Violent Crimes
Successful Sentence Reduction
Our Zaki Hashmi successfully persuades the Court of Appeal to reduce our client’s sentence by eight months in relation to a serious robbery offence.
Read MoreEssex Lorry Deaths
Jury retire at the Old Bailey to consider the verdict of our client who is being accused of the manslaughter of 39 migrants, in the Essex lorry people-smuggling plot. Our Claire Anderson is instructed in this case. BBC News
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Claire Anderson of ABV Solicitors instructed by Eamonn Harrison, charged in connection with the Vietnamese immigrant container death case. Further information: BBC News
Read MoreNew Defence: Modern Slavery and Forced Labour
Section 45 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 – a new defence for victims of modern slavery and forced labour Article by: Zaki Hashmi. The preamble to the Modern Slavery Act 2015 declares it to be “an Act to make provision about slavery, servitude and forced or compulsory labour, including provision for the protection of…
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