Updates

It has now been four weeks since the BNO visa scheme opened on 31 January 2021.  According to media reports, nearly 5,000 BNO applications had been submitted a fortnight after the scheme opened and, before the scheme’s launch, 7,000 BNO passport holders had already been admitted in the UK at discretion, known as ‘Leave Outside the Rules’ (‘LOTR’). Read more.

An Option Agreement grants a developer the right to purchase land following a trigger event, in exchange for a non-refundable deposit to the landowner.  Read more.

The Supreme Court handed down judgment on Friday 15 January 2021 relating to the Covid-19 Business Interruption insurance test case (The Financial Conduct Authority v Arch and Others). Read more.

Rapidly pushed through Parliament, CIGA 2020 amended insolvency legislation and was designed to provide more favourable conditions to struggling companies throughout the Coronavirus pandemic. Read more.

This move is just one part of our overall strategy for the development of our firm. The new offices will assist in enhancing the environment in which we operate and further upgrade the service we provide to clients. Read more.

The new system prioritises migration for medium and higher-skilled work over nationality. Read more.

With the US Presidential election having dominated news headlines and the second Coronavirus lockdown now in place until early December, it is easy to forget about the issue that once dominated our minds. Read more.

The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (“CJRS”), or “furlough scheme” as it has been more commonly referred to, has been extended until the end of March 2021 (subject to a review in January). Read more.

The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has fined Marriott International Inc (Marriott) £18.4 million for breaching its data security obligations under the GDPR. Read more.

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined British Airways £20 million for an “unacceptable” data breach that affected more than 400,000 customers in 2018.  Read more.