By Matt Elkins|February 6th, 2019|Tags: DBS, DBS Adult Barred List, DBS Appeals, DBS Appeals Certificate, DBS Appeals Solicitors, DBS Barred List, DBS Certificate, DBS Childrens Barred List, DBS Filtering, DBS Filtering Guide, DBS Lawyer, DBS Minded to Bar, DBS Notice to Bar, DBS Solicitor, Disclosure and Barring Service|
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
By Matt Elkins|January 31st, 2019|Tags: DBS Certificate, DBS Filtering, DBS Lawyer, Delete a Police Caution, Deleting a Police Caution, Deleting an Arrest Record|
Yesterday the Supreme Court handed down a judgement with respect to the disclosure of past criminal records. This litigation had been ongoing for a number of years, including numerous claimants and campaign groups. The judgement can be found here: R (on the application of P, G and W) (Respondents) v Secretary of State for
By Matt Elkins|June 1st, 2018|Tags: ACRO Police certificate, Arrest Records, Caution Removal Solicitors, Cautions Removed, DBS Appeals Certificate, DBS Appeals Solicitors, DBS Filtering, DBS Lawyer, Expunge a Police Caution, Police Caution, Police Caution Removal Solicitors, Police Caution Solicitor, Police Cautions and Police Certificates, Police Cautions Removed|
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
By Matt Elkins|March 16th, 2018|Tags: DBS, DBS Adult Barred List, DBS Appeals, DBS Appeals Certificate, DBS Appeals Solicitors, DBS Barred List, DBS Certificate, DBS Childrens Barred List, DBS Filtering, DBS Filtering Guide, DBS Lawyer, DBS Minded to Bar, DBS Notice to Bar, DBS Solicitor|
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. Despite the allegation being
By Matt Elkins|October 19th, 2017|Tags: Barred List Appeals, DBS, DBS Adult Barred List, DBS Appeals, DBS Appeals Certificate, DBS Appeals Solicitors, DBS Barred List, DBS Certificate, DBS Childrens Barred List, DBS Filtering, DBS Filtering Guide, DBS Lawyer, DBS Minded to Bar, DBS Notice to Bar, DBS Solicitor, Disclosure and Barring Service, Minded to Bar, 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
By Matt Elkins|July 26th, 2017|Tags: Cautions Removed, Criminal Records, DBS, DBS Appeals, DBS Appeals Certificate, DBS Appeals Solicitors, DBS Barred List, DBS Certificate, DBS Filtering, DBS Minded to Bar, DBS Solicitor, Delete a Criminal Record, Delete a Police Caution, Deleting a Police Caution, Deleting an Arrest Record, Expunge a Police Caution, Expungement, Minded to Bar, Police Caution, Police Caution Procedure, Police Caution Removal, Police Caution Removal Solicitors, Police Caution Solicitor, Police Cautions, Police Cautions Removed, Record Deletion Process, Youth Caution|
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
By Matt Elkins|April 4th, 2017|Tags: Arrest Record Deletion, Arrest Records, Cautions Removed, CRB certificate, DBS, DBS Certificate, DBS Filtering, DBS Solicitor, Deleting an Arrest Record, Police Caution, Police Caution Removal, Police Caution Removal Solicitors|
We have successfully applied to the police for our client’s arrest record and biometric data to be deleted. We had previously successfully applied to have the client’s cautioned expunged. The client had had a caution for ABH. A caution for ABH is considered to be more serious than other offences, and will be disclosed for
By Matt Elkins|February 8th, 2017|Tags: DBS, DBS Adult Barred List, DBS Appeals, DBS Appeals Certificate, DBS Appeals Solicitors, DBS Barred List, DBS Certificate, DBS Childrens Barred List, DBS Filtering, DBS Filtering Guide, DBS Lawyer, DBS Minded to Bar, DBS Notice to Bar, DBS Solicitor, Employers and Rehabilitation, Employers and the DBS|
What is considered Regulated Activity with children is a complex area of law and is set out in the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act (SVGA) 2006 Schedule 4. The rules were significantly amended in 2012 by the Protection of Freedoms Act. The feeling was that SVGA went too far in defining regulated activity and the
By Matt Elkins|February 3rd, 2017|Tags: ACRO Police certificate, Arrest Records, Can I Remove a Police Caution, Caution Removal Solicitors, Cautions Removed, CRB, CRB certificate, DBS, DBS Appeals, DBS Appeals Certificate, DBS Appeals Solicitors, DBS Barred List, DBS Certificate, DBS Filtering, DBS Lawyer, DBS Solicitor, Delete a Police Caution, Deleting a Police Caution, Deleting an Arrest Record, Disclosure and Barring Service, Expunge a Police Caution, Expungement, Police Caution consequences, Police Caution Removal, Police Caution Removal Solicitors, Police Caution Solicitor, Police Cautions, Police Cautions and Police Certificates, Police Cautions Removed|
Our client, a teacher, had received a caution in relation to a domestic common assault allegation. The client had been wrongfully issued the police caution in relation to a malicious allegation made by an ex-partner. After reviewing the case we were able to clearly determine that there had been some serious defects in the
By Matt Elkins|February 1st, 2017|Tags: ACRO Criminal Records Office, Arrest Records, Can I Remove a Police Caution, Caution Removal Solicitors, Cautions Removed, Conditional Caution, Criminal Records, Criminal Records Check, DBS, DBS Filtering, DBS Lawyer, DBS Solicitor, Delete a Police Caution, Deleting a Police Caution, Deleting an Arrest Record, Disclosure and Barring Service, Police Caution Removal, Police Caution Removal Solicitors, Police Caution Solicitor, Police Cautions, Police Cautions and Police Certificates, Police Cautions Removed|
Is a police caution a criminal record? The short answer to this question is yes - a caution is a criminal record. However what actually constitutes a "criminal record" is not a precisely defined concept, and the better question to ask is, in what circumstances will my caution be disclosed? A caution will become
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