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   From: philip@anywhere.demon.co.uk   
      
   In message , banana   
    writes   
   >   
   >Sounds as though they are being tricksy. There is an established   
   >procedure through which, in certain circumstances, employers can insist   
   >that a job applicant gets disclosure from the CRB of their entire   
   >criminal record, including spent convictions.   
      
   I doubt very much whether these checks show everything simply because   
   all the records have not been computerised. Without that no check can be   
   complete. RH   
      
   >I do not believe that this involves laborious hand-checking of ledgers   
   >in every magistrate's court in the country. Nor do they need to know   
   >precise dates.   
   >   
   >The levels of disclosure are:   
   >   
   >BASIC (unspent convictions)   
   >STANDARD (these, plus spent convictions, cautions, reprimands, etc.)   
   >ENHANCED (these, plus some other sorts of information held by police)   
   >   
   >Apparently 95% of basic and standard disclosures get returned within 1   
   >week.   
   >   
   >Dunno whether you have pursued this, but surely when a barrister gets   
   >criminally convicted, he is obliged to tell the Bar.   
      
   No, but it might be worth dropping them an FOIA request asking for a   
   list of every barrister convicted of an offence,. RH   
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