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The UK Supreme Court refused Dyson's appeal in May 2025, allowing 24 migrant workers' forced labour claims to proceed in English courts. Workers from Nepal and Bangladesh alleged they were trafficked to Malaysia and subjected to forced labour, assault, false imprisonment, and debt bondage at ATA Industrial and Jabco factories which manufactured Dyson products. Workers earned as little as $10/day, had passports confiscated, lived in dormitories with up to 80 people per room, and some were jailed for visa irregularities. Dyson was notified by a whistleblower in 2019 but disputes knowledge. Trial set for April 2027. Leigh Day contacted by hundreds of additional potential claimants.