MAC Enquiry into Tier 1 Entrepreneur Visa Route
The Government has commissioned the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) to review the Entrepreneur routes into the UK with a view to trying to ensure that the potential economic benefit of the routes i...
Changes to the Tier 2 Policy Guidance for all Tier 2 Sponsors
Changes are made each April and October to the Immigration rules. Changes have been made to the Tier 2 Policy Guidance and came in on 6 April 2015. All Tier 2 sponsor licence holders should ensure tha...
Passport exit checks begin at UK ports and borders
Border exit checks from the UK have started through a phased programme. Through this, data on all passengers leaving the UK is being collected and handed to the Home Office. The data is being collecte...
Employment Law Changes on 5 April 2015 and beyond
Some significant changes to employment law occur on 5 April 2015, mainly in the area of family leave. The headline news is the introduction of shared parental leave but various other changes will al...
Introduction of the NHS Surcharge for Overseas Migrants and Migrants already in the UK
From 6 April 2015, any non-EEA National coming to the UK for more than 6 months or who is already in the UK and wishes to extend their visa must make a financial contribution to the NHS to be able to ...
Van Der Elst work permit exemption
Non-EEA nationals usually remain subject to the national immigration rules of each EEA member state. However, the rules and principles of EU law can sometimes interfere with the national laws. The pri...
Case Update: Ownership of Copyright in Innocent’s Dude Logo
The “dude” In 1998, Fresh Trading Ltd (“Fresh”) started up a new smoothie business that we all now know as Innocent. They engaged an agency called Deepend to design their brand identity. The a...
