About Us

We are the leading legal practice specialising exclusively in police caution removal, DBS appeals, related disciplinary proceedings, and online reputation management.

Over the years, we have had hundreds of police cautions and other police records removed for our clients.

Legisia is run by Matthew Elkins, who is a qualified Solicitor and Solicitor Advocate.

Mr Elkins has succeeded in having hundreds of police cautions and arrest records removed for clients. Most of our clients are professionals, or trainee professionals, whose records threatened to derail their career or block an immigration application. Please see our many positive Trustpilot Reviews.

Mr Elkins co-authored a paper on reform of the police cautioning procedure which was published in the Criminal Law Review (the leading criminal law journal: “Suggestions for Reform to the Simple Cautioning procedure”). He also wrote the UK Westlaw Insight on Police Cautions. Mr Elkins has also published an article in the Criminal Law and Justice Weekly on anonymity in criminal proceedings and its impact on the police caution: Adult Defendant Anonymity in Criminal Proceedings

Mr Elkins’s first police caution removal case was over 17 years ago, when he managed to overturn a caution issued to a police officer. From then he saw the significant impact that minor criminal allegations can have on otherwise respectable and honest people, particularly people who are professionals, or those who hope to pursue a professional career.

Mr Elkins’s second case was for a bank director, whose caution for theft threatened to decimate his career and life. Realising the huge impact this minor allegation would have on his client, Mr Elkins fought hard to overturn the caution. Mr Elkins exposed some significant and compelling defects in the police’s case, which ultimately allowed the client to return to his life as before.

From there Mr Elkins has developed a practice specialising in police records and related matters; he deals exclusively with cases that relate to the essence of every professional career – reputation. As Shakespeare put it, we believe reputation is the immediate jewel of the soul, and we will fight hard to protect yours.

As a business, we believe that the retention and disclosure of minor criminal allegations is very unfair, and can lead to some extremely unjust outcomes. Due to this belief and understanding of the defects in the system, we will do all we can to help redress the balance of justice.

Through our years of experience we have developed a keen understanding of the best tactics that will resolve a case, with as little stress as possible. Through our always sensible and reasonable approach with the police, we believe we have developed a solid reputation for honesty and integrity. Due to our experience in this area, we are often referred cases by other lawyers, and have on a number of occasions represented lawyers who have found themselves in difficulty.

Prior to qualifying as a solicitor Mr Elkins was a Graduate teaching assistant at the University of Geneva and the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies. There he taught international human rights and public law to postgraduate degree students. Mr Elkins frequently draws on his extensive knowledge of human rights law to fight for his clients, and enjoys setting out well researched technical legal arguments.

Mr Elkins is ably assisted by Myrian Rubi, who will be your first contact after your initial enquiry.

Fielding all our initial enquiries, Myriam has significant experience of all the major issues related to police caution, arrest records, and DBS matters, and so will be able to give a solid first opinion as to whether your case has any prospect of success. If she believes we can help, then an initial consultation with Mr Elkins can be arranged.

Myriam is a fully qualified mental health nurse.

Myriam also has a biomedical sciences degree from UCL and she completed her professional training at Kings College, London.

Given Myriam’s healthcare background she is well positioned to provide support in relation to any healthcare disciplinary proceedings before the HCPC, the GDC, the GMC, the NMC, and any other healthcare regulator.

To support us in our work, where the case requires it, we also work alongside trusted professionals including forensic psychologists and psychiatrists, counsellors, private detectives, forensic IT experts, drugs experts and transcribers.