The Legal 500

Legal Developments in the UK

• A closer look at Settled Status for EU citizens

  Following the release of more details of the UK Government’s scheme for a streamlined application process to grant EU citizens in the UK settled status to safeguard their position following the UK’s departure from the EU, our EEA immigration solicitors here at OTS Solicitors take a look at the post-Brexit position for EU nationals and what the settled status scheme entails in more detail.
  - OTS Solicitors

• Which EEA Form?

  For EEA nationals and their family members, making an application to the Home Office isn;t always straight forward. The first step will be to identify the relevant EEA form for the type of application you want to make. 
  - DavidsonMorris

• FAILING TO PREVENT BRIBERY

  Following the first conviction of a company for failure toprevent bribery, Aziz Rahman considers the implications of the case for thosein business.
  - Rahman Ravelli Solicitors

• MONEY LAUNDERING AND THE GAMBLING INDUSTRY

  With a bookmaker being ordered to pay millions for failingto prevent money laundering, Nicola Sharp and Syedur Rahman examine how thegambling industry can tackle the problem.
  - Rahman Ravelli Solicitors

• HOW TO PREVENT WORKPLACE FRAUD

  Aziz Rahman examines the scale of fraud in business andexplains how it can be prevented, identified and reported.
  - Rahman Ravelli Solicitors

• POLITICALLY EXPOSED PERSONS AND THE LEGAL RESTRICTIONS THEY FACE

  Aziz Rahman and Ben Ticehurst consider the Novartis scandaland the business restrictions on those holding high office.
  - Rahman Ravelli Solicitors

• CORPORATE LIABILITY AND THE INDIVIDUAL

  With much still to be decided regarding the prosecution ofindividuals over the financial scandals at Rolls-Royce and Tesco, Aziz Rahmanexamines how the fate of investigated companies can differ to that of those whoworked for them.
  - Rahman Ravelli Solicitors

• DEFENDING YOURSELF WHEN INTERNATIONAL BRIBERY ALLEGATIONS ARE MADE

  Syedur Rahman and Nicola Sharp explain how corporates shouldrespond if investigated over bribery allegations abroad.
  - Rahman Ravelli Solicitors

• EU Nationals & UK Permanent Residence: What’s the Current Position?

  Permanent residence status is automatically available to European Economic Area (EEA) nationals who have lived in the UK for five continuous years and who have been exercising Treaty Rights over the whole of this period. The same criteria also apply to family members of EEA nationals.
  - DavidsonMorris

• UNEXPLAINED WEALTH ORDERS

  With unexplained wealth orders now part of UK law, Aziz Rahman assesses their likely effect and how people should respond to them.
  - Rahman Ravelli Solicitors