Connaught Law Blog

New build conveyancing runs on the developer’s paperwork and the developer’s clock: a reservation fee, a 28-day exchange deadline, a contract drafted for the…

When the local authority becomes involved with your children, the process runs on two sections of the Children Act 1989: section 17, support for…

A stateless person — recognised by no country as a national — has a dedicated UK route: Appendix Statelessness grants five years’ leave without…

Surrogacy is legal in the UK, but the law around it is old and awkward: agreements are unenforceable, the surrogate is the legal mother…

Where the children live after separation — and how much they see the other parent — is decided by agreement where possible and by…

When separated parents live in different countries — or one wants to — children’s arrangements gain an international layer: consent for travel, permission for…

Seven continuous years in the UK gives a child a route to status that does not depend on their parents’ immigration history — and…

Moving home means running a sale and a purchase at the same time, usually inside a chain of other people doing the same thing…

The Child Student visa brings 4 to 17 year olds to the UK for independent school education: a £558 application, an unconditional school place,…

Cafcass — the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service — is the independent body that advises the family courts in England about…

Divorce divides what the marriage built — not necessarily everything you own. English law separates matrimonial assets, shared equally as a starting point, from…

Grandparents have no automatic legal right to see their grandchildren in England and Wales — but the law gives them a route. When divorce,…