The two claimants, both domestic workers from Morocco who sought to stop state immunity applying to their claims, were represented by specialist charity Anti Trafficking and Labour Exploitation Unit (ATLEU).

The claimants were employed directly by Libya and Sudan respectively. They claimed that they were paid grossly under the national minimum wage, forced to work unlawful hours, unfairly dismissed and, in Ms Janah’s case, discriminated against on racial grounds.

In addition, in preventing the claimants from bringing claims on the ground that they were neither British nationals nor permanently resident in the UK at the start of their employment, the Act unlawfully discriminated against the Claimants on the grounds of nationality, contrary to article 14 ECHR.