The three Claimant were each convicted in the 1980s and 1990s of offences of loitering in a street or public place for the purposes of prostitution. Pursuant to a policy of the First Defendant, the National Police Chiefs’ Council, those convictions are recorded on the Police National Computer and will remain so recorded until the Claimants are one hundred years old. Having ceased prostitution, the Claimants claim that that policy is unlawful, since it interferes with their rights under Article 8 ECHR, is not in accordance with the law, and is disproportionate.
Judges:
Lord Justice Bean and Mr Justice Garnham
Citations:
[2021] EWHC 272 (Admin)
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Police, Human Rights
Updated: 28 July 2022; Ref: scu.658124