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We were instructed by a company who owned and managed various petrol stations, a couple of shops and a social club. The company instructed Marsans Solicitors to represent them to the Home Office regarding the Tier 2 (General) sponsor license. The company wished to employ quite few migrant workers. We […]

We were instructed to assist and represent a restaurant against the Home Office decision refusing our client’s request for additional allocation of certificates of sponsorship (CoS). Our client submitted the application via priority service in order to recruit a Specialist Chef however the application was refused on the ground that […]

We were instructed by a Client in respect of his naturalization application. Our client applied for the naturalization on the basis of having obtained an ILR in the UK. Our client was employed in the UK. We submitted our representations to the Home Office along with supporting documentation. The application […]

We were instructed by a client, who was a victim of Domestic Violence, in her ILR application, which was refused. The refusal decision was challenged by way of appeal. Our client’s application was refused on the basis that her husband was not a British Citizen or a person with ILR. […]

We acted for a Client whose further leave to remain was refused based on his private life in the UK and he further challenged the refusal decision by way of appealing the Home Office’s decision. The First-Tier Tribunal held against our Client and the appeal failed. The Home Office’s decision […]

We were instructed by our Client to act in his Judicial Review claim against the refusal of application for indefinite leave to remain (ILR) in the UK. We filed our reconsideration request to the Home Office, however, it was rejected. We further filed fresh application on behalf of our Client […]

In November 2017, the European Court of Justice announced that EU migrants who become British citizens will retain the right to bring spouses and partners from non-EU countries to the UK. In what proved to be a defeat for the British government, the court maintained that the Home Office had […]

The answer, in short, is no. Although a verbal agreement is legally binding in the eyes of the law, its legitimacy can be called into question. In a case that relies on the evidence of a verbal contract, the appointed judge is asked to decide which version of events he […]

Marsans were recently asked to represent a landlord who was being prosecuted by a local authority for offences under the Town and Country Planning Act 1990. The local authority in question alleged that our client was letting several of his investment properties as HMOs (Houses in Multiple Occupation). Although they […]