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NNM v Disclosure and Barring Service

The Upper Tribunal upheld DBS’s decision to bar a teacher from work with children, finding no legal or factual mistake and no disproportionality.

  • Children's barred list
  • Proportionality
  • Mistake of law
  • Mistake of fact
  • Regulated activity
  • Parenting and safeguarding
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Administrative law

MM v Disclosure and Barring Service

The Upper Tribunal allowed MM’s appeal against DBS barring him from the children’s barred list, finding DBS gave inadequate reasons and remitted the matter for a fresh decision.

  • Safeguarding vulnerable groups
  • Children’s barred list
  • Disclosure and barring service
  • Appeal on mistake of law
  • Adequacy of reasons
  • Risk assessment
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Administrative law

LM v Disclosure and Barring Service

The Upper Tribunal allowed an appeal against DBS barring, finding a material mistake of fact in the allegation that a supply teacher slapped a child.

  • Safeguarding vulnerable groups
  • Children’s barred list
  • Mistake of fact
  • Appeal procedure
  • Safeguarding-vulnerable-groups
  • Childrens-barred-list
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Administrative law

MD v Disclosure and Barring Service

The Upper Tribunal upheld DBS’s decision to bar MD from work with children and vulnerable adults, finding no mistake of fact on the evidence.

  • Mistake of fact
  • Relevant conduct
  • Barring decisions
  • Assessment of evidence
  • Credibility
  • Regulated activity
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Safeguarding

DGW v Disclosure and Barring Service

The Upper Tribunal dismissed DGW’s appeal against inclusion in the children’s barred list, finding no mistake of fact or law and no disproportionality.

  • Children's barred list
  • Mistake of fact
  • Mistake of law
  • Proportionality
  • Relevant conduct
  • Regulated activity
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Administrative law [2025] EWCA Civ 124

A v Disclosure and Barring Service

A v Disclosure and Barring Service [2025] EWCA Civ 124 (14 February 2025)

The Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal against keeping the appellant on the Children’s Barred List, holding no error of law or fact was shown.

  • Disclosure and barring
  • Children's barred list
  • Regulated activity
  • Mistake of fact
  • Proportionality
  • Article 8 echr
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Administrative law

A v Disclosure and Barring Service

The Court of Appeal upheld A’s retention on the Children’s Barred List, finding no error in the UT’s view that he might in future engage in regulated activity with children.

  • Disclosure and barring
  • Children's barred list
  • Regulated activity
  • Mistake of fact
  • Proportionality
  • Article 8 echr
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Administrative law

SB v The Disclosure and Barring Service

The Upper Tribunal allowed SB’s appeal against a DBS barring decision, finding material errors about incident reporting, remorse evidence, and character references.

  • Disclosure and barring
  • Safeguarding vulnerable groups
  • Mistake of fact
  • Mistake of law
  • Incident reporting
  • Proportionality
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Administrative law

JH v Disclosure and Barring Service

The Upper Tribunal dismissed JH’s appeal against inclusion on the children’s barred list, finding no mistake of law or fact and holding the decision proportionate.

  • Safeguarding vulnerable groups
  • Children's barred list
  • Proportionality
  • Mistake of law
  • Mistake of fact
  • Anonymity orders
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Administrative law

JA v Disclosure and Barring Service

The Upper Tribunal dismissed JA’s appeal against inclusion on the Children’s Barred List, finding no material error in the main relevant-conduct finding and no disproportionality.

  • Children's barred list
  • Safeguarding vulnerable groups act 2006
  • Mistake of fact
  • Mistake of law
  • Proportionality
  • Relevant conduct
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