Connaught Law Blog

A clean break order ends the financial relationship between divorcing spouses for good: once made, neither can bring maintenance, capital, pension or estate claims…

St Kitts and Nevis runs the world’s oldest citizenship-by-investment programme, and in 2026 the entry point is a US$250,000 contribution or a US$325,000 approved…

Loss of earnings compensation replaces the income an injury or dismissal has taken, and the calculation follows a settled method. Injury courts award the…

Ankle injury compensation is assessed under the Judicial College Guidelines 18th edition, published in April 2026, which value everything from a sprain that recovers…

One UK-born grandparent gives Commonwealth citizens a five-year working visa with almost no strings: £726, any employment or self-employment, family included, and indefinite leave…

Birth injury compensation exists for one reason: when maternity care falls below a reasonable standard and a baby or mother is harmed, the law…

The Windrush Scheme puts right what the hostile environment got wrong: free documentation of status — and free British citizenship — for Commonwealth citizens…

An international divorce is one where the spouses’ lives cross borders — different nationalities, homes in different countries, or assets spread across jurisdictions. Two…

Spouses can transfer assets between them free of capital gains tax while they are living together. Separation used to end that treatment at the…

Assigning a lease means transferring the whole of your leasehold interest to someone else — the assignee steps into the lease as tenant, and…

There is no such thing as common-law marriage in England and Wales. However long you live together, unmarried partners have no right to maintenance…

ATED is the annual price of holding a home worth over £500,000 inside a company: between £4,600 and £303,450 for 2026-27, payable every April,…