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NLJ this week: ‘Activist’ lawyers & the treatment of migrants
A recent Home Office tweet about ‘activist lawyers’ sparked fury in the legal profession, followed by a confused row-back by government officials
09 September 2020
Fixed fees U-turn
The Ministry of Justice has dropped the fixed fees regime it introduced in June for immigration and asylum appeals conducted online, after law firm Duncan Lewis brought judicial review proceedings
12 August 2020
Immigration: desperate measures Premium Content
Are asylum seekers getting good legal advice, ask Rona Epstein & Peter William Walsh
29 July 2020 / Dr Peter William Walsh / Rona Epstein
Sponsorship, risk assessment & a duty to comply Premium Content
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
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NLJ this week: Motor commissions & fiduciary duties
The landmark Supreme Court’s decision in Johnson v FirstRand Bank Ltd—along with Rukhadze v Recovery Partners—redefine fiduciary duties in commercial fraud. Writing in NLJ this week, Mary Young of Kingsley Napley analyses the implications of the rulings
NLJ this week: The power of Interpol red notices
Barristers Ben Keith of 5 St Andrew’s Hill and Rhys Davies of Temple Garden Chambers use the arrest of Simon Leviev—the so-called Tinder Swindler—to explore the realities of Interpol red notices, in this week's NLJ
NLJ this week: Approach with caution post-Mazur
Mazur v Charles Russell Speechlys [2025] has upended assumptions about who may conduct litigation, warn Kevin Latham and Fraser Barnstaple of Kings Chambers in this week's NLJ. But is it as catastrophic as first feared?
Philip Sales is selected as next Deputy President
Lord Sales has been appointed to become the Deputy President of the Supreme Court after Lord Hodge retires at the end of the year
Tax shock ahead for partners?
Limited liability partnerships (LLPs) are reportedly in the firing line in Chancellor Rachel Reeves upcoming Autumn budget
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