Hounga (Appellant) v Allen and another (Respondents) – Supreme Court
Hounga (Appellant) v Allen and another (Respondents) [2014] UKSC 47 (YouTube)
Supreme Court, 30th July 2014
Category: forced labour
Hounga v Allen and another (Anti-Slavery International intervening) – WLR Daily
‘A claim for the statutory tort of discrimination in relation to dismissal by an employee who had entered the United Kingdom illegally was not barred by the defence of illegality in circumstances where the application of the defence would be an affront to the public policy of protecting the victims of human trafficking.’
WLR Daily, 30th July 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Human trafficking: exercise discretion on a case-by-case basis – Halsbury’s Law Exchange
‘Slavery is a term of the highest evocative order. The almost universal abhorrence that this term elicits is due, in large part, to the imprint on the modern psyche caused, not by images of those responsible for the slave trade, but by images and tales of their victims.’
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 20th March 2014
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
Regina (Reilly and another) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions – WLR Daily
“Where a statute required that something be prescribed in delegated legislation, it envisaged that the latter would add something to what was contained in the primary legislation. Therefore the Jobseeker’s Allowance (Employment, Skills and Enterprise Scheme) Regulations 2011, purportedly made under section 17A of the Jobseekers Act 1995 which provided for the making of regulations to require claimants in receipt of jobseeker’s allowance to participate in schemes of a ‘prescribed description’, were unlawful because they set up a named scheme without any description over and above what was already in section 17A.”
WLR Daily, 30th October 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
It pays to use slave labour, says watchdog – The Independent
“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
Trafficker jailed for using Polish workers as slaves – The Independent
“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
Government’s back to work schemes ruled unlawful without rights to refuse – UK Human Rights Blog
“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
Regina (Reilly and another) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions – WLR Daily
“‘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
Back-to-work scheme breached laws, says Court of Appeal – BBC News
“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
Judgment expected on government’s unpaid work schemes – The Guardian
“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
Traveller family guilty of forced labour are jailed – BBC News
“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
UK not doing enough to combat human trafficking and domestic slavery – UK Human Rights Blog
“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
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
Extraordinary rendition, forced labour, and evidence obtained by torture – UK Human Rights Blog
“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
Unpaid work schemes ruled lawful as high court rejects Poundland case – The Guardian
“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
Couple jailed for forcing destitute men into servitude – The Guardian
“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 found guilty of forcing vulnerable men into servitude – The Guardian
“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
Unpaid work schemes breach human rights, claim lawyers – The Guardian
“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
HIV expert jailed for keeping woman as slave in London flat – The Guardian
“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
