Connaught Law Blog

A child’s injury claim runs on rules of its own. A litigation friend — usually a parent — conducts the claim, a court must…

A record 8,790 US nationals applied for British citizenship in 2025 — up 42% on 2024, with the final quarter alone setting a quarterly…

Companies with more than one class of share can allocate voting power, dividends and capital returns in precise, bespoke ways. That flexibility, granted by…

ETIAS — the EU’s €20 travel authorisation for visa-free visitors — has still not launched: Brussels has withdrawn its late-2026 target and now promises…

Biometric residence permits expired on 31 December 2024, and UK immigration status now lives online as an eVisa — accessed through a free UKVI…

There is no official average payout for a dog bite in the UK — awards are built from what the bite actually did: scarring,…

UKVCAS is the appointment layer of every in-country visa application: after applying online, you enrol biometrics and submit documents at a service point —…

Refugee status is not permanent, and the Home Office does not need to prove you lied to take it away. It ends in four…

Refugee family reunion closed to new applications at 15:00 on 4 September 2025 and has not reopened. There is no announced reopening date and…

Modern civil litigation in England and Wales is the product of 150 years of reform. Every feature a litigant meets today — a single…

British housing law is 177 years of crisis and response: cholera built the first housing statutes, war built the council estates, inflation built Right…

A UK asylum claim runs through screening, a substantive interview and a decision, with a right of appeal to the First-tier Tribunal if it…