AM v Disclosure and Barring Service: [2024] UKUT 354 (AAC)
Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber decision by Judge Wikeley on 8 November 2024
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.Judicial Summary
Appellant placed on children’s barred list by Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) - Appellant had been prosecuted on multiple charges of historic sexual abuse, namely rape against his ex-wife and sexual assaults on his children, resulting in two hung juries before prosecutions discontinued - Eldest daughter gave evidence to Upper Tribunal, stating that stories had been fabricated by her mother, and so retracting the daughter’s earlier evidence to the police - Credibility of witness - Upper Tribunal concluded no material mistake of fact by DBS and so dismissed the appeal.