Connaught Law Blog

Family visitor and tourist applications run on the same Standard Visitor visa — £135 for six months — but they are judged differently: a…

There is no formal sponsorship certificate for UK visitors — “sponsoring” a visit means putting your own status, finances and accommodation into someone else’s…

UK data protection law was significantly amended in 2025, but not replaced. The UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018 remain the framework;…

If the family home is in your spouse’s sole name, a matrimonial home rights notice is the free protection that stops it being sold…

Foot injury compensation in the UK is assessed under the Judicial College Guidelines 18th edition, published in April 2026. Minor foot injuries are valued…

The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 gives the state powerful tools to strip the profits of crime — confiscation orders after conviction, restraint orders…

Most UK visitor applications succeed — the Home Office granted 2.2 million visitor visas in the year ending March 2026 — but refusal is…

Discretionary leave is granted outside the Immigration Rules, under Home Office policy rather than any rule you can point to. It is far narrower…

Every grant of limited leave can carry conditions, and breaching one is a route to curtailment, refusal of the next application and a re-entry…

Divorce changes immigration status for one group only: partners whose visa depends on the marriage. ILR survives divorce untouched, but a spouse visa holder…

The final order of divorce ends your marriage — it does not end your financial ties. Until a court order closes them, both former…

“Unreasonable behaviour” was, for decades, the most-used route to divorce in England and Wales — and since 6 April 2022 it no longer exists…