UK Court rules on whether disclosure of a work-seeker’s rape acquittal in an enhanced criminal records certificate was breach of human rights. The court held that the disclosure did not breach the presumption of innocence under the European Convention on Human Rights, as it did not suggest that the jury had been wrong to acquit or that the police thought the claimant was guilty. Furthermore, the disclosure did not breach the right to privacy, as it was proportionate in view of the requirement to balance any detriment to the claimant, a teacher, against the need to protect vulnerable members of the public.
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