October's Regulatory briefing - oct 08

Enhanced criminal record certificate - disclosure of "soft" information

The case of R (on the application of Pinnington) v Chief Constable of Thames Valley Police [2008] EWHC 1870 (Admin). The Claimant, a teacher, applied for judicial review of the Chief Constable of Thames Valley Police’s decision to disclose details of unproven allegations made against him in an enhanced criminal record certificate pursuant to section 115 of the Police Act 1997.