Spent Convictions in UK Law
- Admissibility of Spent Convictions in Civil Cases: Thomas v Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis
- Criminal records, enhanced criminal records certificates and disclosure of spent convictions: impact of ECHR, Article 8
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Rehabilitation in the internet age
The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 provides people with criminal records protection from discrimination once their criminal record becomes ‘spent’. In this article, I highlight how media repo...... ... from discrimination once their criminal record becomes ‘spent’. In this ly available online and often mean spent convictions ... ...
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Criminal Convictions: A Bar to Equality of Employment
The position of ex‐offenders as a group who are as equally in need of protection as those who are discriminated against on grounds of race or sex is highlighted. The provisions of the unfair dismis...... ... candidates with spent convictions". This article examines how the provisions of the Act and the unfair dismissal legislation bear on offenders and asks to what extent ... ...
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Criminal Records and Rehabilitation in Australia
Resettlement of former offenders and their ongoing desistance from further offending should be a priority for any community, but in many countries criminal records are increasingly accessed in empl...... ... Keywords : Criminal record - Spent convictions – Desistance - Rehabilitation ... Introduction ... ...
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Article 8 ECHR and the Disclosure of Criminal Records: Time to Reconsider R (on the application of P and A) v (1) Secretary of State for Justice (2) Secretary of State for the Home Department and Chief Constable of Thames Valley Police (Interested Party) [2016] EWHC 89 (Admin) R (on the application of G v (1) Chief Constable of Surrey Police (2) Secretary of State for the Home Department (3) Secretary of State for Justice [2016] EWHC 295 (Admin)
... ... KeywordsCriminal records, disclosure, spent cautions, spent convictions, Article 8 ECHR ... ...
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Noticeboard
... ... in the area of ADR and restorative justice and what doesnt, andwhy.Spent convictionsAustraliaNorthern Territory LRC, Model Spent Convictions Bill ... ...
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Criminal records, discrimination, and Aboriginal communities: Enhancing employment opportunities
Criminal record checking is now widespread in Australia. Aboriginal people are disproportionately represented in the criminal justice system, for a range of reasons including historic levels of dis...... ... that anemployee has no criminal history, or have no convictions for specific types of offences; by pro-fessional accreditation and ... in Australia, besidesthe requirement to obtain consent, are spent conviction schemes and anti-discrimination legis-lation which prohibits ... ...
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Does Australia Need a Specific Institution to Correct Wrongful Convictions?
Abstract In recent years, hundreds of people have been exonerated overseas after demonstrating that they were wrongly convicted of crimes for which they spent many years in prison, and ...... ... recent years, hundreds of people have been exonerated overseasafter demonstrating that they were wrongly convicted of crimes forwhich they spent many years in prison, and these are only the onesuncovered to date. Australia has its own sampling of known wrongfulconvictions. England, Canada and ... ...
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