DBS Barred Lists

Articles related to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) barred lists. If you have been cautioned, convicted, or maybe only accused of a crime, you can be placed on the DBS’s children or adults barred lists, or both. For some crimes there is automatic barring, with no right to make representations, for other offences, there is a right to make representations and to appeal a barring decision to the Upper Tribunal.

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

19 11, 2018

Racially Aggravated Assault Caution Removed

By |November 19th, 2018|Tags: , , , , , , |

We have again had a police caution deleted for a client. The client had been issued a caution for racially aggravated assaulted after a night out. The client had been drunk at the time and had been accused of assault after his friends had been thrown out of a nightclub. The client was accused

16 04, 2018

Caution Deleted for FCA Regulated Professional

By |April 16th, 2018|Tags: , , , , , , , |

We have again had a caution removed for a client. The client was a professional working in finance. The caution was causing the client issues with respect to travel abroad and also with respect to employment background checks. After reviewing the evidence, we were able to identify a number of defects with the case,

16 03, 2018

DBS Barring Appeal Success

By |March 16th, 2018|Tags: , , , , , |

We have again successfully challenged a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) barring decision.   The client had been placed on the children's barred list, however he had always felt the decision had been unfair.   The client had been investigated in relation to a sexual allegation, but the case had concluded without charge.  

1 03, 2018

Historic Police Caution Deleted for Client

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

Our client had been issued with a police caution over 10 years ago and had himself unsuccessfully applied on two occasions to have his police caution deleted.   The police force concerned had rejected his applications for deletion, stating to him that they believed they had issued the caution in a lawful manner and

2 12, 2017

Sexual Offence Police Caution Deleted

By |December 2nd, 2017|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

We have again had a caution expunged for a client. The caution had been issued a number of years previously, in relation to a sexual offence. We were able to identify aspects in the evidence which enabled us to challenge the basis of the caution, even though the caution had been issued over

8 11, 2017

DBS Barring List Success

By |November 8th, 2017|Tags: , , , , , , |

We have successfully applied to have our client removed from the Disclosure and Barings Services’ (DBS) Barred lists. The client had been placed on the barred list under the former Department of Education and Skills (DfES) list 99 procedure. The client had never been convicted of any criminal offence, but was simply the subject

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,

24 10, 2017

Police Caution Removal Success for Assault Allegation

By |October 24th, 2017|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

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

By |October 19th, 2017|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

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