Due to the difference in guidelines between the SRA and the Bar Standards Board, CPD points are awarded differently for Solicitors, Barristers and Legal Executives:
Regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority:
Listen and pass the quiz: Gain 1 CPD point (60 minutes)
Listen only, gain ½ a CPD point (30 minutes)
Regulated by the Bar Standards Board:
Listen and pass the quiz: Gain 1 accredited CPD point (60 minutes)
Regulated by ILEX:
Listen and pass the quiz: Gain 1 CPD point (60 minutes)
Listen only, gain ½ a CPD point (30 minutes)
This podcasts introduces the listener to the points based system and how the proposed interim and permanent limits on Non-European Immigration will implicate upon applicants, employers and sponsors.
The main part of the podcast provides an overview of the interim limits and explains the exceptional application procedure. In addition, it provides practical advice on responding to the interim policy and an explanation of how key stakeholders can engage in the consultation process.
The final part of the discussion provides an insight into aspects of the expected permanent limit to be introduced in 2011. Caron and Louise also provide practical advice to employers and sponsors on how to prepare for the proposed permanent limit when it is introduced.
In this CPDcast, Caron Pope, a Partner from CMS Cameron McKenna who heads the Business Immigration Department, and Louise Carson, an Associate in the same Department who also has considerable expertise of Immigration Law, outline and discuss how the interim and permanent caps on Non-European Immigration will implicate upon UK business.
Podcast last reviewed: 2011-10-25