Youth Cautions

A youth caution is a formal police warning given to young people under 18 who admit to committing a criminal offence, which serves as an alternative to prosecution in certain circumstances. A youth caution is not a criminal conviction, and will not automatically show on a DBS Certificate, but can be revealed as “relevant information” on an Enhanced DBS Certificate, and the police will keep a record of it on the PNC.

14 09, 2021

What is a Protected Caution?

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If you have received a police caution you may be wondering: what is a protected caution? What is a Protected Caution? The best way to explain the difference between when a criminal record becomes "spent", and when it becomes "protected", is to look at the different types of background check. What

30 09, 2019

Caution Deleted for Historic Sexual Assault Youth Caution

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Our client had been issued with a youth final warning (called a youth caution today) for a sexual assault. The facts of the allegation were complex, and related to bullying the client had been the victim of at school. The school had failed to protect him from ongoing bullying and which had culminated in

29 04, 2016

ABH Youth Caution Removed for Client

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We have again successfully removed a youth reprimand (now called a youth caution) for a client. Police Caution and Youth Caution (reprimand) Removal Solicitors The client, a trainee teacher, had undertaking extensive academic study and teacher training only to be prevented from qualifying as a teacher due to a historic youth reprimand for ABH (Actual

7 11, 2015

ABH youth reprimand downgraded

By |November 7th, 2015|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

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