SJS v Disclosure and Barring Service: [2024] UKUT 227 (AAC)

Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber decision by Judge Jacobs on 1 August 2024

• From: HM Courts & Tribunals Service and Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber)
• Published: 29 August 2024

• Categories: Safeguarding vulnerable groups
• Sub-categories: Safeguarding vulnerable groups - Children’s barred list
• Judges: Jacobs, E
• Decision date: 1 August 2024

Read the full decision in UA-2023-000448-V.

Judicial Summary

Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) made a mistake of fact as it was not aware of the contents of a positive reference written for the appellant that showed he had remedied some aspects of his behaviour towards young people. Case remitted to DBS to make a new decision.

Published 29 August 2024