DBS Appeals

Articles related to appealing information disclosed on Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Certificates, and appealing DBS Barring Proceedings.

7 11, 2023

Assault Occasioning Actual Bodily Harm (ABH) | Can you get a caution for ABH?

By |November 7th, 2023|Tags: , , , |

By Matt Elkins, Solicitor Advocate and Director of Legisia Legal Services – published in the Criminal Law Review and author of the Westlaw UK Insight on Police Cautions. Last updated: July 2026 What is ABH? ABH Meaning at a Glance ABH stands for assault occasioning actual bodily harm – an offence under section 47

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28 11, 2019

Theft Police Caution Deleted for Client

By |November 28th, 2019|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

Our client was issued a police caution for theft. The allegation was a very low level incident of "theft by finding" during a University night out with friends. The client and his friends had taken an item of property they had thought was discarded. The client had seen the item lying in what appeared

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3 11, 2019

Can You Appeal a DBS Check? Answering FAQs on DBS Certificates

By |November 3rd, 2019|Tags: , , , |

We get many questions about DBS checks. The most common question is, can you appeal a DBS check? The short answer here is that you can dispute information disclosed on a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) certificate. However, the issue will be whether the DBS made a mistake and what type of certificate you

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24 06, 2019

Drugs Caution Deleted for Travel to China

By |June 24th, 2019|Tags: , , , , , |

Police Caution Deleted for Visa to China Our client had been issued a police caution in relation to a relatively significant amount of drugs. The client stated that the drugs had not belonged to him, but one of his friends. The client had said that the police had told him and his friends

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6 02, 2019

What Shows up on an Enhanced DBS check?

By |February 6th, 2019|Tags: , , , , , , |

What shows up on an enhanced DBS check is subject to detailed procedural rules. There are certain categories of police disposals and convictions that will automatically be disclosed on a standard and enhanced DBS certificate. Along with disclosing information according to defined categories, an Enhanced DBS Certificate can also include information on the basis

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4 11, 2018

Police Caution and Local Records Deleted for Client

By |November 4th, 2018|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

We have recently had our client's police caution deleted and also his locally held police records. Our client had been involved in a domestic dispute with his siblings, which resulted in the police being called. The allegation was minor, but the police decided to arrest our client on the basis of avoiding an ongoing

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26 10, 2018

Assault Allegation Removed for Health Professional

By |October 26th, 2018|Tags: , , , , , |

We have successfully had a police caution for assault deleted for our client. The client was a medical professional and had been issued the caution in relation to a dispute with a civil enforcement officer. The client, for fear of being prosecuted at court, and the potential for exposure that this might bring, and

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26 09, 2018

Domestic Common Assault Caution Deleted

By |September 26th, 2018|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

Our client had been issued a caution for domestic common assault. The client and her husband had been in a minor dispute, where tempers had briefly flared, and the police had been called. No injury had resulted, but owing to the police's pro-active approach to domestic allegations, our client was arrested and taken into

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8 09, 2018

ABH Police Caution Deleted for Regulated Worker

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

Our client had been issued a caution for Actual Bodily Harm (ABH). ABH is on a list of offences that will always be disclosed on both an enhanced and a standard DBS certificate. The caution had been issued in the context of an acrimonious separation, and the incident had come about due a period

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17 08, 2018

Deletion of Solicitation Police Caution

By |August 17th, 2018|Tags: , , , , , , |

Our client had been issued a police caution for soliciting a prostitute over 15 years ago. Given the nature of the caution it was being disclosed on an enhanced DBS certificate and was causing the client professional difficulties as he worked in a regulated sector. Despite the caution's age, we were able to obtain

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