Evidence

Legal cases for survivors can be complex and they often require detailed evidence, including expert evidence.

Have you been asked to provide a supporting letter but felt unsure what you should write?

Have had cases where not enough evidence is put forward by the solicitor, or the trafficking case is simply treated as a side-line issue?

This session will be useful for both experienced and less experienced support workers. It will provide you with a good understanding of what types of evidence can be useful, and also how cases can be successful where a survivor is unable to disclose their experience.

The training will cover what expert evidence is available and how this is funded on legal aid, so that support workers can advocate for this on behalf of survivors. In this interactive session, participants may be able to try writing to a solicitor to request for expert evidence and also have a go at writing a letter of support.

Lindsay Cundall

Lindsay is a supervising solicitor specialising in immigration and public law, based in Sheffield. Lindsay joined ATLEU in 2020 as ATLEU’s Training Lead and in 2023 she took up the role of Strategic Litigation Lawyer which she does alongside leading ATLEU’s housing and public law team. Lindsay has qualified as a solicitor in 2010 with Wilson Solicitors LLP, prior to which she had worked at Refugee and Migrant Justice, Brighton Housing Trust and the UNHCR, Ecuador.

Lindsay has extensive experience of preparing immigration applications and appeals at all levels as well as a variety of claims against public bodies and complex Judicial Review applications, particularly on behalf of those who are detained in immigration removal centres or prisons (in non-criminal matters). Her notable cases include The Anti Trafficking Labour Exploitation Unit & Anor v The Secretary of State for Justice [2022] EWHC 1962 (Admin) (26 July 2022), a judicial review brought by ATLEU as the Claimant, which prompted the introduction of new guidance for UK prisons on supporting survivors.

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It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more.

It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more.

It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more.