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.

R-v- ZA, Chelmsford Crown Court. Operation Lyne. Adam Law Solicitors represented the defendant in a large scale multi hander Conspiracy to facilitate unlawful immigration into the United Kingdom. It was the Crown’s case that, over a 13-month period, an organised crime network helped asylum seekers from the Middle East get to this country in order to claim asylum using French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and British documents. The case involved a large scale investigation where the network extended across Europe, including Belgium, France and Spain. It was ZA defence that she was a victim of Modern Slavery. The case attracted extensive and widespread national media coverage which included a statement by the Immigration Minister. 

R -v- MA . Sheffield Crown Court. Operation Loft. Represented the main defendant in a multi handed conspiracy to facilitate unlawful immigration involving nine defendants. The applications were made on an industrial scale. The case involved a two-year investigation by Immigration Enforcement’s Criminal and Financial Investigation (CFI) team. This was a lengthy trial and the case was widely reported in the national media.

R-v- SA, Liverpool Crown Court. Operation Codete. Represented the defendant in a multi handed conspiracy to facilitate unlawful immigration involving a wide international element. After successful negotiations, SA was spared a prison sentence, although the maximum sentence for assisting unlawful immigration, contrary to section 25(1) of the Immigration Act 1971, is 14 years’ imprisonment.

R-v- GH, Bradford Crown Court.  GH was charged with Fraudulent evasion of Income Tax and VAT with overall tax loss suffered HMRC being over £300,000. Adam Law Solicitors appointed an expert forensic accountant and, after skilful and successful submissions, liability to HMRC was reduced to £52,000. As a result, JH was spared a prison sentence.