The Government has announced that the statutory default retirement age (“DRA”) of 65 will be abolished by 1 October 2011. There will be a phasing-out of the DRA from April 2011. Employers who notify employees before 6 April 2011 of a retirement date before 1 October 2011 can lawfully retire employees under the existing rules […]

New Court ruling grants legacy asylum claimants a further opportunity to seek work Thousands of asylum seekers will now be entitled to work after a Supreme Court ruling that an EU Directive applies to applicants who make fresh claims for asylum. About 45,000 people will be entitled to look for work as a result of […]

Our fixed fee uncontested divorce package includes… What is an uncontested divorce? An uncontested divorce is one where your spouse does not intend to contest the grant of your divorce and agrees to allow the matter to proceed undefended. Under the new laws which came into effect in April 2023, almost all divorces are now […]

The Legal Services Board has backed proposals to charge individual lawyers an annual practising certificate fee of £428 as part of a move to substantially overhaul the funding of solicitors’ professional regulation. The move will see the costs of the practising certificate shift from a single levy on individuals to a new system which will […]

From April 2011, the government will introduce an annual limit on applications for Tier 2 (General) of the points-based system. An interim limit will be introduced from 19 July 2010 until the long-term limit is introduced in April 2011. The interim limit will apply only to the number of certificates of sponsorship that an employer […]