Specialist Legal Help
for Your DBS Barred
List Appeal

How We Handle DBS Barring Cases

At Legisia, we step in at the point where the consequences are life-changing. We challenge the DBS’s assumptions, correct safeguarding errors, and build the representations needed to prevent an unnecessary or disproportionate ban from being imposed.

• Finding The Weakness In The Case Against You

We retrieve police files, custody records, and referral documents. If the underlying caution or allegation was procedurally flawed, the entire basis for barring may collapse.

• Building Your Representations

We address the DBS’s actual decision-making criteria with evidence—expert psychological reports, employment records, and documentation showing who you are today.

• Timelines And Urgency

You typically have eight weeks to respond. The earlier we’re instructed, the more time we have to build the strongest possible case. This is why we encourage clients to contact us as soon as they receive the letter.

• What Happens After Representations Are Submitted

We chase the DBS for updates and keep you informed throughout. If they proceed with barring despite representations, we can appeal to the Upper Tribunal.

• When You’re Already Barred

Barred years ago? Once the minimum period passes, you can apply for review.If your representations were unsuccessful you may still have options.We’ve had clients taken off barred lists years after the original decision was made.