Connaught Law Blog

Where can you travel on a UK Home Office travel document without a visa? Fewer places than most lists claim — and the honest…

Eye injury compensation UK claims are valued with a gravity the law reserves for sight. Under the Judicial College Guidelines 18th edition (April 2026),…

Applying for a UK spouse visa from abroad costs £5,169 up front under the fees in force from 8 April 2026 — a £2,064…

The spouse visa financial requirement is £29,000 a year — or £88,500 in cash savings, or a combination under the 2.5 formula — and…

A UK spouse visa application stands or falls on five tests: an eligible sponsor, the £29,000 financial requirement, adequate accommodation, A1 English and a…

When one parent is absent — uninvolved, uncontactable, or simply gone — the parent left raising the child needs to know what they can…

A fact-finding hearing is a trial within children proceedings: the family court hears evidence about disputed allegations — most often domestic abuse — and…

Knee injury compensation UK claims are decided by a joint that forgives nothing. The knee carries every step, pivot and ladder rung, so damage…

Young adults who have spent half their lives in the UK hold one of the private life rules’ most valuable and least-known positions: the…

Wrist injury compensation is assessed under the Judicial College Guidelines 18th edition, published in April 2026, which value everything from a sprain that heals…

Every employer in the UK must check that a person may lawfully do the work before that person starts. Get the check right and…

Head injury compensation UK claims span the widest valuation range in personal injury law, from £2,920 for a minor head injury with rapid recovery…