By Matt Elkins|July 21st, 2026|Tags: DBS Certificate, Delete a Police Caution, Deletion of Local Police Records, Police Caution Removal|
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 The short answer: when a caution is deleted from the Police National Computer, the record is gone for DBS purposes – it
By Matt Elkins|July 21st, 2026|Tags: Appeal a Police Caution, Delete a Police Caution, police caution deletion, Police Caution Removal, Police Caution Removal Solicitors|
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 The short answer: there is no formal appeal process against a police caution. Once a caution has been accepted, no court or
By Matt Elkins|November 4th, 2023|Tags: Common assault and Battery, Delete a Police Caution|
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 Common Assault? Meaning at a Glance Common assault is the least serious assault offence, charged under section 39 of the
By Matt Elkins|September 8th, 2021|Tags: Delete a Police Caution, Expunge a Police Caution, Police Caution Removal, Police Caution Removal Solicitors|
We are expert police caution removal solicitors, we have years of experience in applying for the deletion of police cautions. Our director, Matthew Elkins, is a highly experience police caution removal solicitor, and expert Disclosure and Barring Service lawyer. Police Caution Removal Solicitors If you have received a police caution, and you
By Matt Elkins|September 7th, 2021|Tags: Cautions Removed, Delete a Police Caution, Never accept a police caution, Police Caution Removal, Police Caution Removal Solicitors|
You may have seen advice on the internet recommending that you should never accept a police caution. We will look at whether it is always the best advice to never accept a police caution, and when it might be best to actually accept a police caution. Never accept a police caution? It
By Matt Elkins|September 5th, 2021|Tags: Can you get rid of a police caution, Delete a Police Caution, Police Caution Removal, Police Caution Removal Cost, Police Caution Removal Solicitors|
If you have ever wondered, can you get rid of a police caution? The simple answer to this question is, yes. Can you get rid of a police caution? Whether you can get rid of your caution in your circumstances, will depend on a number of factors. Getting rid of certain police
By Matt Elkins|November 28th, 2019|Tags: Arrest Record Deletion, Caution Removal Solicitors, Cautions Removed, DBS Appeals, DBS Certificate, Delete a Police Caution, Police Caution Removal, Police Caution Removal Solicitors, Police Caution Solicitor, Police Cautions Removed|
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
By Matt Elkins|November 11th, 2019|Tags: Arrest Record Deletion, Arrest Records, Caution Removal Solicitors, Cautions Removed, DBS Certificate, Delete a Police Caution, Drugs Police Caution, Police Caution Removal, Police Cautions, Police Cautions Removed|
We have recently had a possession of cocaine caution deleted for our client. The client wanted to change profession into a regulated sector and was concerned the caution would cause him some issues in securing a job. A cocaine caution will be retained on the PNC until a data subject is 100 years of
By Matt Elkins|November 1st, 2019|Tags: Arrest Record Deletion, Caution Removal Solicitors, Cautions Removed, Criminal Records, Delete a Police Caution, Expunge a Police Caution, Police Caution, Police Caution Removal Solicitors, Police Caution Solicitor, Police Cautions Removed, theft police caution|
We have had another client's police caution deleted. The client had been issued a police caution for theft. The client had been issued an a caution for shoplifting a number of years ago. The client had forgotten to pay for a small item from a well known shop, being distracted by her young child.
By Matt Elkins|October 21st, 2019|Tags: affray police caution, Caution Removal Solicitors, Cautions Removed, DBS Solicitors, Delete a Police Caution, Police Caution Removal Solicitors, Police Cautions Removed|
We have again had a police caution deleted for a client. The caution had been issued a number of years ago. The police caution was issued for affray. The client had always felt that the caution had been unfairly issued, and that he had been bullied into accepting it. We reviewed all the evidence
