Police Cautions

A police caution is not a criminal conviction but will form part of a person’s criminal record. A police caution will not be disclosed on a basic background check but will show on a standard DBS check for 6 years and also may show up for longer on an enhanced DBS certificate. Some police cautions, such as for ABH or child cruelty, will show up on a standard and enhanced DBS check forever.

8 01, 2016

New Years Success for Health Care Professional Cautioned for Assault

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We have again had a police caution removed for a client (a health care professional). Police Caution Removed - Health Care Professional The client had been accused of assaulting a police officer. On review of the case it immediately appeared to us that the police had unfairly and improperly issued a caution. Police Powers and

7 01, 2016

Another Police Caution Removed for Client

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We have again had a police caution removed for a client, a professionally qualified lawyer (solicitor). The client had been unfairly issued a police caution and asked us to apply to the police to remove the caution. Unfairly issued Police Cautions After making representations to the police they agreed that the police caution had been

3 01, 2016

Can I get an arrest record removed?

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Arrest Record and Disclosure If you have been arrested, but not charged or cautioned, then the police will usually keep a record of your arrest on the Police National Computer (PNC). PNC Deletion Your arrest Record record will be kept on the PNC unless an application is made to have it removed. The police have

28 12, 2015

New Instruction in Arrest Record Deletion Case

By |December 28th, 2015|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

We have again been instructed to apply to the police caution to delete an arrest record. The client, a professional, was arrested over 5 years ago in relation to a minor incident. The arrest record however has remained on the Police National Computer (PNC) and has showed up on an enhanced Disclosure and Barring

14 12, 2015

Police Caution Removal for Film Producer – Police Cautioned Removed Permanently from Police Record

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We have again had a police caution removed for another pleased client; the news comes the same day we were notified a cautioned was removed on an unrelated case. Police Caution Removed The client had been falsely accused of assault and adamantly denied the allegation. After we reviewed the file we quickly determined that

14 12, 2015

Police Caution removed for Pharmacist – successful Police Caution removal after expert legal representations

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We have again had a police caution expunged for a client, a Pharmacist. The client was given a police caution in relation to an assault, after reviewing the evidence we determined that the caution had been given unfairly. Wow wasn't expecting this, I thought caution removal was very rare. Thank you so much, very grateful

28 11, 2015

Can I get a Police Caution Removed?

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If you are wondering "Can I get a police caution removed?" then the simple answer is yes you can. A police caution can be removed from your record so that your CRB/DBS criminal records check is cleared. If your police caution is removed you can say, when asked, that you have never received a

28 11, 2015

How Long Does a Police Caution Last?

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If you have received a caution, you may be wondering how long a police caution lasts. In most cases an adult police caution will be disclosable on a standard and enhanced DBS (CRB) certificate check for 6 years. How long does a police caution last? If however you have received a police caution for

17 11, 2015

Police Caution Removed for Businessman – now able to apply for British Citizenship

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We have again successfully had a police caution removed for a client. Police Cautions and Immigration The client, a foreign national, had had his business premises searched by trading standards officers. In the course of the search an allegation of assault was made by the trading standards officers. The client was represented by the duty solicitor

7 11, 2015

ABH youth reprimand downgraded

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We were instructed by a client to challenge an unfairly issued youth reprimand for ABH (now called a youth caution). Unfairly Issued Youth Warnings and Cautions The client was training to be a teacher and only discovered the reprimand would affect him after undertaking many years of higher education. As the reprimand was for