“Sentences for criminal bosses who use forced labour are ‘unduly lenient’ and do not deter modern slavery, the head of Britain’s worker exploitation watchdog believes.”
The Independent, 23rd June 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A ‘physical and mental bully’ has been jailed for six years and three months for trafficking four men to the UK and exploiting them to work as slaves.”
The Independent, 22nd February 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The Court of Appeal has ruled that regulations under the Jobseekers Act 1995 were unlawful as not meeting the requirements of that statute.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 13th February 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“‘The scheme’ named in the Jobseeker’s Allowance (Employment, Skills and Enterprise Scheme) Regulations 2011 did not comply with the requirements of section 17A of the Jobseekers Act 1995 and was unlawful.”
WLR Daily, 12th February 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“The government’s back-to-work schemes have suffered a setback after Appeal Court
judges agreed with a university graduate’s claim that unpaid schemes were
legally flawed.”
BBC News, 12th February 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The court of appeal will on Tuesday judge whether government employment schemes constitute forced labour and if tens of thousands of unemployed people will still be entitled to compensation after being wrongly sanctioned by the Department of Work and Pensions.”
The Guardian, 12th February 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Five members of a traveller family who were found guilty of keeping their own private workforce have been jailed.”
BBC News, 19th December 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The European Court of Human Rights recently held that the UK was in breach of Article 4 of the European Convention on Human Rights by failing to have specific legislation in place which criminalised domestic slavery.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 28th November 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Prosecuting human trafficking and slavery, the law and the UK response
Solicitor General, Oliver Heald QC MP
Bradford University, 29th October 2012
Source: www.attorneygeneral.gov.uk
“There are three cases, among the many decided by the Court in the past few weeks, which I would like to highlight. They deal with testimony potentially obtained through torture, forced labour and extraordinary rendition respectively.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 16th October 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“Government back-to-work schemes criticised as ‘forced labour’ were ruled lawful by the high court on Monday.”
The Guardian, 6th August
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A husband and wife who ‘brutally manipulated and exploited’ destitute men by forcing them into servitude have been jailed for 11 years and four years respectively.”
The Guardian, 12th July 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Four members of Traveller family convicted of controlling, exploiting, verbally abusing and beating men for financial gain.”
The Guardian, 11th July 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Mandatory unpaid government work schemes that last up to six months should be declared illegal because they are a form of forced labour, lawyers acting for the unemployed argued on Tuesday.”
The Guardian, 26th June 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“An HIV expert has been jailed for keeping a 21-year-old woman as a slave.”
The Guardian, 11th August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The failure of police and prosecutors to enforce a law that criminalises men who pay for sex with trafficked women is jeopardising the attempt to tackle human trafficking into Britain.”
The Guardian, 19th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Regina v K [2011] EWCA Crim 1691; [2011] WLR (D) 231
“Slavery, servitude and forced or compulsory labour were core elements of the criminal offence of trafficking into the United Kingdom for exploitation and failing to remunerate at the national minimum wage was not determinative of guilt.”
WLR Daily, 8th July 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“A firm of solicitors is fighting to continue its work helping victims of forced marriages after being told it no longer qualifies for legal aid funding.”
The Independent, 13th August 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Ministers are to legislate to outlaw employment practices which campaigners say amount to modern-day slavery.”
BBC News, 28th October 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The House of Lords is expected to vote later on proposed new laws for England and Wales to deal with what campaigners are calling modern-day slavery.”
BBC News, 26th October 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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