The Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner has published her Annual Report for 2020-2021 pursuant to Section 42 (10) (b) of the…
Blog AccessJuly 21, 2021
UK’s Supreme Court has handed down the judgement in the A & B v CICA case, Philippa Southwell, Managing Director…
Blog AccessJuly 21, 2021
The judgment in V.C.L. and A.N. v. United Kingdom (nos. 77587/12 and 74603/12) made by…
Blog AccessJuly 21, 2021
Home Office statistics for the National Referral Mechanism (NRM) for the Quarter 1 of 2021 saw…
Blog AccessJuly 5, 2021
The Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner, Dame Sara Thornton and the CEO of the Global Fund to End Modern…
Blog AccessJuly 5, 2021
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) have published a report ‘Child Labour: Global…
Blog AccessJuly 1, 2021
This week Philippa Southwell appeared on France24 for a lengthy debate on modern slavery and…
Blog AccessMay 12, 2021
Philippa Southwell will be speaking at a lecture in a modern slavery series by Exeter University. Philippa’s lecture on ‘Non-prosecution…
Blog AccessApril 28, 2021
Southwell & Partners, in collaboration with Garden Court Chambers, is providing a lecture on the landmark European…
Blog AccessMarch 18, 2021
A joint investigation by HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services (HMICFRS), the College of Policing (CoP)…
Blog AccessMarch 9, 2021
Philippa Southwell, our managing director at Southwell & Partners, was interviewed for the ‘Lawyer in the news’…
Blog AccessMarch 2, 2021
Philippa Southwell spoke about the landmark ECtHR judgment of VCL and AN v United Kingdom.…
Blog AccessMarch 2, 2021
Philippa Southwell represented VCL in landmark ECHR case, in relation to victims of human trafficking. Philippa…
Blog AccessFebruary 23, 2021
UNODC has published the 2020 'Global Report on Trafficking in Persons'. It is the fifth…
Blog AccessFebruary 3, 2021
Philippa Southwell and Ben Douglas-Jones QC speak to Bloomsbury Professional about best practice in defending…
Blog AccessFebruary 3, 2021
UK Government announces that “e must take action, to make sure that UK businesses are not…
Blog AccessJanuary 14, 2021
Last year, Southwell & Partners joined over 50 others, including NGOs, academics and law firms,…
Blog AccessJanuary 12, 2021
TRIBE Freedom Foundation, Themis Financial Crime Agency and the UK Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner commissioned a research project into modern…
Blog AccessJanuary 12, 2021
The West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner, as part of the West Midlands Anti Slavery Network, has…
Blog AccessJanuary 12, 2021
Commissioned by the Independent Anti-Trafficking Slavery Commissioner, the report paper ‘The Impact of Vietnamese MSHT and…
Blog AccessJanuary 12, 2021
