News & Insights

The UK Government has introduced the new Appendix Private Life, changing the rules on children’s route to settlement.

The List of Travellers Scheme is no longer available for travel to the UK, meaning many students will now need a visa and a passport to visit.

An applicant for an Adult Dependant Relative visa must provide independent medical evidence that they require long term personal care, which they cannot get in their country of origin.

As of 1 June 2022, post Brexit Britain implemented a new Vertical Block Exemption (VABEO) to replace the EU VABER. VABEO contains interesting new changes to the Hardcore Restrictions. Here’s one that will affect all relevant vertical relationships including those in the motor trade and beyond.

New regulations give the Home Secretary the power to waive the fee for a child to be registered as a British Citizen.

An update on the relationship between the UK and EU in a post-Brexit world, as tensions rise over Northern Ireland.

Delaying the right to terminate may lead to losing your right to terminate a contract.

The Home Office has announced more generous Youth Mobility visas for New Zealanders.

As the recent RMT strikes have demonstrated, there may be circumstances in which employees will find it difficult or even entirely infeasible to travel to work. Whether you are an employer or employee, it is important to understand the rights and obligations that attach to such scenarios.

Will threats of criminal prosecution or regulatory action always remove privilege for ‘without prejudice’ correspondence? We consider the scope of Unambiguous Impropriety in light of the recent Swiss Re Corporate Solutions Ltd v Sommer tribunal case.