IEO v Disclosure and Barring Service: [2025] UKUT 260 (AAC)

Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber decision by Judge Citron on 04 August 2025.

• From: HM Courts & Tribunals Service and Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber)
• Published: 5 September 2025

• Categories: Safeguarding vulnerable groups
• Sub-categories: Safeguarding vulnerable groups - Finding of fact
• Judges: Citron, Z
• Decision date: 4 August 2025

Read the full decision in UA-2024-001307-V.

Judicial Summary

This appeal centred on Disclosure and Barring Service’s (DBS’s) factual findings about an incident at a care home involving the appellant, a care assistant there, and a vulnerable adult, who was a resident there. The evidence included CCTV footage of the incident. On the basis of the evidence, the Upper Tribunal found that DBS had not made a mistake in its factual finding. The appeal was dismissed.

Published 5 September 2025