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UK Government’s Plan to Ban Ransom Payments: Impacts on Public Bodies and Private Companies
22 Jul 2025The UK Government is set to introduce legislation that will ban public bodies from paying ransoms to hackers in the event of a cyberattack. At the same time, the intention is that private companies will be required to notify authorities if they intend to meet ransom demands. These measures form part of a broader effort to combat the growing threat of ransomware attacks, which have disrupted critical services and caused significant financial and reputational harm to organisations across the UK.
Fraud trials - efficiency over fairness?
10 Jul 2025Whilst my fraud work is in the Civil Courts, I couldn't help but note with interest that Sir Brian Leveson has proposed a significant change to the way that fraud trials might be dealt with in the Criminal Courts - he has proposed abolishing trial by jury
