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Further to our Law-Now of 20 August 2009, the Government has today announced that it will accept all the recommendations contained in the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) report published on 19 August 2009.

With the implementation of the permanent immigration cap fast approaching on 6 April 2011, we would advise businesses who are intending to employ out of country candidates on a Tier 2 (General) visa, to issue the CoS (assuming they have any left under their temporary allocation) and ensure that the migrant has submitted their entry clearance (visa) application before this date.

In a landmark judgement, the High Court ruled on 8 April 2008 that the changes to the Highly Skilled Migrant Programme implemented in November 2006 were unfair and discriminatory due to their retrospective effect, and that the terms of the original scheme should be honoured for those already in the UK at the time of change.

We learned on 1 December that the Tier 1 (General) quota for December has already been met. This is the third consecutive month that the quota has been reached (each month earlier and earlier!).

Further to our Law-Now publication on 31 July 2009, the UKBA has announced transitional arrangements concerning the implementation of the Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Act 2009 (the "Act").

Welcome to the April issue of the Heavyweight with developments in this month's banking and insolvency law.

The Court of Appeal has considered the scope of a standard defects exclusion clause (known as "DE3") in a CAR (contractors all risk) insurance policy.

The Court of Appeal has recently considered recoverability of loss and the application of the principles set out by the House of Lords in South Australia Asset Management Corporation v York Montague Ltd ("SAAMCO") in the context of a claim against solicitors.

We would like to remind you that the transitional period for filing divisional patent applications under the old EPO rules will expire on 1 October 2010.

Last week, the process of line-by-line scrutiny of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill (the ‘Bill’) by its parliamentary committee (the ‘Committee’) began.

In the recent case of National Guild of Removers & Storers Ltd v Silveria (t/a C S Movers) [2010] EWPCC, the Patents County Court considered whether damages calculated on a "user" basis (a measure usually used in patent cases) are available in trade mark cases.

The Court of Justice of the European Union has handed down an opinion (the "Opinion") from Advocate General Trstenjak in Case 482/09 "Budějovický Budvar, národní podnik v Anheuser-Busch, Inc." on a reference from the English Court of Appeal concerning when the proprietor of an earlier trade mark may lose its enforcement rights through acquiescence as a result of failing to assert its earlier trade mark to prevent the registration and use by a competitor of a later mark.

The redemption of litigious rights was regulated under the provisions of the former Civil Code, by art. 1402 – 1404, together with the sale of litigious rights.

With immediate effect when considering the award of costs in any claim the High Court "MUST" take into account, and may call for evidence to determine, whether the parties gave proper consideration to the use of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR).

The CMS Cameron McKenna Litigation Annual Review is now available to download.

After a lengthy legal battle, an entertainments operator, who supports and operates well known attractions such as Madame Tussauds, Legoland, Alton Towers and the London Eye, has received a £495,000 penalty following the 2007 fatal fall of George Townley at Warwick Castle.

By every authoritative measure cybercrime and the threat of becoming a victim to it is growing exponentially.