Rees Clayton Solicitors

Rees Clayton Solicitors is a professional, proactive and forward-thinking firm whose values are entrenched throughout the firm. We provide high quality result orientated legal services to the public. We understand the importance of our clients needs and recognise that their success is our success. We are accessible, reliable, efficient and above all committed to our clients.

Our specialist immigration team can advise businesses and individuals on all aspects of UK immigration and nationality law. Immigration Law can be complicated and overly bureaucratic. It is an area of Law that often changes due to public policies and as a result, this causes difficulty for individuals.

The Home Office's Points-Based System is the UK's immigration regime relating to those wishing to apply for admission to enter the UK and permission to remain for all forms of business and employment related immigration, as well as those who wish to study in the UK.

Rees Clayton provides specialist advice and legal representation throughout the application process of the Points-Based System, both for applicants themselves and for the employers and education providers who sponsor them.Rees Clayton's experienced caseworkers and lawyers can also assist on the full range of applications, including visa applications, applications for British citizenship and legal challenges to unsuccessful applications.

Nationals of the member states of the European Union benefit from more favourable provisions of immigration law than nationals of other countries. It is important to realize, however, that not all EU nationals are in the same position - in some cases there are special provisions.

Nationals of European Union Member States:The EEA (European Economic Area) includes all EU states plus Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway and, for immigration purposes, Switzerland.Other rights, including rights to work in self-employment in the UK, are as for other EU nationals, although be aware that some of these rights depend on the EU national working, rather than just being, in the UK.

More importantly, anyone whose application for permission to enter or to remain in the UK is refused may be able to appeal against that refusal on the basis that the decision breaches his or her human rights. Our human rights lawyers have experience of conducting a broad range of cases dealing with the liberty of individuals and protecting business assets and other property rights, in both the UK courts and the European Court of Human Rights.