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    Tier 2 update: criminal record check requirement

    On 6 April 2017 a new requirement to obtain a criminal record certificate will come into force for Tier 2 applicants (and their adult dependents) in the fields of education, health and social care.

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    Supreme Court rules on Brexit

    The Supreme Court delivered this week a predictable but nevertheless momentous judgement, confirming the earlier decision of the High Court: parliament must have the final say on whether the UK should leave the European Union.

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    Brexit: what impact on those currently exercising free movement rights?

    The House of Commons Library published a report last week on the vexed question of the fate of EEA (“European”) nationals currently resident in the UK.

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    Kaur and the ‘Sins of the Parent’

    In the case of Kaur (children's best interests / public interest interface) [2017] UKUT 00014 (IAC) the Upper Tribunal adds to the already copious body of case law relating to the best interests of the child in immigration cases.

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