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In this issue: Key developments UK immigration control: how it works Family members under Part 8 and Appendix FM Challenging immigration decisions and enforcement Citizenship applications Daily and weekly news alerts New Q&As Key developments Future developments—Immigration calendar Note that our Immigration calendar sets out key forthcoming developments relevant to business immigration advisers. UK immigration control: how it works Home Secretary statement on direction of legal migration policy The Home Secretary, Yvette Cooper, addressed Parliament on the direction of the new Labour government’s future policy on legal migration. She reaffirmed a focus on aligning migration policy with skills and the labour market—a ‘new approach’—to be delivered through a cross‑government programme set out in the pre‑election manifesto and the newly announced Skills England body highlighted in the King’s speech. She also confirmed that ministers will press ahead with the majority of the previous administration’s ‘five‑point plan’ measures. This reflects the government’s view—shared with its...

In this issue: Free trade agreements WTO Customs Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Free trade agreements DBT updates UKCA marking guidance UKCA marking guidance DBT has refreshed its guidance on applying the UKCA mark to goods made or handled by businesses in Great Britain. The government plans to legislate so that recognition of EU requirements, including the European conformity (CE) marking, continues indefinitely across a broad range of product regulations. As a result, companies will have the option to use either the UKCA or the CE marking when selling products in GB. In addition, a new Fast-Track route will enable manufacturers to place products on the GB market where EU essential requirements are met and, where necessary, items have been conformity assessed by an EU-recognised conformity assessment body...

On 18 April 2024, the UK’s Serious Fraud Office unveiled its 2024–2029 strategy, the first under new director Nick Ephgrave. Echoing themes from his February 2024 maiden address, the plan is deliberately ambitious, signalling an intention for the SFO to be recognised as the leading specialist, innovative and collaborative body driving the fight against serious and complex fraud, bribery and corruption. This overarching ambition is distilled into four objectives, each with concrete actions slated as soon as 2025: build a highly specialised, engaged and expert workforce be prepared to harness evolving technology and tools counter crime effectively through intelligence, enforcement and prevention act proactively within both domestic and global justice systems Recruiting, developing and retaining a highly specialised, engaged and skilled work force The complexity of the SFO’s caseload necessitates multi‑disciplinary expertise, with teams of lawyers, investigators and forensic accountants working together. Nevertheless, the two most recent examinations of the SFO—the Calvert‑Smith and Altman reviews—identified low morale, significant staff turnover...

This Practice Note offers practical direction on making applications to the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) for approval as a recognised sole practice, recognised body, or licensed body (including multi-disciplinary practices), and on filling in the SRA’s firm authorisation application (Form FA1). It further points to precedents in Practice Compliance and Practice Management you can deploy or tailor to back your SRA submission, and signposts subtopics you might consult for added detail on the important parts of the form as necessary. Does my business need to be authorised by the SRA? ...

Advertising and marketing-Brazil-Q&A guide [Archived, 2021 edition] This Practice Note provides a jurisdiction-specific Q&A on advertising and marketing in Brazil, issued within the Lexology Getting the Deal Through series by Law Business Research (October 2021). Authors: IWRCF-Luiz Werneck; Talita Sabatini Garcia. 1. What are the principal statutes regulating advertising generally? the Brazilian Federal Constitution; the Consumer Protection Code (Federal Law No. 8,078/90); the Statute of the Children and Adolescents (Federal Law No. 8,069/90); the Brazilian Advertising Self-Regulation Code; Federal Law No. 5768/71; Decree No. 70,951/1972; Federal Law No. 5,768/71 and Decree No. 70,951/1972 regulate commercial promotions and sweepstakes; National Health Surveillance Agency resolutions. 2. Which bodies are primarily responsible for issuing advertising regulations and enforcing rules on advertising? How is the issue of concurrent jurisdiction among regulators with responsibility for advertising handled? In Brazil, rule-making for advertising is led by the National Advertising Self-Regulation Council (CONAR) and by the government, represented by the House...

This Practice Note presents an overview of the principal points concerning a members’ voluntary liquidation (MVL) from a dispute resolution perspective. What is a MVL? An MVL is the procedure by which a company, via a resolution of its members, elects to cease its operations and progress towards dissolution. Throughout the process, a licensed insolvency practitioner, authorised by a recognised professional body, must be appointed as the company’s liquidator. An MVL is usually chosen where a solvent company has fulfilled its purpose and the members no longer wish to keep it as a corporate vehicle. It is also adopted where members intend to realise their investment in a solvent company. For further reading, see Practice Note: What is a members’ voluntary liquidation and when is it typically used? If the company is insolvent, an alternative route is required, such as a creditors’ voluntary liquidation (CVL) or compulsory liquidation. For further reading on these processes, see Practice Notes: Corporate insolvency for dispute resolution practitioners: creditors’...