Let’s Talk About ‘Ending Free Movement’: What Is Changing?
Published on: 21/08/2019
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Lisa Bryson Partner, Eversheds Sutherland - Middle East
Lisa Bryson Partner, Eversheds Sutherland - Middle East
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Lisa is a Partner in the Eversheds Sutherland employment team in Dubai. She advises on employment and equality law matters, and is also part of our UK-wide immigration team.

Lisa is an experienced employment lawyer with more than 20 years’ experience in the field.  She has worked for Eversheds Sutherland and been a member of the global employment, labour and pensions group for the majority of her career.

She has previously worked in the Nottingham, London and Belfast offices before relocating to the UAE in 2022 to further strengthen our employment law offering in the Middle East.

Lisa has considerable experience of providing contentious and non-contentious employment law advice to multi-national companies with a presence around the globe.  She advises clients across a broad range of sectors with a particular interest in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and the people considerations of ESG within the financial and professional services, TMT and the industrials sectors.  She is noted in the legal directories as a ‘next generation partner’ and as being a ‘strategic thinker’.  The directories also note her track record of defending high-value and commercially sensitive litigation matters alongside the fact she ‘delivers for her clients with great efficiency’. 

Lisa also supports businesses seeking to move their workforce around the globe and recruit new employees to ensure that all legal, visa and immigrations requirements are met.

Lisa is an accomplished presenter and has spoken on a wide range of employment law topics including restrictive covenants and confidential information, discrimination and mental health in the workplace.  She is regularly invited to comment on topical HR matters.

Reports early this week indicated that the new Home Secretary intends to “end free movement” to the UK of EEA citizens immediately in the event of no-deal Brexit.

This has caused widespread alarm and was clarified by a Home Office Fact Sheet on Monday. What has changed?

Three themes are clear from the statement.  There are as follows:

1. The EU Settlement Scheme will continue, deal or no deal, for those resident in the UK prior to the Brexit date. EEA and Swiss citizens living in the UK by 31 October 2019 will have until at least 31 December 2020 to apply. Their entry to the UK, for work or pleasure, in the interim should not be impacted.

2. 

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