JB v Disclosure and Barring Service: [2026] UKUT 254 (AAC)

Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber decision by Judge Ward on 02 July 2026.

• From: HM Courts & Tribunals Service and Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber)
• Published: 24 July 2026

• Categories: Safeguarding vulnerable groups
• Sub-categories: Safeguarding vulnerable groups - Adults’ barred list and Safeguarding vulnerable groups - Children’s barred list
• Judges: Ward, C
• Decision date: 2 July 2026

Read the full decision in UA-2022-000998-V.

Judicial Summary

Having received the appellant’s oral evidence and reviewed the evidence as a whole, the Upper Tribunal concludes that the DBS did not make a material mistake of fact nor any mistake of law and the decision to include the appellant’s name in the adults’ barred list and the children’s barred list is upheld.