Spent Convictions in UK Law
- Government Proposes Time Reduction For Disclosure Of Certain Spent Convictions
- Should Applicants For Work With Children Or Vulnerable Adults Have To Disclose Spent Convictions?
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UK Supreme Court Delivers Blow to Criminal Record Disclosure System
The UK government has lost its case defending the multiple convictions rule, which requires an individual to disclose all spent convictions if he or she has two or more such convictions. General...... The UK government has lost its case defending the multiple convictions rule, which requires an individual to disclose all spent convictions if he ... ...
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Recruiting with conviction in the UK: when do ex-offenders have to declare their past?
A legislative change that seems to have slipped into law with no great fanfare this month revisits the spent convictions regime. On 10 March the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 was amended to ...... ... have slipped into law with no great fanfare this month revisits the spent convictions regime. On 10 March the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 ... ...
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Filtering rules for criminal record checks: Two convictions do not always make a pattern of offending
The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 provides that criminal convictions, cautions, warnings and reprimands in respect of certain offences are deemed to be “spent” after specified periods of tim...... ... of Offenders Act 1974 provides that criminal convictions, cautions, warnings and reprimands in respect of certain offences are deemed to be “spent” after specified periods of time. Spent cautions and convictions will generally not need to be disclosed. However, a person applying for an ... ...
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Google unsuccessful in its defence to the “right to be forgotten”
In the first two “right to be forgotten” claims brought in the UK, the English court has confirmed that in certain circumstances an internet search engine (ISE) operator can be required to delist l...... ... to delist links in its search results, in this case, relating to “spent” criminal convictions. Although ISE operators can take some comfort from ... ...
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UK Supreme Court Delivers Blow To Criminal Record Disclosure System
...The UK government has lost its case defending the multiple convictions rule, which requires an individual to disclose all spent convictions if he ... ...
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UK SMCR vs APR: Criminal Record Checks and the FS Register in the New Accountability Era
The Senior Managers and Certification Regime (SMCR), which came into force in March 2016 for UK banks, PRA-designated investment firms, and UK branches of foreign banks, changes the way in which in...... ... record check on a prospective employee, which discloses both spent and unspent convictions, a standard check is permitted only if the role is ... ...
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When Can You Ask For A DBS Check?
... ... and current convictions. For example, I have been asked recently ... whether checks can be carried ... The law enables convictions to ... become 'spent', and a convicted person to become ... 'rehabilitated', at the end of a ... ...
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Procurement Blackballing - OGC Guidance
... ... The requirement also applies to convictions applicable to that economic operator's directors or any other persons with ... Disclosure" (unspent convictions only) and "Standard Disclosure" (spent and unspent convictions); the position on corporate convictions (as ... ...
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