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What the Global Talent visa offers employers seeking top skills - Kathryn Bradbury and Richard Milford for Personnel Today

Article by Partner and Head Kathryn Bradbury and Paralegal Richard Milford of the Citizenship & Immigration department at Payne Hicks Beach, in which they explain ...

IT Pro: UK government to consider gutting GDPR rules

21 June 2021
Commentary by by Sian Stephens, Associate and GDPR and data protection specialist lawyer in the Corporate department at Payne Hicks Beach,on the UK Government's ...

International surrogacy: Florida

17 June 2021
Sarah Williams, Head of Surrogacy, Adoption, Fertility & Modern Family at Payne Hicks Beach, interviews US and Florida expert Surrogacy lawyer, Marla Neufeld, Partner at Greenspoon Marder LLP, on ...

EU Settlement Scheme

16 June 2021
EU Settlement Scheme: why it is crucial to apply before the 30 June 2021 deadline The EU-UK Withdrawal Agreement under which the UK left the EU on 31 December 2020 provided for a ...

Payne Hicks Beach appoints new Chief Financial Officer and Director of Marketing

15 June 2021
Leading Central London law firm Payne Hicks Beach is pleased to announce the appointment of Adrian Jennings as the firm’s Chief Financial Officer and Ruth Napier as ...

No fault divorce reforms off the table for 2021

11 June 2021
Commentary by Emily Foy, Senior Associate in the Family department, on the Ministry of Justice’s decision to delay divorce reforms for six months while ...

Egorova Revisited

11 June 2021
Egorova Revisited: Kalashnikova sees Russia providing insufficient assurances and worsening prison conditions On 24 May 2021, District Judge Sam Goozée delivered his judgment in Russian Federation v Alevtina Kalashnikova. ...

No fault divorce delay - disappointing but not surprising say UK family lawyers

09 June 2021
Commentary by Emily Foy, Senior Associate in the Family department, on the delayed introduction of no fault divorce legislation, first published by eprivateclient online on 8 June 2021 and reproduced ...

Surrogacy: a parent’s perspective

08 June 2021
Sarah Williams, Head of Surrogacy, Adoption, Fertility & Modern Family at Payne Hicks Beach, interviews Andrew Tose on his experience of having a child via surrogacy. Click below to listen ...

AML and Brexit: golden opportunity or time to close the vault?

08 June 2021
What Suspicious Activity Looks Like for AML Purposes? In the wake of Brexit, the UK clearly wants to attract investment with the dual aim of stabilising the post-pandemic economy. However, ...