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What is a “golden passport” and what does this mean for the future?

What is a “golden passport” and what does this mean for the future?

Golden passports have been declared illegal in Europe. Could this affect people in the UK, what is a “golden passport,…
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Spear's Legal Indices 2025

Payne Hicks Beach Lawyers Recognised in Spear’s 2025 Legal Indices

We are proud to announce that several members of our team at Payne Hicks Beach have been recognised in the Spear’s 2025 Legal…
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Your right to a fair trial and liberty: Explaining Articles 5 and 6 in UK Asylum Law.

Your right to a fair trial and liberty: Explaining Articles 5 and 6 in UK Asylum Law.

Across the world, national constitutions will reference (variations of) two common phrases – ‘a fair trial’ and ‘right to lib…
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Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA), Criminality & Practical Considerations for Applicants

Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA), Criminality & Practical Considerations for Applicants

Immigration experts Matt Ingham and Sheroy Zaq at Payne Hicks Beach explain in practical terms the new ETA (Electronic Visa A…
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alienating behaviours

Political Asylum, Prosecution v Persecution and INTERPOL Silver Notices 

We are political asylum lawyers and we regularly work with specialist extradition lawyers from leading law firms in London. W…
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Obtaining a Parental Order

Entering the United Kingdom, Criminality & Considerations for the Home Office 

In recent years, and to a heightened degree during the recent General Election campaign, there has been a clear focus amongst…
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Politicised cases: Russian citizenship, article 8 and sanctions

Politicised cases: Russian citizenship, article 8 and sanctions

Matt Ingham, Asylum Partner and Mark Jones, Defence & Investigations Partner at Payne Hicks Beach and Isaac Ricca Richard…
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Employee Solicitors

Asylum, whistleblowing, and political persecution 

Political Asylum experts Matt Ingham and Sheroy Zaq at Payne Hicks Beach have partnered with Isaac Ricca-Richardson Barrister…
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Child Abduction Solicitors

The Supreme Court raises the bar for flagrant unfairness in foreign trials, while courts of other European countries refuse to enforce European Arrest Warrants

On 8 November 2023 the Supreme Court handed down its judgment in Popoviciu (Respondent) v Curtea De Apel Bucharest (Romania)…
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Naming and shaming’ by the FCA

Law and the State

Sir Robert Buckland KC Head of Policy and Senior Counsel, and Matt Ingham Partner in our Citizenship and Immigration Team loo…
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Payne Hicks Beach reaches new heights in 2022 Chambers High Net Worth guide

Payne Hicks Beach reaches new heights in 2022 Chambers High Net Worth guide

In the latest edition of the Chambers High Net Worth Guide Payne Hicks Beach is proud to receive top rankings for six of its…
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Investments and Financial Instruments – what are the risks?

Investments and Financial Instruments – what are the risks?

The Immigration Rules have long provided routes for high-net-worth individuals to gain entry to the UK, be it by investment o…
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