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REMEDIES FOR PEOPLE SUBJECTED TO MODERN SLAVERY ARE COMPLETELY INADEQUATE.
It makes me so angry. Reyes was issued in 2011. 10 years of work on these cases by @ATLEUnit+ others. 4 Supreme Court authorities, Basfar v Wong to come. But what’s the point? An 8k wage award? 1/5 https://twitter.com/paullewismoney/status/1343307804619239431
It makes me so angry. Reyes was issued in 2011. 10 years of work on these cases by @ATLEUnit+ others. 4 Supreme Court authorities, Basfar v Wong to come. But what’s the point? An 8k wage award? 1/5 https://twitter.com/paullewismoney/status/1343307804619239431
That’s the CONTRACT SHE WAS ENTITLED TO HAVE FULFILLED ANYWAY.
Nothing for the loss of Liberty. Nothing for the suffering + distress.
Because modern slavery + trafficking are not torts.
When we lost in Taiwo v Olaigbe the Supreme Court said Parliament should look at this 2/5
Nothing for the loss of Liberty. Nothing for the suffering + distress.
Because modern slavery + trafficking are not torts.
When we lost in Taiwo v Olaigbe the Supreme Court said Parliament should look at this 2/5
But Parliament hasn’t looked at it. It hasn’t even debated it. We told the Government the remedies were inadequate in 2014 but it said (see below) ‘it’s fine there are civil law remedies’ and then boasted about remedies in the Modern Slavery Act. It was wrong. 3/5
Cos criminal courts don’t make #Slavery + #Trafficking reparation orders. The CICA Scheme isn’t fit for purpose. Civil proceedings are beset with legal aid issues & remedies in the Employment Tribunal are inadequate.
At the moment the focus is on corporate accountability..4/5
At the moment the focus is on corporate accountability..4/5
You hear politicians bleat on about modern slavery whilst focussing only on crime and punishment, NEVER ON CAUSES + REMEDIES. I’m tired of advising clients there’s no remedy. @paullewismoney is right to be shocked by the outcome for Ms Reyes. But who is listening? 5/5
