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    Updates to DBS filtering process

    …for filtering so long as they meet the other criteria (which we’ve suggested would be useful). Secondly, the DBS has updated their filtering guidance. Helpfully, they’ve given some advice to…

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    Supreme Court ruling on criminal record checks / Filtering process

    …changes to be made to the filtering process. It was suspected by some that the reason the Government were appealing was so that they could remove the filtering process all…

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  • Personal Story

    Landmark Court of Appeal ruling – Government loses appeal against DBS filtering regime – Ruling gives hope to thousands of people trying to put their past behind them

    …work on this issue on our policy page for challenging the DBS ‘filtering’ process For practical information on filtering, read our detailed guide Discuss this issue on our online forum….

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  • Personal Story

    No future without forgiveness – why the government should change the current filtering system

    …and Barring Service checks gave him hope for the future, until he realised that his offences weren’t eligible for filtering. I was nearly 17 when I fell madly in love…

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  • Personal Story

    A chance at last – changes to filtering rules will give me a clean DBS at last

    …this post by commenting below Information – We have practical self-help information on filtering Discuss this issue – There are some interesting discussions related to filtering on our online forum…

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    DBS start filtering cautions and convictions

    …process of ‘filtering’ for cautions and convictions held on the Police National Computer. Today, we’ve published our own detailed guide on how the DBS filtering rules will work. This can…

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    Updates to the DBS filtering process

    This update has been taken from our Information Hub December has seen a couple of updates from the Disclosure & Barring Service regarding the filtering process. Nothing has substantially changed…

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    We’ve produced a simple guide on the DBS ‘filtering’ process

    We know how complicated the criminal records process can be. The ‘filtering’ process that came in in May 2013 has been quite a culture shock to many people who were…

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  • Personal Story

    One conviction or multiple offences? The DBS filtering process

    Ever since we published our Information Hub guide on the new DBS filtering process, our Helpline has been receiving queries left, right and centre about the filtering process and how…

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  • Personal Story

    Can filtering be challenged?

    …teaching course and have been a teacher for a number of years now. I haven’t been in trouble with the police since 2001. When the new filtering guidelines came out…

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