Fact checks about UK law, how legal systems work, justice and human rights
Economy, Business & Finance
The Prime Minister is right that support group claimants of Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) stay on a higher rate, but it'll be reduced by inflation. Read
Crime
Lawyers are taking industrial action over changes to criminal legal aid, including a reduction in fees. We've factchecked some of the claims in this debate. Read
Home Secretary Theresa May has announced an independent review of deaths in police custody. We take a look at the latest figures. Read
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. Read
Rules like the "budget surplus law" can always be repealed by a future government, and broken without any particular legal consequences in any event. Read
David Cameron describes his government's English votes scheme as a "modest proposal". Experts said recently that it lies between "moderate and radical". Read
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. Read
While there are undoubtedly lots of different religious councils and tribunals in the UK dealing with Sharia principles, they aren't courts of law. Read
Crime
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. Read
Europe
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. Read
