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Hi, I'm Gail, an in-house translator from Russian to English here at Gherson. I wanted to do a charity event in memory of my grandmother and as she and my grandpa used to ride a tandem on their holidays (see photo below!) I thought a cycle ride was appropriate. I chose the Alzheimer's Society as my charity because she also suffered from dementia later in life. They do great work helping families of sufferers as well as funding research into treatment for the condition. Thanks to people's... Read more »

The Eurozone crisis has been dominating the headlines for months. Much has been made of the impact it is having on the flow of capital, now commentators and policymakers in the UK are starting to pay attention to its impact on the flow of people. This post explores the current and future impact of the fiscal crisis on intra-EU migration from a UK perspective. The first ripples caused in migratory patterns saw the movement of a limited number of private individuals to... Read more »

In late March 2012 Gherson represented a citizen of Tanzania in a successful appeal to the Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) against the entry clearance officer (ECO), Nairobi. The appellant was an elderly lady whose original appeal against the decision of the ECO to refuse her and her brother’s leave to enter as dependent relatives of their nephew (their brother’s son) was heard in the First-tier Tribunal (the ‘FTT’). Her brother’s appeal was allowed by the... Read more »

For some foreign nationals seeking to settle in the UK or a grant of British citizenship the Home Office requires them to illustrate knowledge of the UK through either successfully passing the Life in the UK test or by taking combined English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) and citizenship classes. The Life in the UK test is comprised of 24 questions which test the applicant’s knowledge of things of vital, daily importance to the lives of every person living... Read more »