Connaught Law Blog

The Innovator visa closed to new applicants on 13 April 2023, but thousands of existing holders are still on it — and their position…

The Start-up visa closed to new applicants on 13 July 2023, and because its grants ran for a maximum of two years, the final…

The Tier 1 Entrepreneur visa closed in three stages: to new applicants on 29 March 2019, to extensions on 5 April 2023, and to…

The sole representative visa closed to new applicants on 11 April 2022 — but unlike the entrepreneur routes, its holders were never forced to…

Collaborative divorce settles a separation in face-to-face meetings, each of you advised by your own solicitor throughout — with one rule that changes everything:…

Property law has changed more in two years than in the previous twenty, and the changes land on different people differently: viral claims about…

Soft tissue injury claims in the UK are valued under two separate sets of settlement guidelines, and which one applies can change an award…

Mental health conditions intersect settlement applications at two points: exemptions from the English language and Life in the UK requirements for those whose conditions…

Children reach UK settlement by several doors — joining settled parents under paragraph 297, SET(F) applications from inside the UK, the seven-year private life…

Sponsoring overseas workers is one licence system with many doors: Skilled Worker for long-term hires, Global Business Mobility for moves within a group, Scale-up…

Sponsor licence compliance has moved from background administration to the sharpest risk on an employer’s immigration file. Home Office enforcement visits rose 58% in…

The student visa changes running through 2025 and 2026 land on two audiences at once: students face a shorter Graduate route, tighter financial checks…