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Update on Coronavirus and UK immigration

This update highlights the available policy information, the problems posed for visa holders and their employers and what they can do...

Webinar | COVID-19

29 Apr

Our online panel discussion considered the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on the construction industry in the UK. ...

After COVID-19: As a Contractor - are you prepared?

16 Apr

In the UK Parliament on 17 March 2020, a deferral of the changes to IR35 has been announced (the off-payroll working law) in...

IR35 rules to be applied as of next year

Article | Tax | COVID-19

16 Apr

The UK government has announced financial support measures, including tax measures, to mitigate the effects of COVID-19 to the...

Announcement of tax measures by the UK authorities for the support of businesses and individuals

Article | Tax | COVID-19

8 Apr

Introduction The SMCR is now the fertile ground from which CASS and Financial Crime should be considered. As the FCA themselves...

Senior Managers & Certification Regime ("SMCR"): Financial Crime and CASS

Article | Financial Services | COVID-19

7 Apr

Listen to immigration expert Samar Shams and employment law expert Fudia Smartt on their engaging, interactive webinar on the...

Watch our Webinar: COVID-19, immigration and employment - government policies and HR best practice

6 Apr

1. Who can claim the furlough rebate? Any entity which has created and started PAYE payroll on, or before, 28 February 2020,...

COVID-19 Job Retention (“Furlough”) Scheme - Questions Answered Based on HMRC Guidance

3 Apr

*We intend to keep this page up to date with the latest developments on Furlough leave, please bookmark it and check...

Furlough Leave - update and what we now know that we didn’t a few days ago

2 Apr

1. Introduction A land owner who transfers some land, either by disposing of the freehold or by granting a lease, can by...

Dealing with Restrictive Covenants

Webinar | Real Estate

1 Apr

Since the start of the COVID-19 outbreak, many countries advise against non-essential travel in and out of their international...

COVID-19 and tax residence

Article | Tax | COVID-19

31 Mar

With only months to go before the UK’s future immigration system takes effect on 1 January 2021, you should understand the...

The UK's Future Immigration System

Article | Immigration | COVID-19

27 Mar

All our lives have been radically changed by Covid 19 and none of us were expecting it apart from a few ‘planners’ formerly...

Covid 19 and Force Majeure

24 Mar

The potential impact of the Coronavirus on insurance cover has already been aired in the press a multitude of times in respect...

The impact of the Coronavirus on insurance

23 Mar

The Chancellor announced a package of measures to help businesses, which, among other things includes the “Coronavirus Job...

Furlough – what does it mean and how does it work?

18 Mar

Many employers at the moment are balancing keeping a workforce going through measures such as home working, even if...

Employment Law Coronavirus update

16 Mar

There is relatively little information available to date on the consequences of the coronavirus pandemic for visa holders and...

Coronavirus and UK immigration

Article | Immigration | COVID-19

12 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

Article | Construction & Engineering | COVID-19

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

Article

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 | Video | Immigration

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:

Article | Construction & Engineering

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

Article | Construction & Engineering

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

When it comes to infrastructure or international projects our clients often reach for the FIDIC suite, written and published by...

The new FIDIC contracts – the contractor’s perspective