AA v Disclosure and Barring Service: [2026] UKUT 176 (AAC)

Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber decision by Judge Mitchell on 23 April 2026.

• From: HM Courts & Tribunals Service and Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber)
• Published: 29 May 2026

• Categories: Safeguarding vulnerable groups
• Sub-categories: Safeguarding vulnerable groups - Proportionality
• Judges: Mitchell, E
• Decision date: 23 April 2026

Read the full decision in UA-2021-001746-V.

Judicial Summary

Barring interfered with the Appellant’s Article 8(1) rights in that it impeded her ability to develop, without outside interference, her personality in her relations with other human beings. However, it did not preclude all relations with other human beings, only work-related relations with children and vulnerable adults and those doing regulated activity relating to children and vulnerable adults. In the light of the evidence about risks posed by the Appellant, barring was a proportionate and necessary interference with the Appellant’s Article 8(1) rights.

Published 29 May 2026