Terms of Use

1. The publication and its publisher

This website (the publication) is operated by Corviado Ltd, a company registered in England and Wales (company number 17098795), whose registered office is at 86-90 Paul Street, 3rd Floor, London EC2A 4NE. References in these terms to we, us, our, and the publisher mean Corviado Ltd. References to you and your mean the reader of this publication.

This disclosure is made in accordance with section 82 of the Companies Act 2006, the Companies (Trading Disclosures) Regulations 2008, and regulation 6 of the Electronic Commerce (EC Directive) Regulations 2002. Correspondence should be addressed to the registered office above or to the email address given at clause 17.

2. Nature of the content — general information, not advice

The content of this publication is general information about the law and practice of the United Kingdom immigration system. It is written to be accurate and useful to readers across a wide range of circumstances. It is not, and is not intended to be, advice on any particular individual’s situation.

Nothing on this publication constitutes immigration advice or immigration services within the meaning of Part V of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (the 1999 Act). The publication does not provide, and is not structured to provide, advice relating to a particular individual in connection with a relevant matter as defined at section 82(1) of the 1999 Act. Corviado Ltd is not registered with the Immigration Advice Authority, because the publication’s output falls outside the scope of that registration. For advice on a specific matter, you should consult an adviser registered with the Immigration Advice Authority (the public register is at gov.uk) or a solicitor or barrister qualified in your jurisdiction.

Nothing on this publication is legal, tax, financial, or other professional advice of any kind. If you require professional advice of any description, you should instruct an appropriately qualified professional in the relevant jurisdiction.

3. The publication does not accept case enquiries

The publication does not accept or answer enquiries about individual cases. Messages describing a reader’s particular immigration, nationality, or asylum circumstances will not be answered on the merits. This is a deliberate structural position — the publication is not a regulated adviser, and it is not in readers’ interests for it to behave as one informally.

Enquiries of that kind should be directed to a regulated adviser. The Immigration Advice Authority’s public register is the primary signpost; equivalent professionals in other UK legal services regulators (the Solicitors Regulation Authority, the Bar Standards Board, CILEx Regulation, or the Scottish and Northern Irish equivalents) may also be appropriate depending on the matter.

4. Accuracy and currency of the content

The publication takes reasonable care to reflect the law in force in the United Kingdom as at the date of each article, and each article records the date at which its law was current where the distinction is material.

UK immigration law changes frequently. Statements of Changes to the Immigration Rules are laid before Parliament several times a year, and substantial amendments may come into force between publication of an article and the date on which you read it. Operational guidance issued by the Home Office is updated continuously. Case-law evolves. For these reasons, the primary sources linked from an article — legislation at legislation.gov.uk, cases at the British and Irish Legal Information Institute (BAILII), and UKVI guidance at gov.uk — are authoritative. This publication’s commentary is not, and is not offered as, a substitute for those primary sources.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not warrant that the publication is complete, current, or free from error. Where an error is drawn to our attention we will correct it, and a material correction will be flagged in the article concerned.

5. Editorial independence and conflicts

Editorial judgement on this publication is independent of the commercial activities of the publisher. The publication does not accept per-lead referral fees, does not maintain paid placements, does not run advertising, and does not sell services on this site. Where the publication signposts to regulated advisers it directs readers to the public Immigration Advice Authority register rather than to named firms.

Corviado Ltd provides consultancy services to law firms and wealth managers concerning Italian nationality law and cross-border succession. That work is transparent on the publisher’s principal website and is separate from the editorial content of this publication.

6. Intellectual property

Editorial content on this publication — including articles, analysis, design, and layout — is the copyright of Corviado Ltd, unless otherwise stated. Trade marks, logos, and branding belong to Corviado Ltd or their respective owners.

Excerpts from UK primary legislation, UK statutory instruments, and government guidance are Crown copyright and are used under the terms of the Open Government Licence v3.0, with attribution given where appropriate. Excerpts from reported judgments are used under the fair dealing provisions of sections 29 and 30 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, for the purposes of non-commercial research, criticism, review, or reporting of current events.

You are welcome to cite from articles with attribution and to link to them. You are welcome to quote short passages in review, academic, or professional writing, with attribution. You may not republish articles in full, reproduce them in any commercial product (including a training dataset, aggregated newsletter, or paywalled platform), or remove attribution, without our prior written consent.

