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Shane Crawford highlights the complex situation of sponsoring an immigrant worker during the pandemic
22 July 2020 / Shane Crawford
Windrush scheme ‘slow’
The Windrush compensation scheme has been ‘far too slow’ to make payments, Home Secretary Priti Patel acknowledged this week
23 June 2020
Immigration lawyers oppose fixed fees
Immigration lawyers have accused the government of using coronavirus to ‘rush through’ fee cuts when practitioners can least afford it
19 May 2020
Immigration backlog ahead
Employers could face ‘costly delays’ to immigration applications for employees next year when the points-based system begins, lawyers have warned
15 April 2020
Windrush inquiry concludes scandal was ‘foreseeable’
Home Office failings that led to the Windrush scandal were ‘consistent with some elements of the definition of institutional racism’, an independent inquiry has found
20 March 2020
Points-based visa system revealed
The Home Secretary has announced sweeping changes to the immigration system, with a points-based system to be introduced on 1 January 2021
19 February 2020
Redraft ‘confusing’ immigration rules
Home Office officials should take a ‘less prescriptive approach to evidence’ and redraft the Immigration Rules to save money, speed up decision-making and build trust, according to the Law Commission
15 January 2020
2019 pro bono winners celebrated
Migration was a major theme at the annual awards of Advocate, the charity that organises pro bono work by barristers.
13 November 2019
Immigration survey: routes to regularisation
The Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants (JCWI) is seeking the assistance of immigration practitioners who represent or advise undocumented migrants seeking to regularise their status in the UK.
13 November 2019
EU citizens apply to settle
The EU Settlement Scheme, the process by which EU citizens and family members apply to stay in the UK after Brexit, has received two million applications, the Home Office has confirmed. 
14 October 2019
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The law offers cohabiting couples surprisingly greater protection after one partner dies than when they separate during life
NLJ this week: EAT rulings redraw key employment law boundaries
Four recent Employment Appeal Tribunal decisions have clarified important employment law principles on dismissal, bonuses, trade union activity and tribunal procedure
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The Court of Appeal's decision in Mazur v Charles Russell Speechlys LLP has lifted months of uncertainty for Chartered Legal Executives while prompting a rethink of regulation and supervision
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The assisted dying debate returns to Westminster as Lauren Edwards MP reintroduces legislation that stalled in the House of Lords last session despite clearing the Commons
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A little-noticed provision of the Crime and Policing Act 2026 has fundamentally expanded corporate criminal liability
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