Relationships between spouses and parent and child almost always meet the criteria of ‘family life’, as do siblings who live with each other.  In the Court of Appeal case of Pavandeep Singh v Entry Clearance Officer (ECO), New Delhi, Lord Dyson stated, “The existence or non-existence of “family life” for the purposes of Article 8 is essentially a question of fact depending upon the real existence in practice of close personal ties”.