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Basfar v Wong

[2022] UKSC 20
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
Year2022
Statusunclear

Key Principle

The UK Supreme Court held that a domestic worker who was trafficked and held in conditions of forced labour by a diplomat could invoke the trafficking exception to diplomatic immunity, as the diplomat was acting outside any official capacity.

Area of Law

public-law, jurisdiction

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