Hearings
England & Wales
03 Feb 2022 [2022] EWCA Crim 106; [2022] 1 WLR 4042; [2022] 1 Cr App R 19; [2022] WLR(D) 95, CA (Fulford LJ, Julian Knowles J, Sir Nigel Davis)
R v AAD
Additional names
R v AAH
R v AAI
Subject Matter
CRIME — Evidence — Fresh evidence — Single Competent Authority finding conclusive grounds to believe convicted defendant victim of trafficking — Whether conclusive grounds decision admissible as fresh evidence on defendant’s appeal against conviction — Criminal Appeal Act 1968 (c 19), s 23
[2022] EWCA Crim 106; [2022] 1 WLR 4042; [2022] 1 Cr App R 19; [2022] WLR(D) 95, CA
CRIME — Abuse of process — Victims of trafficking — Defendant claiming to be victim of trafficking — Whether abuse of process jurisdiction available to such defendant following introduction of compulsion defence for victims of trafficking — Proper construction of compulsion defence — Modern Slavery Act 2015 (c 30), s 45
[2022] EWCA Crim 106; [2022] 1 WLR 4042; [2022] 1 Cr App R 19; [2022] WLR(D) 95, CA
Commentary
Free Movement
How human trafficking victims can appeal against criminal convictions
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