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The European Union (Withdrawal) Bill
An introduction to the World Trade Organisation
Was the EU referendum “advisory”?
Brexit bill: What amendments have been passed?
A judge did say he would pay a teenage girl’s victim surcharge after she stabbed the man who had sexually assaulted her
No evidence for how Supreme Court judges voted in EU referendum
That claim you’ve seen about Supreme Court judges getting paid £175,000 by the EU is totally made up
The Lord Kerr who wrote Article 50 isn’t the Lord Kerr who sits on the Supreme Court
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Criminal law
5th Jun 2017
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27th Jun 2018
Upskirting: what’s the legal situation?
5th Jun 2017
Counter-terrorism powers
27th Jun 2018
Upskirting: what’s the legal situation?
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24th Jul 2020
Many children have been the victims of grooming gangs, but there’s no evidence for a figure of one million
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24th Jun 2020
Footballers aren’t banned from wearing the poppy
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27th May 2020
What did the lockdown rules say when Dominic Cummings travelled to Durham?
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9th Apr 2020
The 5G And Beyond Act is not a British law
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27th Feb 2020
Iceland has not declared that all religions are mental disorders
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18th Feb 2020
Justice spending is down 25% since 2010, not 40%
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21st Jan 2020
There’s limited evidence that lie detectors will be effective on terror offenders
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10th Jan 2020
How long do murderers serve in prison?
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11th Dec 2019
Usman Khan and sentencing terror offences
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2nd Dec 2019
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