Legal
Temporary Worker Sponsor Licence - Employer's guide
To hire workers on a short-term basis from overseas, UK employers have to apply for a Temporary Worker Sponsor Licence. Any UK business looking to recruit an overseas national under one of the Temporary Worker routes must first have in place a valid licence to sponsor this category of ...
Scale up Visa - Guide for employers
The Scale Up visa has been designed to help qualifying UK businesses, with the potential for growth, to recruit skilled overseas workers more easily. In this guide, we outline the rules and requirements under the Start Up route, from the eligibility criteria to how this visa will benef...
UK Visas for Under 18s - bringing your children to the UK
If you are an overseas national looking to move to the UK and would like your dependent children to accompany you, or you are already living in the UK and would like your children to join you once you are settled and have set up home, they will usually need a visa to do so. ...
An employer's guide to dismissing an employee due to mental health
If an employee’s mental health is impacting their performance, the employer can take action to try to address the situation. In some cases, this may result in terminating the employee’s contract of employment. The following guide for employers looks in detail at the complex legal issue ...
UK Expansion Worker Visa - Guide for employers
Overseas companies can deploy senior personnel to establish UK-based operations under the Expansion Worker visa. The UK Expansion Worker visa is a new sponsored route for established overseas businesses that wish to set up a branch or subsidiary in the UK. It allows eligible businesses...
Learn more about the High Potential Individual Visa
The UK's High Potential Individual visa is open for graduates of top global universities to work in the UK without sponsorship. ...
Directors’ duties prior to insolvency: the creditor duty
The general rule of thumb, according to Tamsin Eastwood at national law firm Stone King, is that directors owe their duties to act in the interests of the company and its members as a whole or, where the company has a purpose other than the benefit of its members, the duty is to act in ...
Carter Jonas - Commercial Market Outlook November 2022
Overview of the commercial market and government policy.
BDB Pitmans advises on £16m AIM listing of innovative manufacturer Surface Transforms
Top 100 UK law firm, BDB Pitmans, advises existing clients Zeus Capital Ltd and finnCap Ltd on successful placing of shares for Surface Transforms Plc. ...
Birketts advises on the sale of Cambridge based artificial intelligence platform, Blutick Ltd, to leading assessment organisation AQA Education
Birketts, a UK Top 50 law firm, has advised on the sale of Blutick Ltd to leading assessment organisation AQA Education. ...