Judges rule CRB checks ‘incompatible’ with Human Rights Act
According to the BBC:
Blanket criminal records checks are not “compatible” with a key part of the Human Rights Act, the Court of Appeal has concluded.
The checks, known as CRBs, may prevent a persons right to a private or family life, a draft judgement has found.
The ruling was made based on the case of a 21-year-old man, who had been forced to reveal details of two police warnings given to him a decade earlier.
The Master of the Rolls, Lord Dyson, said the CRB system must be reformed.
The draft judgement was made on 21 December 2012, but was not revealed at the time amid concerns about its implications for the government over the CRB system.
The article quotes Corinna Ferguson, legal officer for Liberty:
“The overzealous CRB system has allowed old, minor and unreliable information to wreck the lives of too many hardworking people in the UK.
The government can’t put off dealing with this any longer. We look forward to seeing urgent proposals for a proportionate system that properly balances the aim of public protection with privacy rights.”
