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Find out about changes to the deemed domicile rules for Income Tax and Capital Gains Tax from 6 April 2017.
The Intellectual Property Office offers different methods of accelerating the processing of your patent application.
The civil procedure rules govern the way civil cases are managed, and set out the processes of the Civil Division of the Court of Appeal, the High Court and the County Court.
The family procedure rules are a single set of rules governing the practice and procedure in family proceedings in the high court, county courts and magistrates' courts.
Check how much your visa application costs in the country you’re in
Information to help you protect, manage and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in China.
Look up a trade mark to see if something identical or similar to your brand is already registered.
Order birth, adoption, marriage, civil partnership and death certificates from the General Register Office (GRO) - find GRO index numbers
The National Archives is the official archive and publisher for the UK government and for England and Wales. It is the guardian of some of our most iconic national documents, dating back over 1,000 years. The National Archives is a...
Protocols and procedures for testing the distinctiveness, uniformity and stability (DUS) of certain agricultural and vegetable plants.
How to use the calculators to work out a nutrient budget for residential developments in nutrient neutrality catchments.
The UK has introduced a points-based immigration system.
Monitor the progress of a patent application through search reports, open to the public inspection files, and caveats.
Apply to the Public Trustee to find out if a tenancy has been ended after a tenant's death
This collection brings together all documents relating to BIS Permanent Secretary and Government Chief Scientific Adviser data.
We handle shipping and maritime disputes. Cases that we hear include: collisions between ships disputes over the transport of cargo salvage of a ship, cargo or crew disputes over goods supplied to a ship disputes over mortgages and other security...
Find data and analysis from Census 2021 and earlier censuses.
Check the patents journal to find UK-registered patents granted, published and filed
Examples of unacceptable trade marks around protected emblems, internet domain names and your company name.
Find registered designs in the UK
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