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Update on Coronavirus and UK immigration

27 March 2020, the Government updated its Covid-19 guidance for those holding temporary UK visas. This article highlights the available policy...

27 Mar

The implications of the Coronavirus for construction contracts

Video | Construction Law Update | Elizabeth Vago

9 Mar

On 30 January 2020, the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared that the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) outbreak...

Coronavirus (COVID-19) and its implications for construction contracts

6 Mar

Samar Shams considers the government’s plans for a points-based immigration system once the UK fully withdraws from the EU....

How the UK’s immigration system will change when free movement ends

1 Mar

Having had a wet and miserable February, some of the following may brighten your day. Or just more of the same. We hope to be...

Employment Law: 5 fab facts for early March 2020

19 Feb

City of London law firm Spencer West LLP has expanded over the last 15 months from being a boutique 3 partner firm to now...

Spencer West LLP announces exciting expansion plans for 2020

31 Jan

This article first appeared as a Thomson Reuters Practical Law Legal Update on 30 January 2020. The Migration Advisory...

Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) publishes recommendations on a points-based visa route and salary thresholds for sponsored workers

30 Jan

We start the new year with some interesting employment law issues arising at the end of 2019, and some new things to get on...

5 employment law tips for January 2020

28 Jan

Article | Immigration | Video

Immigration update: The Migration Advisory Committee Report

Take a look at Immigration Partner, Samar Shams's summary of the Migration Advisory Committee's recommendations for a points-based visa route and a lower salary threshold for sponsored workers.

16 Dec

What the Conservative win means for business immigration

With the win of a majority in Parliament on 12 December 2019, the Conservative party has also won the prize...

6 Dec

Employment Case Round-up for 2019

Every year the employment tribunals and courts bring us an array of interesting (some worrying!) decisions and 2019...

11 Nov

Following BEPS, tax planning has shifted mainly onshore than offshore nowadays. UK internal tax and incentives legislation...

Important UK investments and Tax Reliefs in a Nutshell

Article | Financial Services

10 Sep

The Loop

The Loop: Shortage Occupation List changes

Welcome back to work, everybody. In this issue of The Loop. . .

21 Aug

With the government pushing for Brexit on 31 October 2019 and the possibility of a deal drifting ever further out of reach, our...

The Business Guide to a No-Deal Brexit

8 Aug

The Loop

The Loop: Your Sponsorship Management Digest

Spencer West LLP is delighted to introduce The Loop, our digest reporting on all things . . .

11 Apr

The shape of an elephant? For the first time in 50 years, the Court of Appeal has been asked to consider the meaning of...

Practical Completion:

14 Mar

This article first appeared in the March issue of Employment Law Journal, published by Legalease Whatever course Brexit takes,...

Securing EU nationals’ right to work

21 Jan

Following a BEIS commissioned study and report, "Good work: the Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices" was published in...

Changes to Employment Law, Rights and Enforcement

9 Jul

So, you’ve got a great idea for a new product or service within the construction or engineering sectors. But how do you...

Ask the Expert: Breakthrough Magazine

1 Jun

Why a buy-back of shares? At Spencer West LLP we find that one of the dilemmas facing our owner-managed business clients is how...

Share buy-backs: Succession issues in owner managed businesses

Article | Corporate & Commercial

1 Jun

The obligation to notify competing employment

Ever wondered what the point of some of the more esoteric terms in restrictive covenants are really for and, frankly, whether there is much point to them?

8 May