Modern Slavery & Trafficking - Step by Step Guidance with Ben Douglas-Jones KC

Introduction

This webinar will alert practitioners and those who engage with victims of trafficking and slavery to indicators of trafficking, how to identify the components of trafficking and what to do procedurally, evidentially and in an advisory capacity to ensure the people are prosecuted only in appropriate circumstances and that people are properly defended.

Practical, step-by-step guidance as to the duties of police, prosecutors and defence practitioners will be given.

What You Will Learn

This webinar will cover the following:

• How to spot indicators of trafficking
• How the National Referral Mechanism should be used in criminal proceedings
• When the NRM process should not slow down the case
• The section 52 Modern Slavery Act 2015 duties of police officers and other agencies
• How the Crown Prosecution Service four stage test for prosecuting suspects who are victims of trafficking and slavery who commit criminal acts
• How to assess evidence when duress or a modern slavery defence
• What evidence should be considered to advance or undermine the defence case
• How stage 4 and the public interest work
• Schedule 4 excluded offences
• The dominant force of compulsion v the seriousness of the offence
• Case law

This pre-recorded webinar will be streamed at 12:30pm on Friday 20th January 2023 and will remain available to view by delegates who have registered by then for 90 days.