Tribunal awards victim of trafficking £266,536 compensation
/Following a groundbreaking judgment upholding Ms Tirkey's claim of caste discrimination the Tribunal have awarded Ms Tirkey £266,536 in compensation.
Read MoreFollowing a groundbreaking judgment upholding Ms Tirkey's claim of caste discrimination the Tribunal have awarded Ms Tirkey £266,536 in compensation.
Read MoreBarring a victim of trafficking from obtaining compensation from the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority, due to non-compliance with the police amounts to a breach of the UK's obligations to victims of trafficking.
Read MoreATLEU has been granted permission to challenge the Lord Chancellor’s failure to grant funding to victims of trafficking seeking redress through compensation claims against their traffickers.
Read MoreATLEU has broken new ground by successfully bringing claims for compensation for victims of trafficking in the High Court.
Read MoreIn a ground-breaking judgment, the Employment Tribunal upheld numerous claims, including those for unpaid wages and religious and race discrimination, brought by an Indian woman of low caste kept in domestic servitude by her employers for four and a half years.
Read MoreThe Court of Appeal, in a iudgment handed down today, declared the State Immunity Act to be incompatible under the Human Rights Act.
Read MoreIn a landmark first case on human trafficking, the Supreme Court has made new law which means that a child victim of trafficking can recover damages from her trafficker.
Read MoreIn a judgment handed down on 13 June 2014, it was found that the refusal to grant legal aid exceptional funding had been unlawful, and risked a breach of their human rights.
Read MoreThe Supreme Court has granted permission for Anti-Slavery International to intervene in the case of Hounga v Allen.
Read MoreThe Secretary of State has the power to amend the Equality Act 2010 to make 'caste' a protected characteristic. However, an Employment Tribunal has today held that 'caste' is already part of the protected characteristics of race.
Read MoreIn two judgments handed down on Friday 4 October, the Employment Appeal Tribunal has considered the application of state and diplomatic immunity to claims brought by domestic workers.
Read MoreEK was trafficked to the UK from Tanzania in 2006 for domestic servitude. Contrary to UKBA guidance she was not given information on her rights upon entry to UK. The Upper Tribunal found that this was a breach of Article 4 and had contributed directly to her vulnerability to trafficking.
Read MoreThe Employment Appeal Tribunal found that, although the Claimant had committed an act of gross misconduct entitling the Respondents to dismiss him without notice, the misconduct was not the principal reason for the dismissal and so the dismissal was unfair.
Read MoreThe Employment Appeal Tribubal under its President has held that the Equality Act 2010 does cover post-termination victimisation in a judgment handed down on 1 May.
Read MoreThe Court of Appeal overturned the decisions of the Employment Tribunal and the Employment Appeal Tribunal and found that because the victim had no right to work in the UK, she had no right to protection under race discrimination legislation.
Read MoreThe Tribunal held that the requirement to wear the hijab amounted to harassment related both to the Claimant's sex and to her religion (the claimant was a Hindu).
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