‘An NHS software provider has been fined £3m by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) over security failings that led to a ransomware attack on the NHS.’
BBC News, 27th March 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The court modernisation project ends this month with the “very disappointing” outcome of only 23% of civil cases being digital end to end, the Master of the Rolls told MPs this week.’
Legal Futures, 21st March 2025
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The force said its V100 programme, which uses data to identify and target men who pose the highest risk to women, had enabled officers to focus efforts on reducing the threat posed by perpetrators and to protect potential victims.’
BBC News, 20th March 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A former sub-postmaster and a central figure in the Horizon scandal is the first individual to sue both the Post Office and Fujitsu for their role in proceedings brought against him.’
Law Society's Gazette, 19th March 2025
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘A gardener who was told by Paddy Power her £1m jackpot from an online game was a computer error has vowed to “enjoy retirement” after a High Court judge ruled she was entitled to the entire sum.’
BBC News, 5th March 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘His Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) “did not have a mechanism to deliver comprehensive training” when the Probate Service was digitised, a justice minister has admitted.’
Legal Futures, 25th February 2025
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Lady Chief Justice, The Baroness Carr of Walton-on-the-Hill, held her annual press conference yesterday (Tuesday 18 February 2025).’
Courts and Tribunals Judiciary, 19th February 2025
Source: www.judiciary.uk
‘In TBD (which was covered in the article by Niran de Silva KC and Sam Neaman in the April 2024 edition of ELA Briefing), the Court of Appeal approved the use of imaging orders (an order that requires a defendant to permit a forensic computer expert to make a complete copy of their electronic devices) as a less intrusive alternative to a search order (an order that requires a defendant to allow the claimant’s representatives to enter their premises and search for, copy and remove documents). Since then, there has been some debate over the relevant threshold for granting an imaging order, with a degree of inconsistency appearing in the authorities. In the recently published judgment of Nix, HH Judge Pelling KC expressed support for the view that the grounds for granting an imaging order are slightly less stringent than for granting a search order. He also identified the factors that are likely to be most relevant to obtaining an imaging order where the complaint is of unacceptable conduct in relation to disclosure and/or the preservation of documents.’
Blackstone Chambers, 7th February 2025
Source: www.employeecompetition.com
‘A nationwide plan to digitise immigration documents recently came into force. Since January 1, millions of foreign nationals who live in the UK must now use digital-only status documents, as all biometric residence permits expired at the end of 2024.’
EIN Blog, 3rd February 2025
Source: www.ein.org.uk
‘Imaging orders offer another useful tool to civil fraud litigators needing to urgently prevent the concealment and destruction of relevant digital evidence.’
OUT-LAW.com, 24th January 2025
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘A “computer says yes” program that automatically approves landlord requests to deduct hundreds of pounds from tenants’ universal credit benefits without requiring officials to check first with the claimant has been declared unlawful by the courts.’
The Guardian, 26th January 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Rare is the case that does not feature some aspect of digital technology. The House of Lords Science and Technology Select Committee identified that “Digital evidence is now a key component in many criminal trials…[estimating that]…90% of crime has a digital element, in the broadest sense…” Digital forensic evidence is critical in the course of all manner of criminal cases – from online fraud, stalking via social media, in cases where an offence is captured on CCTV, or where the prosecution of a case is reliant on cell site analysis.’
25 Bedford Row, 3rd December 2024
Source: www.25bedfordrow.com
‘The Home Office has admitted that many people who have the right to live and work in the UK cannot access their eVisas and provide proof that they are allowed to be in the country.’
The Guardian, 1st December 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Lady Chief Justice yesterday complained to MPs about the government’s decisions to reduce the digitisation of civil justice and limit sitting days in the criminal courts.’
Legal Futures, 27th November 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Dozens of divorce applications were wrongly approved due to a computer error, the high court has heard.’
The Guardian, 31st October 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Digital advancement including artificial intelligence (AI), automation, and biometric recognition are at forefront of new border security and immigration measures in the UK.’
OUT-LAW, 23rd October 2024
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘Legal Geek Conference 2024, 16 October 2024 – “The Digital Trading Revolution: Underpinned by Law”
Courts and Tribunals Judiciary, 16th October 2024
Source: www.judiciary.uk
‘The Post Office has recently explored resuming the practice of taking branch owner-operators to court, as mounting losses from shortfalls in its network of 11,500 outlets hit £12m a year. During the Horizon IT scandal more than 900 operators were wrongly prosecuted over discrepancies caused by the faulty accounting software, many of them brought privately by the Post Office, a practice it stopped in 2015 and has promised not to restart. However, the Post Office continued to use the court system for the civil recovery of losses from branches until 2018.’
The Guardian, 13th October 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Millions of migrants have been urged to register for a new eVisa scheme as campaigners warn the document could create a digital Windrush scandal.’
The Guardian, 18th September 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The adversarial nature of the compensation scheme for victims of the Post Office scandal is preventing them securing timely redress.’
Law Society's Gazette, 16th September 2024
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
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