criminal records – Current Awareness

The Intricacies of Proportionality – Katherine Barnes – UK Human Rights Blog

Posted August 13th, 2018 in criminal records, human rights, news, proportionality, Supreme Court by sally

‘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

Including acquitted allegations in an Enhanced Criminal Record Certificate – UK Police Law Blog

Posted August 2nd, 2018 in appeals, criminal records, disclosure, news, police, proportionality, Supreme Court, taxis by tracey

‘The Supreme Court in R (AR) v CC Greater Manchester Police [2018] UKSC 47 upheld the inclusion of information in an enhanced criminal record certificate (ECRC) that a person had been acquitted of rape. The judgment shows the importance of chief officers considering with great care the various factors in order to strike a fair balance between the rights of the individual applying for the ECRC as opposed to the wider rights of the community, including vulnerable persons.’

UK Police Law Blog, 1st August 2018

Source: ukpolicelawblog.com

Court allows police to reveal acquittals during record checks – The Guardian

Posted July 31st, 2018 in appeals, criminal records, employment, news, police, Supreme Court by sally

‘Police forces can reveal whether individuals have been acquitted of criminal charges when issuing information for enhanced record checks, the supreme court has ruled.’

The Guardian, 30th July 2018

Source: www.theguardian.com

Reaching the point of no [search] return – Counsel

Posted July 16th, 2018 in criminal records, data protection, internet, news by tracey

‘Google fail? Heather Rogers QC puts the legal record straight on the first two ‘right to be forgotten’ cases – tried under the twilight data protection regime but with issues far from resolved.’

Counsel, July 2018

Source: www.counselmagazine.co.uk

Some drunk offenders to be spared court and criminal record – BBC News

Posted June 7th, 2018 in alcohol abuse, criminal records, drunk and disorderly, education, news, police by sally

‘Offenders who commit minor crimes after drinking will be given the chance to attend a course rather than face court.’

BBC News, 7th June 2018

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Home Office criticised for failures in reforms to criminal records vetting – The Guardian

Posted May 25th, 2018 in budgets, criminal records, news, public procurement, select committees, vetting by sally

‘The Home Office has been accused of running a “masterclass in incompetence” over its attempts to improve the criminal records checking scheme.’

The Guardian, 25th May 2018

Source: www.theguardian.com

Police mugshot deletion scheme criticised for lack of transparency – BBC News

Posted May 25th, 2018 in criminal records, facial mapping, news, police, select committees by sally

‘Thousands of innocent people who have been questioned by police may not know they can have their mugshots deleted, a Commons report has warned.’

BBC News, 25th May 2018

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Nursery owner Claire Symons employed criminal partner – BBC News

Posted April 13th, 2018 in children, criminal records, news, vetting, wilful neglect by tracey

‘A nursery owner employed her partner who had a criminal record for battery and theft, as well as a previous caution for wilful neglect. Claire Symons was given notice her registration is to be cancelled earlier this month after an Ofsted safeguarding investigation.’

BBC News, 13th April 2018

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Law Pod UK Ep. 28: No More Full Disclosure for Women Forced into Sex Work – 1 COR

Posted April 3rd, 2018 in criminal records, disclosure, employment, news, prostitution, sexual grooming, women by sally

‘Jo Moore tells Rosalind English about a recent ruling which means that women who were forced into the sex trade at a younger age don’t need to disclose their convictions when applying for jobs which require DBS checks.’

Law Pod UK, 26th March 2018

Source: audioboom.com

‘Right to be forgotten’: high court hears second Google case – The Guardian

Posted March 12th, 2018 in criminal records, internet, news, privacy by sally

‘A second businessman who wants links to articles about his criminal past removed from search engine results has launched a high court fight.’

The Guardian, 12th March 2018

Source: www.theguardian.com

‘The smell of air freshener brings it back’ – BBC News

Posted March 12th, 2018 in children, criminal records, employment, news, prostitution, sexual grooming, young persons by sally

‘Three women, who say they were groomed into prostitution as teenagers, have won a High Court battle which means they will not have to tell future employers about their soliciting history.’

BBC News, 9th March 2018

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Women “groomed, pimped and trafficked” as teenagers not required to disclose prostitution convictions to employers – UK Human Rights Blog

Posted March 7th, 2018 in criminal records, disclosure, news, prostitution, sexual grooming, trafficking in human beings by sally

‘The High Court ruled on 2nd March 2018 that three women forced into prostitution as teenagers will no longer have to disclose related convictions to potential employers.’

UK Human Rights Blog, 6th March 2018

Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com

‘Right to be forgotten’ claimant wants to rewrite history, says Google – The Guardian

Posted February 28th, 2018 in criminal records, false accounting, internet, news, privacy by sally

‘A businessman who has launched a legal bid to erase online articles about his criminal conviction in the first “right to be forgotten” case in the English courts should not be allowed to rewrite history, lawyers for Google have said.’

The Guardian, 27th February 2018

Source: www.theguardian.com

The right to be forgotten before the Courts again – UK Human Rights Blog

Posted February 21st, 2018 in criminal records, data protection, human rights, internet, news, privacy by tracey

‘NT 1 & Anor v Google LLC [2018] EWHC 261 (QB) (15 February 2018). This was a Pre Trial Review of an application by the claimants to have details about an old criminal conviction and other information removed from Google and associated websites under the “right to be forgotten”.’

UK Human Rights Blog, 21st February 2018

Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com

Taxi drivers admit licence regulation needs to be tougher – BBC News

Posted February 2nd, 2018 in criminal records, licensing, news, taxis by sally

‘Taxi and private hire drivers have admitted the regulation of licences needs to be tougher for public safety.’

BBC News, 1st February 2018

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Prostitution challenge to be heard in High Court – BBC News

Posted January 17th, 2018 in criminal records, disclosure, news, prostitution by sally

‘The High Court is to hear a legal challenge about whether women who were once involved in prostitution should be made to reveal their convictions.’

BBC News, 17th Janaury 2018

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Former prostitutes to sue the Government as criminal records stop them volunteering with Brownie groups – Daily Telegraph

Posted January 16th, 2018 in children, criminal records, employment, news, prostitution, volunteers by sally

‘Former prostitutes are set to sue the Government over criminal records checks which stop them volunteering with Brownie groups.’

Daily Telegraph, 15th January 2018

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Criminal record check did not spot hammer attack carer threat – BBC News

Posted December 6th, 2017 in attempts, carers, criminal records, murder, news, violent offenders by sally

‘The son of a 90-year-old woman who was stabbed in the neck by a carer with a previous assault conviction is calling for a change to criminal record checks.’

BBC News, 5th December 2017

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

’Irrelevant’ criminal record checks harm ex-offenders’ job hopes – The Guardian

Posted November 27th, 2017 in criminal records, disclosure, employment, freedom of information, news, rehabilitation, statistics by sally

‘The criminal records system is hampering the rehabilitation of ex-offenders, according to new figures. Nearly three quarters of the million or so convictions revealed to employers each year in criminal records checks are more than a decade old. Only around 5,000 – one in 197 – are considered relevant to a person’s job application.’

The Guardian, 25th November 2017

Source: www.theguardian.com

Manchester police face legal bid over teen’s naked photo details – BBC News

Posted November 10th, 2017 in children, criminal records, indecent photographs of children, news, police by tracey

‘A police force is facing a legal challenge against its refusal to delete the details of a teenager who sent a naked photograph of himself on social media to a girl at his school.’

BBC News, 10th November 2017

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

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