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اردوOctober 2021
Our legal checklist for starting your own e-Commerce business!
With the rise of technology and the impact of the pandemic on our shopping habits, online shopping has become a staple activity in our day-to-day lives. Notably, the number of global digital shoppers has grown from 1.66 billion in 2016 to 2.14 billion in 2021. Because of this huge potential customer reach, more and...
July 2021
The High Potential Individual Visa
By 2035, the government wants the UK to be the "go to" worldwide hub for innovation, according to the Innovation Strategy. There are 3 pillars of the innovation strategy to achieve the goal of levelling up the UK economy which are new technology, customer collaboration and strategic partnerships. The creation of a ‘High Potential Individual...
October 2020
UK Budget proposes plans to combat financial crisis due to COVID-19
The UK Budget has proposed financial plans to help combat the financial crisis as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. On Wednesday 11th of March 2020, Rishi Sunak announced the UK Budget which contained a decision to increase the International Health Surcharge (IHS). The document proposed to: ‘To ensure that new arrivals to the UK contribute...
Contracting Out of a Business Lease
A tenant has a statutory right to renew its tenancy at the end of the term if it occupies the premises for the purpose of its business. The landlord and tenant can commercially negotiate and agree to "contract out" of the LTA 1954, so that the tenant will not have the benefit of the statutory...
August 2020
Remembering when Adam Bernard Solicitors changed the law
On the 4th and 5th May 2016, the Court of Appeal heard MA (Pakistan) & Others v The Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber). It’s judgement, reached on 7th July 2016, would change the landscape of how solicitors and caseworkers would approach immigration applications/appeals concerning children. AZ (Pakistan) & Others was the 6th appellant in...
July 2020
Begum v Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC) [2020] EWCA Civ 9
On the 16th July 2020, the Court of Appeal decided in Begum v Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC) [2020] EWCA Civ 9 that Shamima Begum be allowed leave to enter the UK so that she can partake in her appeal against the deprivation of her British Citizenship. Failure to allow her to do so, the...
Who Cares?
On Tuesday 14th July 2020, the government released long-awaited details on their new immigration system headed by the Home Secretary, Priti Patel. The unveiling of the new points-based system was part of this government’s proposals at the turn of the year, however it had taken a long time for any of the relevant ministers...
Welcome to our blog!
Welcome!! The immigration department at Adam Bernard Solicitors will be posting blog entries from now on, to keep our clients and friends up to date on all the latest developments in British and international immigration law. The entries will touch on issues that our team find of interest, whether this is be the verdicts...
