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The Home Office are applying increased scrutiny to Defined Certificates of Sponsorship applications made by applicants operating in the Care sector. Victoria Ounsworth, Solicitor in our Immigration team considers why this is, in this article here: https://lnkd.in/eitSFAvf #Immigration #ImmigrationLaw #Sponsorship #CareSector #Care #DCos #HomeOffice

In this month's Employment Law Newsletter the employment team provides an overview of the new statutory right to neonatal care leave and pay coming into effect from April. Read more below: #Employment #EmploymentLaw #UKEmpLaw #Employees #Employers #Neonatal #NeonatalCare #StatutoryNeonatalCarePay

The UK Government’s Data Use and Access Bill 2024 (DUA Bill) seeks to reform the UK GDPR and DPA 2018. Petia Tzvetanova, Solicitor in our Commercial, IP & Technology team takes a look at some of its key features in this must-read article.   🔗 Read more here: https://lnkd.in/enWVyFnc   #DataPrivacy #DataProtection #DataProtectionAct #DataSecurity #Commerce #Tech #UK #EU #GDPR #Encryption

Can you use a “clipped” passport to carry out Right to Work checks? Callum De Freitas explains the latest update to the Right to Work guidance here: https://lnkd.in/eWy5Eg6n #Immigration #ImmigrationLaw #Passport #RightToWorkChecks #RightToWork #British #Irish #Guidance

Sellers should Beware of Moths! 🦋 Julia Mactear, Legal Director in our Property Litigation team explores the costly consequences to a seller of being “economical with the truth” about a pest infestation in a luxury development property. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/et5w568e #PropertyLitigation #RealEstate #Infestation #Property #Moths #Sellers #PropertyDevelopers

Launchpad Pancake Race is just one week away! 🥞 Our team is ready to race in style with some egg-cellent fancy dress. 🍳🥓 We can't wait to flip our way to the finish line for a great cause! Thank you for all the donations we've received so far, which has currently secured us top spot on the fundraiser leaderboard! If you haven't donated yet, there's still time! Visit our fundraising page here: https://lnkd.in/edq4zDPU Many thanks for your support! Team FSP: Georgina Walker, Rachel Reid, Titilolaoluwa (Lola) Babalola, and Amelie Temple 🎉 #Launchpad #LaunchpadPancakeRace #LaunchpadPancakeRace2025 #PancakeRace #ShroveTuesday #Fundraising #Charity #Donations #Support #RDGUK #ThamesValley #TeamFSP

The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 comes into force on 1 September. In this article Partner, Bill Dixon, provides an update on the implementation of the new criminal offence of failing to prevent fraud. Read more, here: https://lnkd.in/diGgqTDb Bill Dixon and Sarah Lonergan in our Dispute Resolution & Litigation team will be hosting a live webinar on the Act in the coming months, full event and registration details will be shared on our website and social media channels. If you would like to register your interest for this event please contact Lauren Niker at: lauren.niker@fsp-law.com #EconomicCrimeAndCorporateTransparencyAct #CorporateLiability #FraudPrevention #EconomicCrime #CorporateGovernance #CorporateResponsibility #Businesses

There are some important employment updates that employers should be aware of and that we have discussed in our articles for this month’s Employment Bulletin: ▪️New statutory right to neonatal care leave and pay from 6 April ▪️Changes to the off payroll working rules ▪️New guidance on neurodiversity published by ACAS Read more from our Employment team here: https://lnkd.in/gTtxcN4P #Employment #EmploymentLaw #UKEmpLaw #Employers #Neonatal #NeonatalCareLeave #Payroll #PayrollWorkingRules #Neurodiversity #ACAS

Could you be unknowingly exporting goods to Russia?   New guidance has been published by the Department for Business and Trade and the Office of Trade Sanctions Implementation to help UK businesses avoid exporting goods to Russia in contravention of Russian sanctions.   Read more from our Commercial, IP & Technology Partner, Cathrine Ripley here: https://lnkd.in/e8sK-san   #DepartmentForBusinessAndTrade #Businesses #Guidance #Sanctions #Russia #RestrictedGoods #UK 

In the sixth of our series of webinars from the Immigration team, Callum De Freitas, a Solicitor in our Immigration and Employment teams, provides an overview on “Visitors” to the UK, explaining: • What is meant by a “Visitor” • Who needs a Visitor visa to enter the UK • What the new Electronic Travel Authorisation (or ETA) is • Whether Visitors are allowed to “work” Watch the webinar in full, here: https://lnkd.in/ehmFXjmH #Immigration #ImmigrationLaw #Visitors #UK #VisitorVisa #ElectronicTravelAuthorisation #ETA