Immigration cap

Proposals to set a cap on non-EU highly skilled migration will damage the legal sector, the Law Society has warned, because it will restrict law firms’ overseas work and their ability to employ international lawyers.

Law Society chief executive, Desmond Hudson says: “The UK could lose large volumes of legal transactional work to other jurisdictions if we are not allowed access to the best talent in strong and emerging economies, such as China and India, as well as our partners in the US and Australia.”