Press and media coverage of the Supreme Court judgment

There has been a significant amount of press and media attention on the judgment of the Supreme Court which ruled that the criminal records disclosure scheme as it applies to multiple convictions and childhood warnings/reprimands was found to be disproportionate.

Our co-director, Christopher Stacey, gave interviews on the day of the judgment which were featured on BBC News at 10, Sky News, Channel 5, Radio 4, BBC Essex and LBC. You can listen again to Christopher speaking on Radio Kent (listen below, 1m 35s in) on how the ruling will help many thousands of people with old and minor convictions.

More coverage of the ruling. including quotes from Unlock, can also be found in the following publications

• The Guardian
• The Independent
• The Times
• The Mirror
• Personnel Today
• BBC News online
• The Telegraph
• Yorkshire Coast Radio
• Clacton & Frinton Gazette
• The Week
• The Express and Star
• HR Magazine
• Recruiter
• Care Appointments
• People Management
• The Daily Mail
• Times of Malta

There has also been a number of helpful commentary pieces that look more closely at the judgment. These include:

• A criminal record, or a clean slate? (UK Human Rights Blog)
• The Times view on background checks: Second Chance – A Supreme Court ruling will help ex-offenders into work (The Times)
• P, G & W – A significant step forward, but still a significant way to go (Hodge, Jones & Allen Solicitors)