Law and Rights
The government has stopped the requirement for registration with the Vetting and Barring Scheme. They plan to review and remodel the scheme which they see as bureaucratic and disproportionate. It is argued that the scheme has advesely affected the numbers of people coming forward to those voluntary organisations working with children or providing activities for them. See Home Office for full details. It is important to note that most of the child protection arrangements remain in place and are not affected by this decision - see the earlier Home Office link.
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Law and Rights
Vetting and Barring Scheme to be "remodelled"
- Child Protection ~ Challenge To The Csod Scheme
In March 2010 the Home Secretary issued non-statutory guidance entitled Child Sex Offender Disclosure Guidance (CSOD Guidance ) - see Home Office. In X (South Yorkshire) v Home Secretary and Chief Constable of the South Yorkshire Police [2012]...
- The Wind Of Change In Legal Services
Autumn 2011 - Rowan BerriesJust over 51 years ago, Prime Minister Harold Macmillan used the phrase "wind of change" in a speech to the Parliament of South Africa. Today, as autumn sets in, the wind of change is blowing and will alter markedly the ways...
- Vetting And Barring And Criminal Records: The Protection Of Freedoms Bill No.7
Vetting and Barring (VBS) Background - In August 2002, two girls - Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman - went missing in the small town of Soham. Two weeks later their bodies were discovered. Ian Huntley (School Caretaker) and Maxine Carr (Teaching...
- A Day With Many Legal News Items .... Here Are A Few
Judicial review not to be allowed to stand in the way of deportations: Fellow blogger CharonQC has wondered whether the present government plans to abolish all law! He writes about the planned deportation of a number of people to Iraq. ...
- Disclosure Of Information About Offenders
We do not have a Megan's Law. Nevertheless, there is an expanding Child Sex Offender Disclosure Scheme described on a government website here. The scheme commenced in September 2008 in 4 Police Areas and will, from August 2010, be extended...