Arrest Records

Articles related to the deletion of arrest records from the Police National Computer (PNC). Arrest records can be disclosed on Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Certificates. Arrest Records will be kept on the PNC until a person is 100 years old, unless deleted. Arrest Records can also impact visa and citizenship applications.

8 07, 2018

PNC Record Deleted

By |July 8th, 2018|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

We have successfully had our client's PNC record deleted. Our client had been wrongfully accused of a minor criminal allegation. After making successful representations to the police, the case was dropped. As the client worked in a regulated profession, he was concerned about his PNC arrest record showing up on an enhanced DBS check.

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14 06, 2018

Removal of Assault Caution

By |June 14th, 2018|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

Police Caution Removal We have again had a caution deleted for one of our clients. We promptly applied for the removal of our client's police caution from the PNC. Within a relatively short period of time, the police had agreed to the expungement. The police caution had been issued in relation to an

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1 06, 2018

Police Caution Removed in Harassment Case

By |June 1st, 2018|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

We have again had a police caution deleted for a client, the client had been issued with a caution for harassment. Despite being a successful professional, the caution prevented the client from obtaining citizenship under the Home Office's "good character requirement". After reviewing the case, we were able to identity a potential avenue of

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24 04, 2018

Deletion of Knife Possession Caution

By |April 24th, 2018|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

Our client had been accused of being in possession of a bladed article (a knife) in public - and had been issued a police caution. It is, generally speaking, an offence to be in possession of blade or point in public unless it is a folding pocket knife under three inches. The client, as

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27 03, 2018

Police Caution Deleted for Solicitation Allegation

By |March 27th, 2018|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

We have again had a caution deleted for our client who had been accused of solicitation a number of years ago.   The client had always felt he had been given the caution unfairly, but had accepted it in order to avoid the humiliation of going to court.   He had lived in fear

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12 01, 2018

Police Caution Deleted for Academic

By |January 12th, 2018|Tags: , , |

We have again had a caution expunged for a client. Our client was a professional University academic, the caution was having a serious adverse effect on the client’s professional advancement. The client was extremely anxious that the caution would end their career, and even though they had fully admitted the allegation, they contacted us

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1 11, 2017

Arrest Record Deleted

By |November 1st, 2017|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

We have successfully applied for the deletion of our client’s Police National Computer (PNC) arrest record. The client had been wrongfully accused of a criminal allegation, and had been arrested, detained, fingerprinted, DNA swabbed and held overnight. We made representations to the police for the deletion of the client’s record. After initially resisting deletion,

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28 10, 2017

Police Caution Removed for Medical Student

By |October 28th, 2017|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

We have again had a caution successfully removed for one of our clients. The client had been issued a police caution in relation to an allegation of assault. After we forensically examined the evidence, we identified some major defects in the way the police had handled the case. Police Caution Expungement We

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16 10, 2017

Criminal Record Sealing and Expungement in England and Wales

By |October 16th, 2017|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Currently, England and Wales have no formal process for “sealing” a criminal record. There is no procedure to apply to a Court to have a criminal record formally sealed so it is not disclosed. There is also no formal process for expunging a criminal record (other than police records), namely erasing someone’s criminal record.

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5 10, 2017

20 Year Old Historic Police Caution Removal

By |October 5th, 2017|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

We have successfully applied for the removal from the Police National Computer (PNC) a caution issued 20 years ago. The caution related to a sexual allegation, and the vast majority of the evidence had been deleted by the police. Despite the extensive period of time since the police caution was issued, we were nevertheless

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