The ‘Genuine Entrepreneur’ test and Business Plans

The ‘Genuine Entrepreneur’ test was introduced in 2013, and is a discretionary...

Civil Penalty Appeals Can Be Heard By The Court of Appeal

In Secretary of State for the Home Department v Akbar [2017] EWCA Civ 16 (19 January 2017) the Court of Appeal has ruled that it has jurisdiction to hear appeals from the County Court concerning civil penalties imposed under the 2006 Act for employing illegal...

Civil Penalties, Right To Work and Protecting Your Business

The Home Office has published its list of civil penalties for the first quarter of 2016, with the fines imposed totalling more than...

Right to rent: The impact of the Immigration Act 2016 on migrants with lawful status

The Immigration Act 2014 made it compulsory for private landlords to check the immigration status of all new adult tenants, sub-tenants and lodgers in order to assess whether they have a ‘Right to Rent’ in the UK. The Act also introduced civil penalties...

Potential Impact of Cuts to EU Migration

Employers in different sectors of the UK economy could be affected in very different ways if measures are introduced to restrict the jobs that EU migrant workers can occupy following a vote for the UK to leave the EU.Contact our Immigration Barristers London,...

Dependents of Tier 2 Workers should Keep the Right to Work

The majority of those surveyed said they are in favour of retaining the right to work for...

A Guide to Right to Rent Checks for Landlords

Section 22 of the Immigration Act 2014 makes landlords liable for a civil penalty if they authorise an adult who is not...

New Offence of Driving While Unlawfully in the UK

The Government has announced that its Immigration Bill will contain a new offence of driving while unlawfully in the UK. Anyone convicted will face a sentence of up to six months in prison and an unlimited fine in England and Wales. new measures cracking down...

Calls to Add Nurses to the Shortage Occupation List

Many nurses will be forced to leave their jobs with the NHS and return to their home countries because...

Employer’s duty to prevent illegal working

UK employers have a duty to prevent illegal working in the UK by people who are subject to immigration control. Where this is...

Employer Right to Work Checks

Employers in the UK have a responsibility to ensure that anyone that they employ has a legal right to work in the UK.  Employers must ensure that appropriate right to work checks are carried out on all potential employees before employing them, regardless of...

Update on the Civil Penalty Scheme

In December 2014, the Home Office produced ‘An employer’s guide to right to work checks’ which applies, where an initial check...