The end of the Shortage Occupation List as we know it?

As commissioned by the Government in August 2022, the Migration Advisory Committee (“MAC”) has published its long-awaited report following a major review into the Shortage Occupation List (“SOL"). It’s headline-grabbing recommendations include scrapping the SOL altogether. The reasons given are that it no longer serves the purposes for which it was originally intended.

Staying proceedings in favor of arbitration: New Guidance from the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom

Staying proceedings in favor of arbitration: New Guidance from the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom

In line with every contracting state to the New York Convention 1958, the courts of England & Wales will stay proceedings brought in the courts of England & Wales and refer the parties to arbitration where an agreement to arbitrate exists unless the court finds that the agreement to arbitrate is null and void.