7. Acceptable use

You may use this publication for any lawful purpose consistent with reading and reference. You must not use the publication:

• in any way that breaches applicable UK or international law or regulation;
• to knowingly introduce viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs, or other material that is malicious or technologically harmful;
• to attempt to gain unauthorised access to the publication, the server on which it is stored, or any server, computer, or database connected to it;
• to conduct systematic extraction of content (including scraping for the purposes of training a model or building a competing service) without our prior written consent;
• to misrepresent yourself as affiliated with, endorsed by, or a representative of the publication or of Corviado Ltd;
• to hold yourself out as offering immigration advice, services, or regulated activity on the basis of the publication’s content.

8. Links to external sites

The publication links extensively to third-party sources — principally legislation.gov.uk, BAILII, gov.uk, and the Upper Tribunal’s decisions portal. These links are provided for your reference. We are not responsible for the content, accuracy, availability, or continued existence of external sites and we do not endorse views expressed on them. Where a linked page becomes unavailable or moves, the best first step is to search the source site directly using the citation given in the article.

9. Privacy, cookies, and data

The publication is designed to collect as little personal data as possible from its readers. Our collection and handling of personal data is described in our Privacy Policy, which is incorporated into these terms by reference. Where these terms and the Privacy Policy address the same subject, the Privacy Policy takes precedence for data-protection matters.

The data controller for the publication, for the purposes of the UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018, is Corviado Ltd.

10. Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, and subject to the paragraph that follows, Corviado Ltd excludes liability for any loss or damage of any kind — including direct, indirect, consequential, or special loss, loss of profit, loss of business, loss of opportunity, or loss of data — arising out of or connected with your use of this publication, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty, or otherwise.

Nothing in these terms limits or excludes any liability that cannot be limited or excluded at law. This includes, without limitation, liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence, for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, and — where you interact with us as a consumer — any non-excludable statutory rights under the Consumer Rights Act 2015 or other consumer-protection legislation.

Because the publication is a free-to-read information resource and does not constitute advice, you accept that the publication’s content should not be relied upon as the basis for any decision in a legal, professional, or commercial matter, and that if you do so rely, you do so at your own risk. This provision does not affect any right you have at law that cannot be excluded.

11. Indemnity

You agree to indemnify, keep indemnified, and hold harmless Corviado Ltd, its officers, employees, and agents against any claim, loss, damage, liability, cost, or expense (including reasonable legal costs) arising from your material breach of these terms, your misuse of the publication, or your unlawful or unauthorised acts in connection with the publication.

12. Corrections and complaints

If you believe an article contains a material factual error, please write to the email address at clause 17 with a clear description of the error and, where possible, the primary source that supports the correction. We aim to consider such correspondence within fourteen (14) days of receipt and will make a material correction where appropriate, noting the correction in the article.

If you have a complaint about the publication, please write in the first instance to the email address at clause 17 with a clear description of the issue and the outcome you are seeking. We will acknowledge receipt promptly and aim to provide a substantive response within twenty-eight (28) days. If, having exhausted this procedure, you remain dissatisfied with a data-protection matter, you may refer the matter to the Information Commissioner’s Office at ico.org.uk.

13. Accessibility

The publication is designed to be accessible to readers with a range of needs, and we aim to follow the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 at level AA where practicable. Accessibility is a continuing effort; if you encounter an accessibility barrier, please write to us at the email address at clause 17 so we can address it.

14. Severability, waiver, and third parties

If any provision of these terms is held by a competent authority to be invalid, unlawful, or unenforceable in whole or in part, the provision will, to the extent required, be severed from the remainder of these terms, which will continue to be valid and enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law.

No failure or delay by either party to exercise any right or remedy under these terms constitutes a waiver of that right or remedy, nor prevents or restricts its further exercise.

No person other than you and Corviado Ltd has any right to enforce any term of these terms under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999.

15. Variation of these terms

We may revise these terms from time to time. The revised version will be published on this page with a new last revised date shown in the masthead above. Material changes will be flagged at the top of this page for a reasonable period following the revision. The version that applies to your use of the publication is the version published at the time of your access.

16. Governing law and jurisdiction

These terms, and any dispute or claim (including non-contractual disputes or claims) arising out of or in connection with them or their subject matter or formation, are governed by and construed in accordance with the law of England and Wales.

The courts of England and Wales have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with these terms or their subject matter or formation, subject to the non-derogable rights of consumers resident in Scotland or Northern Ireland to bring proceedings in the courts of their domicile.

17. Contact

Questions about these terms, corrections to articles, complaints, data-protection requests, or correspondence of any other kind should be sent by post to Corviado Ltd at the registered office given at clause 1, or by email to the address published on our About page. The publication does not respond to case enquiries by any means — please see clause 3.