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14 April 2017
Issue: 7742 / Categories: Case law , Law digest , In Court
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Practice

PP v Home Office and another [2017] EWHC 663 (QB), [2017] All ER (D) 18 (Apr)

The Queen’s Bench Division made a number of preliminary rulings in a case concerning a claimant who alleged that the defendant Home Office and Secretary of State for the Home Department had failed to make reasonable enquiries as to whether the claimant had been a victim of trafficking and had also unlawfully detained the claimant as a consequence of alleged errors of law relating to the identification of the claimant as a victim of trafficking.

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Sharpe Pritchard—Victoria Heald-Barraclough

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Lewis Silkin—Iskander Fernandez

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Lewis Silkin adds corporate crime specialist to growing dispute resolution team

Morr & Co—Michael Charalambous

Morr & Co—Michael Charalambous

Morr Co strengthens private client team with partner appointment

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