With businesses struggling to survive, jobs lost, assets devalued, many of those who have financial agreements or orders following a divorce to adhere to, are starting to wonder whether they can afford to honour these Financial Orders. Since March this year, when countries started shutting down one by one in a desperate attempt to slow […]
How do the new changes to the Shortage Occupation List affect your hiring goals? Many businesses have been understandably concerned with their ability to meet their staffing requirements after Brexit, as many sectors are currently highly reliant on workers from EEA. This is particularly the case for those who operate in the research, technology, finance, […]
If you or someone else is in immediate danger, please call 999 Princess Haya Bint al-Hussein, the sixth wife of Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, appeared in a London court last month. She had fled the Emirate and has applied for a Forced Marriage Protection Order, Non-Molestation Order, and a Wardship Order for […]
With a fortune of $137 billion at stake, the divorce of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his wife MacKenzie is set to be one of the most expensive in history. And it is reported that there is no pre-nuptial agreement in place. Mr Bezos will join the likes of Kenny Rogers, Mel Gibson, and Russell […]
After decades of lobbying from the Law Commission, the Bar Council, Resolution, senior family law judges, and most family law practitioners, the Government has announced that divorce in the UK is to be reformed. The main change is that there will no longer be a need for one spouse to blame the other for the […]
The story of Edinburgh father, Jodie Smith, makes for harrowing reading. Mr Smith met Thai national Jintra Jummaimuang while he was travelling in Thailand in 2006. After she became pregnant four months later, they both decided to move back to Britain, where their son, Joleon, was born as a UK national. The couple later married […]
We are excited to announce that RVS Solicitors has been selected to be one of only 13 London law practices on the panel assembled by a leading Landlord Association. The association, Landlord Experts, has partnered up with specialist firms to allow its members access to expert knowledge across the UK. We are especially honoured to be […]
The amendments made to the Immigration Rules, which were implemented on 9th July 2012, caused significant difficulties for those intending to seek entry clearance or leave to remain in the UK. One of the most controversial changes enforced, related to the requirements of a spouse visa which has made it increasingly difficult for settled spouses […]
A non-EEA national is generally able to remain in the UK legally if it can be demonstrated that the non-EEA national is the family member of an EEA national. One of the ways in which a non-EEA national can be classed as a family member of an EEA national is if he/she is married to […]
Some have argued that the UK Immigration Rules has created a clear path to settlement under each visa category. For example, a visa granted under the Points Based System provides a five year route to settlement which thereafter allows the migrant to apply for naturalisation as a British citizen once he/she has held Indefinite Leave […]
