Employment law cases

R (on the application of P) v Secretary of State for the Home Department and other appeals [2019] UKSC 3 SC

Reports relating to this case:

  • Criminal record checks: "Multiple convictions rule" breaches human rights

    Date:
    31 January 2019

    In R (on the application of P) v Secretary of State for the Home Department and other appeals, the Supreme Court held that the criminal record checks rule requiring disclosure where a person has more than one conviction, regardless of the circumstances of the offences, is incompatible with the European Convention on Human Rights.