On 26 February the Home Office announced a Statement of Changes in the Immigration Rules, including to the Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) rules. The majority of the rules come into effect on 6 April 2015. The ...
Changes to Tier 1 (Investor) Rules
On 26 February the Home Office announced a Statement of Changes in the Immigration Rules, including to the Tier 1 (Investor) rules. The majority of the rules come into effect on 6 April 2015. The main...
Changes to Visitor Rules
On 26 February the Home Office announced a Statement of Changes in the Immigration Rules, including a consolidation of the visitor categories. The majority of the rules come into effect on 6 April 201...
Case Update: Court of Appeal finds Topshop in a hopeless place
Between March and August 2012, Topshop sold t-shirts displaying a photograph of the popstar Rihanna. The image had been taken by an independent photographer whilst Rihanna was on a video shoot for h...
800th anniversary of Magna Carta
If you have ever studied British history, you may remember that the Magna Carta – or the Charter of Liberties as it was originally known – was agreed by King John at Runnymede on the River Thames ...
New expedited entry programme
The Government has recently announced an expedited entry programme for nationals of Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand and the USA who regularly fly in to Heathrow or Gatwick airports. The plan is ...
New company names regulations
If you are thinking of setting up a new company or LLP or simply changing the name of your existing business, you should be aware that new regulations relating to sensitive words in business names wil...
Exit checks on departure
In our latest blog we shared information on the recent immigration raids by the Home Office. Currently, the Government is working on implementation of exit checks on departure. Immigration is certainl...
Home Office raids and right to work checks
Home office enforcement teams remain very active in identifying businesses suspected of employing illegal workers. On 16 October 2014 the Home Office Immigration Enforcement Team raided Mughal Dynasty...
How to exercise a break option
As a tenant of commercial premises, you may have negotiated an option to break the lease early, just in case you outgrow the premises quicker than expected or your venture becomes no longer viable. Su...
