Youth Cautions Archives

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?
What is a Protected Caution?

What is a Protected Caution?

By Matt Elkins|September 14th, 2021|Tags: DBS Certificate, police caution deletion, Police Caution Removal, Police Caution Removal Solicitors, Youth Cautions|

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
Caution Deleted for Historic Sexual Assault Youth Caution

Caution Deleted for Historic Sexual Assault Youth Caution

By Matt Elkins|September 30th, 2019|Tags: Arrest Record Deletion, Arrest Records, Caution Removal Solicitors, Cautions Removed, Delete a Police Caution, Expunge a Police Caution, Police Caution, Police Cautions Removed, Youth Cautions|

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

By Matt Elkins|April 29th, 2016|Tags: ABH Caution Removals, Arrest Records, DBS, DBS Appeals, DBS Certificate, DBS Solicitors, Delete a Police Caution, Disclosure and Barring Service, Expunge a Police Caution, Expungement, Police Caution Removal, Police Caution Removal Solicitors, Police Caution Solicitor, Police Cautions, Police Cautions and Police Certificates, Police Cautions Removed, Youth Cautions|

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 Matt Elkins|November 7th, 2015|Tags: Arrest Records, Cautions Removed, DBS, DBS Appeals, DBS Certificate, DBS Solicitors, Expungement, Police Caution Removal, Police Cautions, Police Cautions and Police Certificates, Police Cautions Removed, Youth Cautions|

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