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Zinhle
Legal cases 24 Feb 2026

Pregnancy, poverty, and precarious visas: how migrant women are punished for having children

Gaps in protections left a pregnant migrant carer abandoned by her sponsor, her employer, and the state, pushing the new mother and her baby into dire straits.

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Legal cases 19 Sept 2024

How a migrant care worker won a rare legal victory for thousands in interim relief

Our client paid eye-watering illegal hiring fees to a recruiter in India to secure a job as a care worker in the UK, only to find no work or pay when he arrived.

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Legal cases 26 Jul 2023

How we helped a hard-working handyman challenge unfair dismissal

Like millions of people in precarious work, Jorge* was employed on rolling fixed-term contracts. When he was abruptly made redundant, we helped Jorge fight for his rights.

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Legal cases 24 Feb 2023

Under pressure: The difficulties facing those on the Ukraine Family Scheme

Like many refugees on the Ukraine Family Scheme, the UK's housing crisis left Maryna* and her two children on the brink of homelessness, struggling to access housing benefits.

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Legal cases 12 Jul 2022

Left behind: How two cleaners challenged unfair dismissal when a company changed hands

Gabriela* and Beatriz* were sent home from work - without warning or compensation - when their company went through a TUPE transfer, with the new company saying they weren't needed. So, we took them to the tribunal.

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