Criminal records of striking miners ‘should be erased’– The Guardian
“Calls to erase the criminal records of the estimated 7,000 men detained and ‘falsely charged’ during the miners’ strike have been made by campaigners demanding a fresh inquiry into the policing of the...
View ArticleJudge strikes down Facebook page “Keeping our Kids Safe From Predators” – UK...
“This fascinating case comes to light in the midst of general astonishment at the minimal attention paid in the Leveson Report to the ‘wild west’ of the internet and the question of social media...
View ArticleCriminal record checks system breaches human rights, court rules – The Guardian
“The home secretary, Theresa May, is facing urgent pressure to overhaul the criminal records system after an appeal court ruled that the way it operated was unlawful and breached human rights.” Full...
View ArticleCourt of Appeal Declares Criminal Records Regime Incompatible with Article 8...
“The Court of Appeal has today [29 January] handed down an important judgment in R (T & others) v Chief Constable of Greater Manchester & others [2013] EWCA Civ 25. The case concerned the...
View ArticleJohn Catt takes protester records case to Court of Appeal – BBC News
“A man from Brighton who wants records of his political activities removed from a police database has taken his case to the Court of Appeal.” Full story BBC News, 29th January 2013 Source: www.bbc.co.uk
View ArticleRegina (T) v Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police and others (Liberty...
Regina (T) v Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police and others (Liberty and another intervening); Regina (B) v Secretary of State for the Home Department; Regina (W) v Secretary of State for...
View ArticleUK criminal record disclosure laws deemed to infringe individuals’ privacy...
“UK laws that set out a ‘blanket’ requirement that job applicants disclose to employers all of the ‘recordable’ criminal convictions and police warnings they have been given are incompatible with...
View ArticleCrime, Rehabilitation and the Right to Private Life: where should the “Bright...
“Shereener Browne analyses the recent decision in T, R (on the application of) v Chief Constable of Greater Manchester & Ors and its impact on employment law.” Full story Garden Court Chambers...
View ArticleParents ‘treated like felons on remand’ by school CRB checks – Daily Telegraph
“Thousands of parents are still being forced to undergo ‘suspicious and hostile’ criminal record checks to volunteer in schools despite Coalition reforms designed to introduce common sense into the...
View ArticleRegina (Catt) v Association of Chief Police Officers of England, Wales and...
Regina (Catt) v Association of Chief Police Officers of England, Wales and Northern Ireland and another (Equality and Human Rights Commission and others intervening): Regina (T) v Comr of Police of the...
View ArticleNew system of criminal records checks to restore balance in public...
“Changes to criminal records checks will continue to protect the public while ensuring that employers no longer have access to certain old or minor cautions and convictions.” Full press release Home...
View ArticleCriminal record checks to be relaxed – BBC News
“Thousands of job applicants will no longer have to face their criminal past being disclosed to employers, under changes announced by the Home Office.” Full story BBC News, 26th March 2013 Source:...
View ArticleBankers’‘honesty test’: nearly all pass City regulator’s check – The Guardian
“Just 30 out of 227,000 people have failed the City regulator’s ‘fit and proper’ test to take on some of the most risky jobs in British banks since the onset of the financial crisis.” Full story The...
View ArticleProposed reforms undermine the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 –...
“Imagine you are a middle-aged man with a young family looking to change career to work as a primary school teacher. When you were 12 you took a chocolate bar from a shop. You learnt a salutary lesson...
View ArticleEuropol, the EU’s crime intelligence agency demands access to British police...
“New powers will give the European Union’s criminal intelligence agency Europol access to all information held by the police, including evidence files on children, victims, witnesses and other people...
View ArticleA history of violence: is Clare’s Law working? – The Guardian
“When Clare Wood was murdered by her ex-boyfriend, a scheme was set up to allow women to see details of their partner’s violent past. Six months on, Steve Boggan finds out if ‘Clare’s Law’ is working.”...
View ArticleTeacher wins right to have dropped allegation removed from criminal record...
“A police force unlawfully infringed a physical education teacher’s human rights by refusing to remove detail of an 18-year-old woman’s harassment allegation from a ‘criminal record certificate’...
View ArticleTeacher’s human rights breached by unproven allegations disclosure – Daily...
“The PE teacher has not worked for more than two years because the allegation remained on his record even though police investigated and took no action.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 22nd April 2013...
View ArticleArticle 8 and enhanced criminal record certificates -
“There have been a number of Panopticon posts about the lawfulness of disclosures in enhanced criminal record certificates. The latest decision is that of Mr Justice Stuart-Smith in R (L) v Chief...
View ArticleTeachers accused: 4 recent cases – Education Law Blog
“The following 4 recent cases all share the broad theme of claims or accusations against teachers.” Full story Education Law Blog, 1st May 2013 Source: www.education11kbw.com
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