R-v- NH, Snaresbrook Crown Court

R-v- NH, Snaresbrook Crown Court.  Adam Law Solicitors secured the acquittal of the defendant in a large scale multi hander Conspiracy to defraud Boots & Tesco and Money Laundering involving nine Defendants. ADAM LAW SOLICITORS SUCCESSFULLY RAISED THE MODERN SLAVERY DEFENCE IN WHAT IS BELIEVED TO BE THE FIRST MODERN SLAVERY FRAUD CASE IN THE UK. The amount of fraud involved was in excess of half million pounds. It was NH defence that she was a victim of Modern Slavery. NH was a young woman in her 20’s who claimed that she has been the subject of 10 years of exploitation and did not participate in the commission of the fraud voluntarily. The modern slavery defence under s.45 Modern Slavery Act 2015 was raised. As part of the defence case, Adam Law Solicitors argued that NH was exploited as a child and then further exploited as an adult when forced to commit crime through violence and in particular, that she had no realistic alternative because she has been failed by the police and social services on numerous occasions. The Prosecution were not prepared to accept this and the defence appointed one of the leading anti trafficking experts in the United Kingdom to prepare a report for the court. During the trial, the Prosecution conceded that NH was a victim of modern slavery. The case attracted extensive and widespread national media coverage.