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The Upper Tribunal oral hearing
The Upper Tribunal oral hearing
We held an oral hearing of the Appellant’s appeal on 12 June 2025 in Leeds. The Appellant appeared in person and was unrepresented. Her husband and a friend attended to provide moral support. The DBS was represented by Mr Richard Ryan of counsel.
- Heading
- The decision of the Upper Tribunal is to allow the appeal under section 4 of the Safeguarding and Vulnerable Groups Act 2006
- Accordingly, the Upper Tribunal, pursuant to section 4(6)(b) and (7)(b) of the 2006 Act
- REASONS FOR DECISION
- A summary of the background to the Barring Decision
- The Upper Tribunal oral hearing
- The legal framework for barring decisions
- The Disclosure and Barring Service’s decision to bar the Appellant
- The Appellant’s grounds of appeal
- The Appellant’s oral evidence
- The fall incident
- The care agency’s account
- The Appellant’s account
- Finding 1
- Finding 2
- Finding 3
- The medication incident
- Finding 4
- Finding 5
- Other matters
- Disposal
- Conclusions