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Unlawful for criminal record checks to disclose all minor offences

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    R (on the application of T) v Chief Constable of Greater Manchester and others [2014] UKSC 35 SC (0 other reports)

R (on the application of T) v Chief Constable of Greater Manchester and others [2014] UKSC 35 SC

human rights | criminal records | spent convictions

The Supreme Court has held that the requirement in criminal record checks to disclose all convictions and cautions, including those given for minor offences and crimes committed as a child, breaches the European Convention on Human Rights.