All Case Studies
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Christopher – Providing information to enable an individual to challenge an ineligible enhanced DBS check with their employer
Christopher contacted our helpline for some advice around enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service checks. He’d worked as a service engineer on […]
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Paige – Nearly ‘sacked’ from being a trustee for failing to voluntarily disclose my conviction
Paige contacted our helpline for some advice relating to a situation which had arisen following her nomination as a trustee of […]
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Sadie – Stopped from continuing my education as a result of my partner’s conviction
Sadie contacted the Unlock Helpline for some advice around the disqualification by association requirements. She had been studying for a […]
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Ryan – Suspended from my job because my employers didn’t understand the filtering legislation
Ryan contacted our helpline after the school he worked at suspended him from his teaching job due to the non-disclosure of […]
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Virginia – Filtering legislation means I still have to disclose my one conviction from 20 years ago
Virginia contacted our helpline because she wanted clarification around the filtering of convictions from Disclosure and Barring Service checks. She explained […]
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Lucy – I lost a job because I didn’t realise the impact of a ‘relevant’ order
Lucy contacted our helpline as she needed some advice about a possible ineligible check that had been done by an employer. […]
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Daniel – Google links were haunting me and keeping my conviction alive
Daniel contacted our helpline for advice about applying to Google to have links to his name removed. In 2007, he had […]
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Case of Natasha – Online links hampering chances of promotion
Natasha was working as a teacher when she was convicted of fraud four years ago and received a five month […]
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Case of Patrick – Spent convictions online jeopardising self-employment
Five years ago, Patrick was convicted of a fraud offence and received a 12 month prison sentence. Patrick told us […]
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Case of William – Do spent convictions relating to possession of indecent images get de-listed from internet search engines?
William contacted our helpline after he’d read about the policy work we were doing around the EU right to be […]
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Case of Anthony – Spent convictions are still available online, even after complaining to the ICO
Anthony contacted us at the end of 2016, when he needed some advice about getting links to his name removed. […]
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Case of Jimmy – Job centre simply passing on people that are looking for help finding work
Jimmy is unemployed and claiming job seekers allowance. He’s been unemployed since his conviction 3 years ago. He was given […]
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Bookshop potentially undertaking ineligible DBS checks
We were recently contacted by an individual who was considering applying for a job as a manager in a charity […]
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Misleading statement on an insurance company declaration form
We were recently contacted by an individual who had taken out a home insurance policy and was concerned that he […]
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Tom – Inappropriate use of ‘Disqualification by Association’ regulations by a university
Tom contacted our helpline for some advice on a problem he was having in completing a teaching qualification at university. […]
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Pheobe – Becoming a school governor with a criminal record
Pheobe contacted our helpline as she wanted clarification that her conviction was spent and did not need to be disclosed […]
