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Case Preview: DCM (Optical Holdings) Ltd v Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (Scotland)
In this post, Neal Chandru, an associate in the Tax team at CMS, previews the decision awaited from the Supreme…
New Judgment: Competition and Markets Authority v Flynn Pharma Ltd and another, and Competition and Markets Authority v Pfizer Inc and another [2022] UKSC 14
On appeal from [2020] EWCA Civ 617 The Respondent is a public body tasked with investigating companies suspected of breaching…
This Week in the UKSC – w/c 23rd May 2022
Hearings in the Supreme Court are now shown live on the Court’s website. On Wednesday 25th May, the Court will…
Case Preview: Hastings v Finsbury Orthopaedics Limited and Anor
In this post, Sophie Malley, a trainee solicitor at CMS, previews the decision awaited from the UK Supreme Court in…
New Judgment: R v Maughan (Northern Ireland) [2022] UKSC 13
On appeal from [2019] NICA 66 This appeal concerns the discount which convicted criminals in Northern Ireland are entitled to…
This Week in the UKSC – 16th May 2022
Hearings in the Supreme Court are now shown live on the Court’s website. From Tuesday 17th May – Wednesday 18th…
Case Comment: Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs v Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme Trustees Ltd [2022] UKSC 10
In this post, Hannah Jones, Assistant Professional Support Lawyer in the Tax team at CMS, comments on Commissioners for Her…
New Judgment: Zipvit Ltd v Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (No 2) [2022] UKSC 12
On appeal from [2018] EWCA Civ 1515 This is the second judgment given by the Supreme Court in this case.…
This Week in the UKSC: w/c 9th May 2022
Hearings in the Supreme Court are now shown live on the Court’s website. From Monday 9th May – Tuesday 10th…
Case Comment: Crown Prosecution Service v Aquila Advisory Ltd [2021] UKSC 49
In this post, Amy Wilkinson, a senior associate in CMS’ financial crime team, comments on the decision of the UK…

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Children can now apply for a waiver of citizenship fees
Families who can’t afford British citizenship for their children can now get it for free. A new “citizenship fee waiver for individuals under 18” policy was published today. It allows under-18s to apply to have the £1,012 fee on applications for registration as a British citizen waived. The policy applies where the fee is unaffordable […]
Can Ukrainians take refuge in the UK? The Ukraine Family Scheme and other routes
The Home Office has put in place some immigration concessions and special visa schemes in response to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. This includes the very important Ukraine Family Scheme. The department’s “core plan” is to issue visas rather than formal refugee status to Ukrainian citizens, keeping them out of the crumbling asylum system. The […]
How to apply for a UK Expansion Worker visa
The UK Expansion Worker visa is part of the Global Business Mobility route. It enables overseas businesses seeking to expand into the UK to temporarily assign senior managers and specialist employees, including business owners, to the UK to establish a British operation. Opening on 11 April 2022, it replaced the Representative of an Overseas Business […]
Home Office has no power to vary High Court bail conditions
In R (BVN) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2022] EWHC 1159 (Admin) the High Court has confirmed that the Secretary of State has no power to interfere with the conditions attached to a grant of High Court bail. It is an unusual issue and the judgment contains some rare analysis of the […]
Deprivation of citizenship has legal effect even if later withdrawn
When the Home Office withdraws a decision to deprive someone of their British citizenship, does the person get their citizenship back (prospective) or was it never lost in the first place (retroactive)? This was the deceptively simple question that the High Court grappled with in E3 & Ors v Secretary of State for the Home […]
End of the AM (Zimbabwe) saga? Tribunal returns to Article 3 medical cases
Practitioners will no doubt be aware of the Supreme Court’s decision in AM (Zimbabwe) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2020] UKSC 17. The justices endorsed the European Court of Human Rights decision in Paposhvili v Belgium (application no. 41738/10) and thereby materially lowered the threshold for resisting removal under Article 3 of […]

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15th March 2021

British citizenship for minor children – the case of Child O and the Bill of Rights 1689

It’s probably fair to say that for UK residents, as British immigration law becomes more complicated, having or getting British citizenship becomes increasingly valuable. After all, […]

19th April 2021

Sponsoring a skilled worker to work in the UK – a guide for employers

Introduction Since December 2020, and the UK’s exit from the EU, new rules have come into force in relation to non-British citizens who wish to travel […]

8th March 2022

Naturalisation and criminality

Naturalisation and criminality The troubling case of R (ex parte Howard) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2021] EWHC 1023 (Admin). Mr Justice Swift […]