Case Studies

Neil was working for a security company when his licence expired. He was shocked when the Security Industry Authority refused to renew it after changing its policies so that it no longer employed anyone who had been in prison for more than 24 months. Neil had a three-year prison sentence dating back 28 years. “It […]

Ivan contacted Unlock for some support. He had received a conviction for common assault following an argument with his wife and had received a two year community service order. Ivan had been married for 19 years and had a 16 year old son. The marriage had not been happy for some time and the conviction […]

Brenda contacted Unlock about problems she was having with her insurance: “About 4 years ago, my partner was sent to prison for a couple of months. When he came out, we wanted to get our lives back together, which, although not easy, we have managed to some extent.   However, recently, my husband dropped a […]

Jenny contacted Unlock after she’d made a claim on her insurance: “My car was stolen a year or so ago and my house was damaged as they smashed the window to steal the car keys. As a result, I had to have my locks changed overnight. I put in a claim to my insurers. The […]

In 2009, the case of arson victim Michelle Hooley made front-page national news. A short and tumultuous marriage led to her request for divorce. When her estranged husband burned down her house, her insurers saved the day. After 18 months in temporary accommodation with her children, an anonymous phone call informed the insurer that, four […]

David wrote to us after reading in the problem pages of a newspaper about somebody whose son had just been released from prison and, as a result, their home insurers didn’t want to renew their insurance. He contacted us, knowing that, due to his recent conviction, he was in a similar situation. We provided him […]

Fraser contacted Unlock after encountering lots of employment rejections since he had received a driving conviction 5 years ago. He worked in healthcare and found it really hard to understand how his conviction related in any way to his work. Prior to the conviction, Fraser had always been successful in any interview he attended but […]

Jane contacted Unlock as she was extremely concerned about a DBS check she needed for her new job. One year earlier she had walked out of a shop with a make-up tester and was stopped by a police woman and issued with a ‘yellow ticket’. The police woman told her that it wasn’t a conviction […]