The legal status of kinship carers and obtaining 'Section 11' orders
In Scotland, thousands of children are cared for by family members, or ‘kinship carers’. Children come to live with family members other than their parents for a variety of reasons.... Read More >
How simple are the new simple Sheriff Court rules?
Over the last couple of years, various changes have been made to the rules of the Scottish Court system, not only for the Court of Session but for the Sheriff... Read More >
Yet more changes to the Immigration Rules
On the 3rd of November 2016 the Government laid before Parliament seventy pages of changes to the Immigration Rules with most of the changes applying to all applications made on... Read More >
Vanishing 3C leave - section 62 of the 2016 act
In a battery of further measures designed to make life more difficult for immigrants in the United Kingdom the Government have announced their intention to bring into force Section 62... Read More >
Home Office Introduces New Online Forms for European applications for residence and permanent residence documentation
Following the recent BREXIT referendum, the number of European applications for residence and permanent residence documentation has increased immensely. While we do not yet know how the UK’s intention to... Read More >
Government backs down on Appeal Fees
In October 2016, the UK government introduced a 500% increase in appeal fees despite opposition from law firms, judges and various professional bodies. However, after just under 2 months of... Read More >
In sickness and in health
The recent case of SD v Graham’s Dairies Ltd [2016] CSOH 151 considered the question of who constitutes a ‘relative’ for the purposes of an award for services rendered to... Read More >
Increased protection for the return of trafficked women to Nigeria
Some of the most vulnerable migrants are those who have been trafficked. How can a trafficked person establish that they face a risk of persecution on return to their country... Read More >
