In relation to the going rates for temporary shortage list roles from 22 July 2025, Statement of changes in Immigration Rules, HC 997—analysis states that in relation to new applications into the route with a CoS issued on or after 22 July 2025:‘The going rate, and other SOC 2020 code information, for roles on the Immigration Salary List and the Temporary Shortage List which fall in this new application cohort, are found in Table 1a of Appendix Skilled Occupations, Table 2aa for Health and Care ASHE salary jobs (such

Section 8 of the Housing Act 1988 (HA 1988) provides that the court will not entertain proceedings for possession unless the landlord (or in the case of joint landlords, at least one of them) has served on the tenant a notice in accordance with that section. ‘Landlord’ is defined in HA 1988, s 45 as including: ‘any person from time

On 1 April 2013 many of the provisions of the Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPO 2012) came into force. The effects of LASPO 2012 were wide-ranging. See Practice Note: Conditional fee agreements after 1 April 2013—personal injury and clinical negligence. Statutory caps One of the key provisions of LASPO 2012 was to ban the recoverability of success fees between the parties in most types of litigation. As a result, many personal injury solicitors now charge a success fee to their clients. The amount which can be charged as a success fee is limited by section 58(4)(c) of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (CLSA 1990) and Article 3 of the Conditional Fee Agreements Order 2013, SI 2013/689 at

Case law (Felber Jucker & Co Ltd v Sabreleague Ltd [2005] PLSCS 162—not available in Lexis®Library) has established that an opposed s 25 notice cannot be unilaterally withdrawn if a landlord changes its mind as to whether or not to oppose the grant of a new lease.

Service of the claim form in the jurisdiction In general, the obligation is on the claimant to include in the claim form an address at which the defendant may be served (CPR 6.6(2)). Subject to various exceptions, the claim form must then be served in accordance with CPR 6.9. The claim form must be served at the defendant’s usual or last known address. Where that is not known, the claimant must take reasonable steps to ascertain the defendant’s current residence. Once this has been undertaken and the claimant is unable to ascertain the defendant’s current address, CPR 6.9(4) sets out that the claimant must consider whether there is an alternative place or alternative method by which service can

What is a charging order? A charging order secures a debt by creating an equitable charge so that, when the property is sold, the creditor will receive payment out of the sale proceeds after the repayment of all mortgagees and other charge holders with priority. (Charging Orders Act 1979, s 3(4)). For further guidance, see Charging orders—overview. What is a unilateral notice? A creditor can protect the priority of a charging order over a legal estate, if it is valid, for the purposes of the Land Registration Act 2002, ss

You indicate that your client wishes the residue to go to the ‘public purse’. Traditionally, gifts of such nature are intended for the benefit of the public. Where there is such a public benefit that gift may enjoy Inhertiance tax (IHT) benefits should IHT apply. Where a gift is made for the benefit of the ‘public purse’ there is, of course, no guarantee that its use will be for the benefit of the public. That may seem rather strange in the circumstances of the gift but to be perfectly

Section 23 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 (LTA 1954) provides that a tenancy is within LTA 1954 if the whole or a part of the demised premises is occupied by the tenant for the purposes of its business or for those and other purposes. If there is only partial occupation by the tenant, or only partial business use, the tenant can only insist on a new tenancy of the part

The ban on evictions was most recently extended by the Public Health (Coronavirus) (Protection from Eviction) (England) (No. 2) Regulations 2021, SI 2021/164. These came into force on 22 February 2021 and extend the ban for England only. According to SI 2021/164, reg 3 they expire on 31 March 2021, although it is quite possible that further regulations will be made in advance of that date to extend the ban further. The ban prevents any person (including County Court Bailiffs and High Court Sheriffs) from 'attending a dwelling house'

Considering the general rules of construction and interpretation of insurance policies, the following Practice Note may be useful: General principles of insurance contract law. In addition, the guiding principles on insurance contract construction are set out in Lord Hoffman’s speech Investors Compensation Scheme v West Bromwich Building Society. Hoffman outlined the following: • the court is required to apply an objective test based on what a reasonable person, having all the background knowledge which would reasonably have been available to the parties in the situation they were in at the time of contracting, would have understood the contract to mean • the court may interpret the document with reference to its background but only where it is relevant • evidence of previous negotiations should be excluded from the relevant matrix of fact available to the court

An individual is entitled to redundancy payment under section 135 of the Employment Rights Act 1996 (ERA 1996) if: • they are an employee • they have been continuously employed for not less than two years at the ‘relevant date’ • they have been dismissed, and • the dismissal was by reason of redundancy For further information, see, generally, Practice Note: Entitlement to statutory redundancy payment. Relevant date and continuous employment The ‘relevant date’ for redundancy payment purposes is both the date on which the two years' qualifying period for a redundancy payment is determined, and the date as at which the amount of the redundancy payment is calculated. It is also the date from which (subject to the extension for early conciliation) the six-month time limit

A conditional fee agreement (CFA) is an agreement with a person providing advocacy or litigation services which provides for their fees and expenses or any part of them to be payable only in specified circumstances (section 58(2) of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (CLSA 1990)). CLSA 1990, s 58(3) provides that every CFA must be in writing, must not relate to proceedings which cannot be subject of an enforceable CFA and must comply