According to new research by Thomson Reuters, the value of UK competition class-actions launched in 2022 surged to over £26bn. That’s up from £4bn in 2021. Competition claims arise when firms abuse competition law to the detriment of their customers and other businesses.
Staff at the Guardian have had personal and confidential information accessed in a sophisticated cyberattack. The compromised data, according to editor-in-chief Katharine Viner, includes the names, addresses, bank account information, salaries, and passport documents of Guardian reporters. The hack has been going on for almost a month and has impacted
Over the last few weeks – almost a year after cybercriminals hacked Parasol’s systems – we have seen an influx of clients registering with us. This is because Parasol is only now formally notifying some contractors and employees that their data was affected in the breach.
With the 2022 World Cup underway in Qatar, football has gripped the nation. And, at our firm, we also have football fever. But in addition to cheering on England and Wales, we’re also keeping a close eye to successes nearer to home, as we are now a proud sponsor of
Partner and Head of Data and Privacy Litigation, Kingsley Hayes, comments on how a recent children’s data breach has revealed potential enforcement gaps in the UK, in Global Data Review. Kingsley’s full comments were published in Global Data Review, 11 November 2022, and can be read here. “From a purely civil law
Managing Partner Andrew Nugent Smith recently spoke to The Brief, BCL Legal’s hub of industry knowledge, opinions, and interviews from top legal professionals. Andrew discussed our firm’s inception, its strategy, the market for class actions in the UK, and the role that collective redress plays in providing access to justice.
We recognise that our functions and operations have an impact on the environment. In response, we seek not only to reduce the environmental footprint of our own activities, but also the wider impact of dispute resolution. To help advance this aim, we have signed the Greener Litigation Pledge. About the Greener Litigation Pledge The Greener Litigation
Partner and Head of Data and Privacy Litigation Kingsley Hayes discusses the Department for Work and Pensions, algorithms, and universal credit in relation to the UK government’s plan to publish a White Paper on regulating Artificial Intelligence. Kingsley’s article was published by the British Computer Society, 26 October 2022, and
Our data breach team has applied for a Group Litigation Order against the Police Federation of England & Wales over a 2019 data breach and ransomware attack which targeted its headquarters.
Our firm currently represents over 12,500 officers across all ranks and service areas of the Police Force in relation to the severe data breach and ransomware attack targeting the Police Federation of England & Wales (PFEW) headquarters in 2019. On behalf of PFEW members, we have sought to resolve the issues from the data breach with PFEW but unfortunately have been unable to do so. We have now applied to the court for a Group Litigation Order, which will allow all PFEW members affected by the data breach to join our claim and fight for compensation from PFEW. News of this has been published in MLex, 25 October 2022, and can be found here.
MLex discussed the latest in our PFEW data breach action after we filed for a Group Litigation Order (GLO). The article was published on 25 October 2022. You can read the story of full here.