‘On 11 November 2025, the Court of Appeal confirmed the applicable test for determining what constitutes “family life” for adults under Article 8 of the ECHR. In doing so, it applied a fairly limited conception of family life, albeit one which largely comports with the Strasbourg case law. Inadvertently, this judgment also offers a response to certain political calls to limit the domestic effect of the Convention. The case is IA & Ors v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2025] EWCA Civ 1516.’
Administrative Court Blog, 8th December 2025
