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Free face to face appointments
As part of our work in delivering local information sessions, we’ve set up a series of dates where people with convictions…
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Article in Inside Time on ‘filtering’
We’ve written an article for Inside Time on the ‘filtering of convictions. You can read the article here.
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Latest updates: unlock.devchd.com/information-and-advice/ – July/August 2014
We’ve just published a summary of the recent updates we’ve made to our Information Hub. You can read the summary on…
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Summary of updates – July/August 2014
Here’s a summary of some of the updates that we’ve made recently to our Information Hub – self help information for…
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DBS say that employers need to use the new DBS application forms
We’re pleased to hear that the DBS has today sent out a news update about their application forms, following Unlock’s…
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Do you have a caution or conviction that can never be filtered?
The filtering rules set up following Supreme Court’s judgment in R (On the application of T and another) [2014] UKSC…
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New articles on theRecord
We’ve just published a roundup of recent articles that have been posted on theRec0rd, our online magazine for and by…
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We’re looking for examples of where ‘filtering’ doesn’t go far enough
We’re looking for examples of where ‘filtering’ doesn’t go far enough. Please read an update that we’ve published on our…
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Unlock on BBC Radio West Midlands talking about second chances and employers
Last night we contributed to a discussion on BBC Radio West Midlands, which looked at the case of Natalie Atkinson,…
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Challenging ineligible standard and enhanced checks
We continue to receive many enquiries from clients being asked to do standard or enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)…
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‘Impact report’ published by Unlock on access to banking for people in prison
Unlock has now come to the end of a landmark 9-year project in developing access to basic bank accounts for…
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Employers’ access to ‘subject access’ records will become a criminal offence from December 2014
We’ve learnt today that the Ministry of Justice are planning to bring section 56 of the Data Protection Act (DPA)…
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Employers’ access to ‘subject access’ records will become a criminal offence
We’ve learnt today that the Ministry of Justice are planning to bring section 56 of the Data Protection Act (DPA)…
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Former MP Denis MacShane writes about the role of financial services
Denis MacShane, former MP and former prisoner, argues in a feature for this months’ Financial World magazine, that the financial services industry…
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Supreme Court rules that minor cautions and convictions shouldn’t be disclosed on criminal record checks, and the filtering process remains
The Supreme Court has today ruled on a landmark case, referred to as T. The full judgement can be downloaded here: [2014]…
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Supreme Court ruling on criminal record checks / Filtering process
Today the Supreme Court ruled on a case that’s been going through the courts for some time. An earlier Court…
