Guides
Long-form writing on the rules, the statute, and the cases.
Each piece is written against primary sources, footnoted, and intended to be read slowly. Citations link to legislation.gov.uk, BAILII, and gov.uk. This index is in reverse chronological order.
Published
Settlement
~13 min
Appendix Long Residence: the ten-year route as a series of narrow doors.
On the lawfulness requirement, Appendix Continuous Residence, the interaction with section 3C, the second bite of Part Suitability after HC1333, and the KoLL thresholds that close the route at its end.
Published 24 April 2026
The Structure
~12 min
Paragraph 39E, the fourteen-day rule that isn’t a rule.
On the overstayer exception in two limbs, the section 3C gap it was designed to fill, and the operational consequences of invoking it.
Published 24 April 2026
Entry & Leave
~14 min
Five ways Appendix FM spouse applications fail, and why most applicants never see it coming.
On the evidential discipline of Appendix FM-SE, the Part Suitability shift after HC1333, and the quiet provisions that defeat applications the merits should have won.
Published 24 April 2026
Editor's Note
~5 min
On the difficulty of the UK immigration rules, and what this publication proposes to do about it.
A short statement on why a publication like this one exists, what it will treat seriously, and what it will refuse to do.
Published 24 April 2026
In Preparation
Articles currently being written. Titles may change between here and publication.
Nationality
Good character at naturalisation: the unwritten weighting of a statutory test.
The Structure
Section 3C of the Immigration Act 1971, without mystery.
Entry & Leave
Appendix EU complex cases: retained rights, Surinder Singh, and Zambrano after Brexit.