Connaught Law Blog

Fifteen months after the white paper, the useful question is no longer what it proposed but what has actually become law — and whether…

Replacement of domestic items relief lets a landlord deduct the full cost of replacing furniture, appliances and furnishings in a let property — and…

The Renters’ Rights Act 2025 is now law in force, not a proposal to track. Since 1 May 2026 every private tenancy in England…

UK visa processing runs to published service standards — three weeks for most entry clearance including Skilled Worker and visitor visas, twelve weeks for…

There is no UK investor visa today. Tier 1 (Investor) closed in February 2022, and the new investment route trailed in press reports since…

A Certificate of Sponsorship is not a certificate at all — it is an electronic record a licensed employer creates for one worker, carrying…

An interest-only mortgage is a legal structure as much as a financial one: the monthly payment covers interest alone, and the contract makes you…

Two years after the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 became law, one provision is in force, the valuation reforms are not, and marriage…

A refused sponsor licence application and a revoked licence are different events with different consequences — but neither carries a right of appeal. Refusal…

A sponsor licence costs £611 for small or charitable sponsors and £1,682 for medium or large ones under the Home Office fee table in…

A restaurant lease fails differently from an office lease: the extraction duct that cannot be installed, the use class that does not cover hot…

A disappointed beneficiary is someone who should have inherited and did not — because a will was drafted too slowly, executed badly, or made…