Trafficking 

Our Team
We have successfully represented and helped victims of modern slavery and in particular victims of human trafficking. We are committed to working sensitively and fearlessly in helping them to enforce their legal rights.

We assist both domestic and international victims of trafficking as well as providing regulatory advice to companies to ensure compliance with regulations. Howe+Co work closely with a number of charities and other providers to offer advice and assistance to victims of trafficking. 

The status of being a victim of trafficking requires the state to provide a range of protections under domestic and international law. Our lawyers have considerable expertise on the legal issues that relate to that status.

The process of being recognised as a victim of trafficking is a two stage process with an initial decision and then a conclusive decision. At either stage a negative decision can be challenged by way of Judicial Review. 

For individuals, we act on a variety of claims that relate to trafficking. These include challenges to decisions by the competent authority failing to recognise a person is a victim of trafficking, challenges by the state in failing to carry out an adequate investigation as to whether someone has been trafficked, representing trafficked individuals being prosecuted against the public interest, helping ensure victims receive adequate post-safe house support, and bringing civil damages claims against individual traffickers.

For NGOs we provide advice and also representation as claimants and interveners on significant issues. Howe+Co are at the forefront of  developing legal issues in this area and work closely with NGO's and other organisations to ensure that the highest standards are achieved with the best results for our clients.

Howe+Co provide a holistic approach to this area, and will advise from the initial decisions through to highly complex civil claims against those accused of trafficking. Our team’s breadth of skills, which span public and private law litigation, ensures that we can cover many of the inter-linking issues facing victims of trafficking. We have been involved in a number of significant cases that have helped shape the law in this area.

We may be able to secure legal aid in order to represent you and can discuss other forms of funding. 
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