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Further trafficking victory

On the 30th October 2014, the Crown discontinued the proceedings at Stratford Youth Court against TN, who was a child victim of human trafficking. Philippa Southwell of this firm represented TN and made successful representations that the prosecution contravened CPS guidance on human trafficking, was…

Lies, damned lies and statistics

On 13th January 2014, the Ministry of Justice was sent a report produced by Oxford Economics, an independent consultancy which had been jointly commissioned by the Law Society, the London Criminal Courts Solicitors Association, The Criminal Law Solicitors Association, the Legal Aid Practitioners’ Group and…