Nguyen, Tran & Nguyen [2019] EWCA Crim 670

The three applicants sought leave to appeal against convictions on conspiracy to require others to perform forced or compulsory labour and in the case of the first two applicants conspiracy to arrange or facilitate the travel of persons within the UK with a view to exploitation.

A single ground was put that the judge’s ruling and directions on law about what the prosecution had to prove was deficient. The Court of Appeal could see nothing wrong with the informal definitions given by the judge. The defence case was put by the judge entirely fairly and it was unsurprising, given the prosecution case, that the defendants were convicted.