Claim: Your name, as registered at birth, is a fictional legal entity which you can choose whether or not to use. Obligations such as attending court are optional if you disregard what is described as the fictional legal entity.
Fact-check: Video makes misleading claims about birth certificates and the law - Full Fact
Verdict: these beliefs have previously failed as a defence in uk courts. all births in england, wales and northern ireland must be registered within 42 days of the child being born. in scotland a birth must be registered within 21 days.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Sarah Turnnidge
Date published: 2021-08-25T00:00:00