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• 31/05/2017in Google, Latest, News & Media

  Rehabilitation in the internet age – The Google-effect and the disclosure of criminal records

  The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 provides people with criminal records protection from discrimination once their criminal record becomes ‘spent’. In an article for the Probation Journal, published this month, Christopher Stacey highlights how media reports are increasingly available online and often mean spent convictions continue to be acc...
• 03/05/2017in Childhood criminal records, Employment discrimination, Latest, News & Media, Press releases and comment, What DBS disclose

  Landmark Court of Appeal ruling – Government loses appeal against DBS filtering regime

  Press release: 3rd May 2017 Ruling gives hope to thousands of people trying to put their past behind them The Court of Appeal has today rejected the Government’s appeal to a decision of the High Court in January last year, which ruled that the criminal records disclosure scheme was disproportionate and unlawful. The judgment, handed down today, inv...