Flora Mewies is an exceptional immigration advisor, always at hand to give excellent advice at a moments notice, if she is unable to reply immediately then she will set expectations on timing of replies or ask one of her colleagues to assist.
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