DBS Appeals Archives

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

24 10, 2017

Police Caution Removal Success for Assault Allegation
Police Caution Removal Success for Assault Allegation

Police Caution Removal Success for Assault Allegation

By Matt Elkins|October 24th, 2017|Tags: Arrest Record Deletion, Cautions Removed, DBS, DBS Appeals, DBS Appeals Certificate, DBS Barred Lists, DBS Certificate, DBS Solicitors, Delete a Police Caution, Expunge a Police Caution, Expungement, Police Caution, Police Caution Procedure, Police Caution Removal, Police Caution Removal Solicitors, Police Caution Solicitor, Police Cautions, Police Cautions Removed|

We have again had a police caution expunged from the Police National Computer (PNC) for our client. Our client worked in financial services, and the caution was having a detrimental impact on our client's career. The caution would have been disclosed on a standard Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check for 6 years, and

19 10, 2017

DBS Barring Procedure Successfully Halted
DBS Barring Procedure Successfully Halted

DBS Barring Procedure Successfully Halted

By Matt Elkins|October 19th, 2017|Tags: DBS, DBS Appeals, DBS Appeals Certificate, DBS Barred Lists, DBS Certificate, DBS Solicitors, Disclosure and Barring Service, Police Caution Removal Solicitors, Police Caution Solicitor|

We have successfully prevented a client from being placed on the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) children’s barred list. The DBS had commenced an investigation into whether to bar our client. They had taken an initial view that it may be appropriate to place the client on the barred list. The DBS barring investigation

16 10, 2017

Criminal Record Sealing and Expungement in England and Wales
Criminal Record Sealing and Expungement in England and Wales

Criminal Record Sealing and Expungement in England and Wales

By Matt Elkins|October 16th, 2017|Tags: Arrest Record Deletion, Arrest Records, Cautions Removed, Criminal Record Sealing, Criminal Records, Criminal Records Check, DBS Appeals, DBS Appeals Certificate, Delete a Police Caution, Expungement, Police Caution, Police Caution Removal, Police Cautions, Record Deletion Process, Seal a Criminal Record|

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.

5 10, 2017

20 Year Old Historic Police Caution Removal
20 Year Old Historic Police Caution Removal

20 Year Old Historic Police Caution Removal

By Matt Elkins|October 5th, 2017|Tags: Arrest Record Deletion, Arrest Records, Caution Removal Solicitors, Cautions Removed, DBS Appeals, DBS Appeals Certificate, DBS Barred Lists, DBS Certificate, DBS Solicitors, Delete a Police Caution, Expunge a Police Caution, Expungement, Police Caution, Police Caution Removal, Police Caution Removal Solicitors, Police Caution Solicitor, Police Cautions, Police Cautions Removed|

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

26 07, 2017

Police Caution Removal Success

By Matt Elkins|July 26th, 2017|Tags: Cautions Removed, Criminal Records, DBS, DBS Appeals, DBS Appeals Certificate, DBS Barred Lists, DBS Certificate, DBS Solicitors, Delete a Criminal Record, Delete a Police Caution, Expunge a Police Caution, Expungement, Police Caution, Police Caution Procedure, Police Caution Removal, Police Caution Removal Solicitors, Police Caution Solicitor, Police Cautions, Police Cautions Removed, Record Deletion Process|

We have had a police caution deleted for our client. The caution was issued in the context of an acrimonious separation. The client was a health care professional, and so had the caution not been removed, it would have likely resulted in the client being struck off, and their losing their professional career. The

8 07, 2017

Child Cruelty Police Caution Removed for Client

By Matt Elkins|July 8th, 2017|Tags: DBS, DBS Appeals, DBS Appeals Certificate, DBS Certificate, DBS Solicitors, Delete a Police Caution, Disclosure and Barring Service, Expunge a Police Caution, Expungement, Police Caution, Police Caution Procedure, Police Caution Removal, Police Caution Removal Solicitors, Police Cautions, Police Cautions Removed|

We have had a caution deleted for our client who was issued a caution nearly ten years ago for assaulting their child. They had previously attempted to have the caution removed, instructing a different and well known, firm of lawyers. The police had rejected the client’s previous application and came to us to try

29 06, 2017

Possession of Drugs Caution Expunged for Client

By Matt Elkins|June 29th, 2017|Tags: Arrest Records, Caution Removal Solicitors, Cautions Removed, DBS, DBS Appeals, DBS Appeals Certificate, DBS Certificate, DBS Solicitors, Delete a Criminal Record, Delete a Police Caution, Police Caution Removal, Police Caution Removal Solicitors, Police Caution Solicitor|

We have had a possession of drugs caution deleted from the PNC for our client. Our client had been found in possession of a class A drug, and had accepted a police caution as a result. After we reviewed the evidence, we noticed there were some serious defects in the way in which the

16 06, 2017

Sexual Offence Police Caution Expunged for our Client

By Matt Elkins|June 16th, 2017|Tags: Arrest Records, Caution Removal Solicitors, Cautions Removed, DBS, DBS Appeals, DBS Appeals Certificate, DBS Barred Lists, DBS Certificate, DBS Solicitors, Delete a Police Caution, Expungement, Police Caution, Police Caution Removal, Police Caution Removal Solicitors, Police Caution Solicitor, Police Cautions, Police Cautions Removed|

We have had a police caution expunged from the PNC for our client. The client had been issued a police caution for possession of indecent images. The caution had been issued nearly two years ago and effectively destroyed the client’s career. After investigating the police file, we noticed serious defects in the police’s evidence,

4 06, 2017

Historic Indecent Assault Police Caution Expunged

By Matt Elkins|June 4th, 2017|Tags: Caution Removal Solicitors, Cautions Removed, Criminal Records, DBS, DBS Appeals, DBS Appeals Certificate, DBS Solicitors, Delete a Police Caution, Expunge a Police Caution, Expungement, Police Caution, Police Caution Removal, Police Caution Removal Solicitors, Police Caution Solicitor, Police Cautions, Police Cautions Removed|

We have again had a police caution removed for a client. The caution was issued decades ago and, due to it being of a sexual nature, continued to be disclosed on a standard and enhanced DBS certificate. The client had previously applied to the police to have the caution expunged, without success. After we

25 05, 2017

Another ABH Caution Deleted From the Police National Computer

By Matt Elkins|May 25th, 2017|Tags: ABH Caution Removals, DBS Appeals, DBS Appeals Certificate, DBS Certificate, Delete a Police Caution, Expungement, Police Caution, Police Caution Removal|

We have again had a police caution deleted for our client. The caution had been issued a number of years ago, but it was still causing significant problems for the client with respect to his professional career. After obtaining the police's evidence, we identified a number of significant errors in the police's case.

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