‘Employers could be kept in the dark about the criminal records of some job applicants under a review of rules by the home secretary. Sajid Javid said the government needs to “look again” at how much is revealed about people who have committed certain crimes when they apply for jobs.’
The Independent, 17th April 2019
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘In R (CL) v Chief Constable of Greater Manchester & Secretary of State for the Home Department [2018] EWHC 3333 (Admin), the Divisional Court held that the retention by the police of crime reports which related to sexting incidents in which a schoolboy had allegedly been involved did not breach his rights under Article 8 ECHR.’
UK Police Law Blog, 9th April 2019
Source: ukpolicelawblog.com
‘An experienced solicitor has been struck off after accepting a caution for possession of banned drugs, failing to report the conviction to the regulator, and misleading police.’
Legal Futures, 4th March 2019
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A former taxi driver has pleaded guilty to four offences of knowingly or recklessly making a false statement or omitting material in an application to a council’s licensing team.’
Local Government Lawyer, 20th February 2019
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Sometimes a case comes along which, whether through range of issues or over-enthusiastic pleading, seems to touch on more or less every data protection provision going. To this end, at least for the DPA 1998, we give you the lengthy treatise of Sales LJ that is: Cooper v National Crime Agency [2019] EWCA Civ 16.’
Panopticon, 18th February 2019
Source: panopticonblog.com
‘Taxi and private hire drivers could have to pass enhanced criminal record checks under government proposals.’
BBC News, 12th February 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The mother of murdered teenager Stephen Lawrence has criticised a new scheme by the government to tackle knife crime.’
BBC News, 5th February 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Thousands of people with minor or old convictions could be freed from having to declare them to employers in children’s and other services after a landmark supreme court judgement.’
Daily Telegraph, 30th January 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Some people with minor, past convictions may not have to disclose them in future after the government lost a legal challenge aimed at preserving its system of criminal record checks.’
The Guardian, 30th January 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A 94-year-old peaceful protester has won an eight-year legal battle to force the police to delete details of his political activities from a secretive database. On Thursday, the European court of human rights ruled in favour of John Catt, noting he “had never been convicted of any offence and his risk of violent criminality was remote”.’
The Guardian, 24th January 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘West Midlands Police is “failing victims” and not recording more than 16,600 violent crimes each year, a watchdog has said.’
BBC News, 15th January 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A businessman who launched legal action against Google for the “right to be forgotten” over a past crime has ended his court battle.’
The Guardian, 20th December 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Allegations made against a teenage boy that he ‘sexted’ girls at his school could remain on his police file until he is 100 – even though he was never convicted of any offence. The boy, known only as CL, lost a High Court legal bid to force the police to delete the details of the case.’
Daily Telegraph, 6th December 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Taxi licences are being issued behind closed doors to drivers convicted of offences including child sex crimes and reckless driving, the Local Democracy Reporting Service has revealed.’
BBC News, 27th October 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Domestic abusers and stalkers should be forced to sign a national register like sex offenders, a cross-party parliamentary report has said.’
Daily Telegraph, 22nd October 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Police are giving leaflets to people at risk of committing child sexual exploitation crimes, asking for their behaviour to stop, the BBC has found.’
BBC News, 15th October 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A new super-database being built for the police represents a “grave” risk to privacy, a leading human rights group has said.’
The Guardian, 1 October 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A no-deal Brexitwill make it harder to bring the two Russian agents responsible for the Novichok attack to justice, one of the country’s most senior police officers has said.’
Daily Telegraph, 18th September 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The Metropolitan police have rejected claims that the force put children and vulnerable adults in danger by reportedly relaxing its vetting system for thousands of people.’
The Guardian, 19th August 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Supreme Court has given important guidance on the correct approach of the appellate courts to assessing proportionality under the ECHR. The main issue before the court was whether an Enhanced Criminal Record Certificate (“ECRC”) issued in respect of the appellant, AR, under s.113B of the Police Act 1997 is compatible with Article 8 of the Convention on Human Rights.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 12th August 2018
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
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