Legal


Recently the Supreme Court ruled that a teacher who was found not guilty of rape could not have reference to the case, which had been included by the Police on an enhanced criminal record check (ECRC) removed.  The actual ruling is not surprising as the Supreme Court has made similar judgements in the past such as highlighted in this previous Newsblog report.  However, the judgement raises questions about the competency of Supreme Court judges, as allowing the information to be included in an ECRC is clearly perverse as it undermines basic rights that it is essential to uphold and sets dangerous precedents for the future.   There are a number of issues with the judgement as outlined below:   Firstly and perhaps most obvious is that by adding the case to the teacher’s ECRC record the implication is that he is guilty even though he has been found not guilty by a […]

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