Unlock and Nottinghamshire Youth Justice Service collaborate on resource for young people with convictions
Thursday, 03 December 2020
We are pleased to publish a new resource we’ve created in collaboration with Nottinghamshire Youth Justice Service. The booklet, produced for young people and the professionals supporting them, is designed to help a young person understand when they need to disclose their convictions, and how to do so. Download the booklet Christopher Stacey, Co-director of
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Government responds to Supreme Court ruling with plans to change criminal records disclosure regime
Thursday, 09 July 2020
Responding to government plans to change the criminal records disclosure regime to address the Supreme Court judgment in the case of P and Others v SSHD & SSJ (the ruling on the filtering system and the disclosure of criminal records), Christopher Stacey, co-director of Unlock, said: “We welcome the government’s intention to fully comply with the Supreme Court ruling on filtering. Unlock
May 2020 update on research understanding the influence of an early life criminal record on adult life courses
Saturday, 30 May 2020
Nicola Collett, a PhD student at Keele University, is currently researching the potential influence of a criminal record acquired between the ages of 10-25, later on in adulthood. Following on from her last update in September 2019, Nicola writes here about how her research is progressing. I am delighted to be sharing another update on
- Published in Childhood criminal records, Latest, News & Media, Research
Rights groups condemn government’s failure to fix broken DBS system
Thursday, 30 January 2020
Supreme Court ruled one year ago that disclosure and barring service rules breach rights DBS system continues to unlawfully breach rights of people with multiple minor convictions and childhood cautions. A year after the UK’s highest court found current rules on criminal records checks breach human rights laws, Unlock, Liberty and Just for Kids Law
Update on research – The right to a fair future: understanding the influence of an early life criminal record on adult life courses
Friday, 06 September 2019
Nicola Collett, a PhD student at Keele University, is currently researching the potential influence of a criminal record acquired between the ages of 10-25, later on in adulthood. Following a request for participants in February of this year, Nicola writes here about how her research is progressing. I would first like to thank everyone who has
- Published in Childhood criminal records, Latest, News & Media, Research
Blog – Westminster Hall debate on the disclosure of youth criminal records
Thursday, 04 April 2019
The 28th March saw a Westminster Hall debate on the disclosure of youth criminal records (read here or watch here). This followed the publication of the Justice Select Committee’s report on the subject, back in 2017. The report itself was a result of the Committee’s inquiry into disclosure of youth criminal records, launched in 2016,
Request for participants (now closed) – Understanding the influence of an early life criminal record on adult life courses
Tuesday, 19 February 2019
Update – The request for participants is now closed. See the message below from Nicola, the researcher: “Thank you to everyone who has been in contact with me with their generous offer to take part in my PhD research. I have been overwhelmed with responses and now have enough participants that fit the criteria, so
- Published in Childhood criminal records, Get involved, Latest, News & Media, Research
Unlock response to Supreme Court judgment on criminal records disclosure regime
Wednesday, 30 January 2019
Unlock, the leading charity for people with convictions, has today responded to the judgment of the Supreme Court on the criminal records disclosure regime. The charity provided an intervention to the court to highlight the unjust consequences of the current regime and the alternative, fairer systems available. Commenting on the judgment, Christopher Stacey, co-director of
Supreme Court to issue judgment on landmark criminal records disclosure regime case on Wednesday 30th January
Friday, 25 January 2019
On Wednesday 30th January at 9.45am, the Supreme Court will hand down its judgement in the case of R (on the application of P, G and W) and R (on the application of P) v Secretary of State for the Home Department and others. The criminal records disclosure scheme has twice been ruled unlawful –
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Blog – Standing up to the government in the Supreme Court – Some reflections on last month’s landmark criminal record disclosure hearing
Wednesday, 04 July 2018
The latest blog by Christopher Stacey reflects on last month’s landmark criminal record disclosure hearing. For people with criminal records, last month was pretty significant. The Supreme Court heard the appeal of the Government, which is arguing that their current approach to disclosing old and minor cautions and convictions on standard and enhanced criminal
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Landmark case on disproportionate criminal records disclosure regime reaches Supreme Court
Monday, 18 June 2018
The Supreme Court will tomorrow hear the Government’s appeal in a long running case about the disclosure of criminal records. The Government is arguing that their current approach to disclosing old and minor cautions and convictions on standard and enhanced criminal record checks, often decades later, is fair. We disagree. And so did the High
Help us to wipe DBS checks clean of old and minor criminal records – We need your help to challenge the government in the Supreme Court
Wednesday, 09 May 2018
We’ve launched a CrowdJustice appeal to help us raise money to pay for our legal costs in intervening in the Supreme Court next month. In June, the Supreme Court will hear the appeal of the Government which is arguing that their current approach to disclosing old and minor criminal record on standard and enhanced DBS checks, often
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