In The Press

As part of the Duncan Lewis team acting on behalf of immigration detainees caught in the £1 per hour wage scandal, Philip Armitage has been quoted in Vice talking about the practice which has been described as akin to ‘slave labour’. Philip, along with a team from the public law department at Duncan Lewis, are acting on behalf of individual detainees who have been providing essential roles for the immigration removal centres where they are held, whilst being paid far less than the national minimum wage. The Claimants are seeking to argue that the work is of critical importance for the maintaining the detention estate and that a maximum £1 per hour rate of pay is unlawful. Philip has commented: “The policy speaks to the way detainees are treated and how their dignity is not respected. They are basically cleaning their own detention centre for £1 per hour. It is time this exploitative practice is brought to an end."