The High Court has ruled that vetting and barring legislation for people working with children and vulnerable adults breaches human rights law.
Under the legislation, the Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA) keeps lists of people who are barred from working with children or vulnerable adults. Once barred, the restrictions on work last from a minimum of one to a maximum of ten years.
But last week the High Court ruled that automatically banning those convicted of, or admitting to, crimes with children and vulnerable adults, without allowing them to make representations breached their rights to a fair trial.
The case involved four nurses, two of whom had received police cautions for leaving their children at home alone.
http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/finance/news/content/7819/high_court_rules_vetting_and_barring_scheme_breaches_human_rights
Ibrahim Hasan
Act Now Training
www.actnow.org.uk
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