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Immigration staff guidance on UK Visas and Immigration's powers to search people and seize items.
Find out what makes a person an enabler of tax avoidance, and what to do about legally privileged communications.
Investors and businesses may be legally required to tell the government about certain sensitive acquisitions under the National Security and Investment Act.
Apply to stay in the UK as a stateless person – who can apply, how to include family, documents you need, how to apply and extend
Non-military housing options and advice available to serving personnel who are not seeking or due to leave service
Help someone make decisions if they appoint you or if they lack mental capacity - includes using a power of attorney, becoming a deputy and getting a one-off Court of Protection ruling
How to identify and record the people who own or control your company.
Reports on the Appointed Person for England and Wales under section 291 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002.
Claiming asylum as a refugee, the asylum process and support
Find out if you are an entitled relative and how to claim an estate from the Bona Vacantia division.
Guidance on the pre-examination stage for Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects.
Apply to act for someone in court - litigation friends for children and people who cannot act for themselves because they lack the mental capacity
How an obliged entity can make a report if there’s a material discrepancy between the information it holds about a person with significant control (PSC) or registrable beneficial owner of an overseas entity, and the information on the Companies House...
Guidance, created in 2012, for those who wish to begin a private prosecution for offences where the Attorney General’s consent is required.
Making someone bankrupt is one way to recover money owed to you – bankruptcy petition fees and download a guide to creditor bankruptcy petitions
Extradition processes and agreements between the UK and other countries, role of the Secretary of State, High Court and Supreme Court.
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