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.

The Supreme Court has ruled that workers who are vulnerable due to their immigration status are not protected by race discrimination legislation. 

The 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.

The 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.

Ealing & Hounslow Acupuncture has committed to donating 5% of all treatment fees taken in May to ATLEU. 

The 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.

ATLEU 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.

The 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.

James 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. 

ATLEU 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.

An ATLEU client has finally received over £300,000 in compensation from her former traffickers after years of battling them in the British courts. 

Statistics 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.