And the winner is….ATLEU!
/We are absolutely delighted to announce that we’ve won legal aid firm/not-for-profit agency at the Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year awards 2016 for our groundbreaking work with victims of trafficking.
Read MoreWe are absolutely delighted to announce that we’ve won legal aid firm/not-for-profit agency at the Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year awards 2016 for our groundbreaking work with victims of trafficking.
Read MoreThe Supreme Court has ruled that workers who are vulnerable due to their immigration status are not protected by race discrimination legislation.
Read MoreThe nominations are in for this year's Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year awards and we've been shortlisted in the not-for-profit agency category.
Read MoreThe Immigration Bill returns to the House of Lords today. Peers will once again have the chance to vote for extra protection for domestic workers who face abuse.
Read MoreEaling & Hounslow Acupuncture has committed to donating 5% of all treatment fees taken in May to ATLEU.
Read MoreThe government’s controversial proposal to introduce a residence test for access to legal aid was declared unlawful by the Supreme Court on Monday 18 April.
Read MoreATLEU and seven other agencies are calling on MPs to support an amendment that grants domestic workers the right to work and extend their leave for up to two and a half years.
Read MoreThe government has agreed to conduct an urgent review of legal aid provision for victims of modern slavery and trafficking who want to bring court claims against their traffickers. This is following the judicial review brought by ATLEU.
Read MoreJames Ewins’ independent review of the Overseas Domestic Worker visa, published in December 2015, calls for an end to the current system which ties workers to their employers.
Read MoreATLEU are recruiting volunteers to support our casework and our clients. We are at the forefront of the vital and fast-moving area of trafficking, bringing high profile strategic challenges that shape the way the law develop.
Read MoreAn ATLEU client has finally received over £300,000 in compensation from her former traffickers after years of battling them in the British courts.
Read MoreStatistics from the Ministry of Justice reveal a 90% fall in the number of not-for-profit legal aid providers within a year of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 coming into effect.
Read MoreJames Ewins’ independent review of the Overseas Domestic Worker visa released today calls for an end to the current system which ties workers to their employers.
Read MoreThe Modern Slavery Act does nothing to address the tying of migrant domestic workers to their employer because of immigration rules; a system which has repeatedly been evidenced to facilitate their abuse.
Read MoreThe area of law which involves protection of the person can routinely subject lawyers and legal representatives to secondary trauma, burnout and compassion fatigue.
Read MoreIn September 2013, government proposed that anyone with uncertain or no immigration status within the previous year, or anyone not living here in the last 12 months, would be ineligible for legal aid.
Read MoreFollowing our campaign with the charity Kalayaan and Justice for Domestic Workers, this year the Home Office changed its rules so that visas for overseas domestic workers will not be granted unless the employer agrees to pay the National Minimum Wage.
Read MoreFollowing a nationwide campaign during the passage of the Modern Slavery Act, the government has agreed to a review of the Overseas Domestic Worker visa and promised to follow its recommendations.
Read MoreThe government has introduced a restriction on the right to recover the National Minimum Wage. This new restriction, while not aimed at victims of trafficking, is likely to impact overwhelmingly upon them.
Read MoreThe government has set out new plans to tackle labour exploitation but we are concerned about the lack of detail in these proposals and in their explanation about why existing enforcement tools are not being used to full effect before new ones are introduced.
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