The claimant sought judicial review of the enhanced criminal record issued by the respondents when he sought a licence as a private hire driver. He had been tried and acquitted on a charge of rape.
Held: The request for review failed.
The applicant challenged the disclosure of old allegations of criminal behaviour on his application for an Enhanced Criminal Records Bureau Certificate in support of his application for a hackney carriage license. Judges: Blair QC HHJ Citations: [2016] EWHC 655 (Admin), [2016] 4 WLR 88, [2016] WLR(D) 233 Links: Bailii, WLRD Statutes: Police Act 1997 113B(4) … Continue reading MS Regina (on The Application of) v The Independent Monitor of The Home Office and Another: Admn 18 Apr 2016
Hate-Incident Guidance Inflexible and Unlawful The central issue raised in the appeal is the lawfulness of certain parts of a document entitled the Hate Crime Operational Guidance (the Guidance). The Guidance, issued in 2014 by the College of Policing (the College), the respondent to this appeal, sets out the national policy in relation to the … Continue reading Miller v The College of Policing: CA 20 Dec 2021