Every step of the way Flora Mewies’ assistance was critical for myself and my employer; essential to the positive outcome that we achieved. Flora’s third party advice and counsel, her presence, her writing and her editing of our submission documents were all timely and world-class. Very importantly, she helped attenuate the stress that we all felt in the midst of these issues. I would be pleased and honoured to work again with Flora Mewies.
Matters of which Flora has advised include:
- Numerous successful Global Talent (Tier 1 Exceptional Talent) endorsement and visa applications for experts in digital technology (Tech Nation), arts and culture (The Arts Council) and research and innovation (The Royal Society and The British Academy)
- Helping a London based digital technology start-up founder with a Tier 1 Exceptional Talent visa and their dependants attain ILR
- Successfully applying for a Tier 2 General sponsor licence for a North-East based company following revocation of its previous licence and obtaining new Tier 2 General visas and unbroken continuous residence for an employee and their partner
- Receiving a spousal/partner visa for a Syrian refugee living in Greece based on their marriage to a British citizen
- Successfully challenging a Civil Penalty Notice issued to a premier league football club for employing illegal workers with the result of the penalty being reduced to nil and providing right to work check training to HR and Management
- Assisting with the closure of multiple businesses in the UK and Europe which involved both TUPE and redundancy consultations and acting as project manager for all European legal advice
- Successfully defending an Employment Tribunal claim (constructive unfair dismissal, disability discrimination and breach of contract) at a four day hearing for a private care home provider
- Advising a top London-based recruitment agency in relation to the removal of confidential information and anticipated breach of non-compete restrictive covenant and successfully negotiating onerous undertakings from the ex-employee