Navigating legal evidence for trafficking survivors

A guide to what types of evidence can be useful for different stages of a legal case and why it is so important.

This training is useful for:

• Experienced and less experienced professionals working with survivors of trafficking or Modern Slavery

• Those working within and those working outside of the MSVCC

• Those working at or with migrant or survivor led groups. 
  

This session will cover:

• How evidence can help when a survivor is unable to or has difficulty disclosing their experience

• Different types of evidence and how they can assist in a survivor's legal case and how it is funded under legal aid

• What to do if you are asked to provide a supporting letter or statement but feel unsure what you should write or whether this is within remit

• What to do in cases where not enough evidence is put forward by the legal representative, or the trafficking case is simply treated as a side issue and how you can advocate for the survivor in these cases

• Guidance on how legal and support professionals can work collaboratively to obtain the best outcomes for clients

The content for this session will cover legislation and case law from England and Wales as well as some international sources of law. It will have a strong focus on the Modern Slavery: statutory guidance for England and Wales (under s49 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015) and non-statutory guidance for Scotland and Northern Ireland.

The session is for 2 hours with an optional 30 minutes Q&A at the end.

Beth Mullan-Feroze

Beth is a solicitor specialising in immigration and public law, based in London. Beth joined ATLEU in 2024 as ATLEU’s Legal Training and Partnerships Manager. Beth qualified as a solicitor in 2014, following which she worked in the public law department at Duncan Lewis Solicitors before working at the strategic litigation project, Migrant Law Project. Beth then worked within the legal department at the Helen Bamber Foundation for five years, during which time she had part time roles as a supervising senior solicitor at Praxis Community Projects and as a policy officer at Anti Slavery International. Beth has extensive experience of preparing immigration applications and appeals at all levels as well as a variety of claims against public bodies and complex Judicial Review applications. Beth has provided and developed a wide range of training on all matters related to survivors of trafficking, as well as trauma informed working and the use of medical evidence in asylum and trafficking cases.

A 20% discount will be automatically applied when booking 6 or more spaces in this session.

As part of this series, we are delivering four other in-depth training sessions. We know that these sessions are best taken together so we are offering you five courses for the price of four.