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24 July 2015

The "too old to adopt their granddaughter" myth

A widely reported story about a judge refusing to allow a child to live with her grandparents, because they were too old, is proved wrong by the judgment.

The "too old to adopt their granddaughter" myth

20 July 2015

Paying off the debt, one law at a time

Rules like the "budget surplus law" can always be repealed by a future government, and broken without any particular legal consequences in any event.

8 July 2015

The government's "modest proposal"

David Cameron describes his government's English votes scheme as a "modest proposal". Experts said recently that it lies between "moderate and radical".

6 July 2015

Legal aid lawyers aren't on £200 an hour

A remark in Parliament that legal aid lawyers can earn £200 an hour for social welfare cases gives the wrong impression. Hourly rates are around £50-£70.

Legal aid lawyers aren't on £200 an hour

2 July 2015

Ask Full Fact: does urinating in public put you on the sex offenders register?

It's very unlikely that being caught urinating in public will get you charged with a sexual offence, like exposure, that puts you on the police register.

Ask Full Fact: does urinating in public put you on the sex offenders register?

1 July 2015

Is Grexit legal?

EU members can leave the Union voluntarily, but there's no legal mechanism for a country to drop or be ejected from the euro. Grexit may well happen anyway.

9 June 2015

Are foreign criminals using human rights to avoid being deported?

133 foreign criminals were allowed to stay in the country out of respect for their human rights in 2013.

Are foreign criminals using human rights to avoid being deported?

1 June 2015

Keeping human rights, while scrapping them

It's the end of the world as we know it. Or it's a plan to "reform and modernise our human rights legal framework". We'll just describe it as the Conservative …

1 June 2015

The EU, homeopathy and Norwegian vets

"EU orders Britain's organic farmers to treat sick animals with homeopathy"—Daily Telegraph, 24 April 2015 For better or worse, homeopathic remedies are certainly promoted in EU organic food standards. But …

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The "too old to adopt their granddaughter" myth

Paying off the debt, one law at a time

The government's "modest proposal"

Legal aid lawyers aren't on £200 an hour

Ask Full Fact: does urinating in public put you on the sex offenders register?

Is Grexit legal?

Are foreign criminals using human rights to avoid being deported?

Keeping human rights, while scrapping them

The EU, homeopathy and Norwegian vets

How the EU's asylum policy affects us

Law

The "too old to adopt their granddaughter" myth

Paying off the debt, one law at a time

The government's "modest proposal"

Legal aid lawyers aren't on £200 an hour

Ask Full Fact: does urinating in public put you on the sex offenders register?

Is Grexit legal?

Are foreign criminals using human rights to avoid being deported?

Keeping human rights, while scrapping them

The EU, homeopathy and Norwegian vets

How the EU's asylum policy affects us

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