Warrick Fentiman v. Richard Marsh

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Defamation suit for allegations of launching a cyber attack

Warrick Fentiman v. Richard Marsh [2019] EWHC 2099 (QB) In the High Court of Justice, Queen’s Bench Division, Media and Communications List Case Number HQ18M00961 Before Deputy Judge Richard Spearman Decided on July 31, 2019 Relevancy of the Case: Defamation … Read More

Lonestar Communications Corp LLC v. Kaye & Ors

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Order for dispensation of service in a damages claim suit resulting from a cyber attack on the claimant's business

Lonestar Communications Corp LLC v. Kaye & Ors [2019] EWHC 3008 (Comm) In the High Court of Justice, Business and Property Courts of England and Wales, Commercial Court (QBD) Case CL-2018-000648 Before Justice Teare Decided on November 01, 2019 Relevancy … Read More

AA v. Persons Unknown

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Consideration of Bitcoins as property  under English law and injunction against cryptocurrency exchanges controlling the wallets containing the ransom payment

AA v. Persons Unknown [2019] EWHC 3556 (Comm) In the High Court of Justice, Business & Property Courts of England and Wales, Commercial Court (QBD) Case CL-2019-000746 Before Justice Bryan Decided on December 13, 2019 Relevancy of the Case: Consideration … Read More

Rijksmuseum Twenthe v. Simon C Dickinson Ltd.

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Application for amending claims in a case involving fraudulent transfer of funds due to spoofed emails

Rijksmuseum Twenthe v. Simon C Dickinson Ltd. In the High Court of Justice, Business and Property Courts of England and Wales, Commercial Court (QBD) Case CL-2019-000002 Before Judge Pelling Decided on January 30, 2020 Relevancy of the Case: Application for … Read More

Rached Ghannouchi v. Middle East Online Limited

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Assessing the damages for online defamation by a news portal

Rached Ghannouchi v. Middle East Online Limited [2020] EWHC 1992 (QB) In the High Court of Justice, Queen’s Bench Division Case QB-2019-004284 Before Master John Dagnall Decided on July 23, 2020 Relevancy of the Case: Assessing the damages for online … Read More

Walter Tzvi Soriano v. Forensic News LLC & Ors

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Data protection claim against a US-based online news publication focused on investigative journalism

Walter Tzvi Soriano v. Forensic News LLC & Ors [2021] EWHC 56 (QB) In the High Court of Justice, Queen’s Bench Division, Media and Communications List Case QB-2020-002450 Before Justice Jay Decided on January 15, 2021 Relevancy of the Case: … Read More

Darren Lee Warren v. DSG Retail Limited

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Claim of compensation for misuse of personal data, breach of confidence, and violation of data protection obligations in a data breach

Darren Lee Warren v. DSG Retail Limited [2021] EWHC 2168 (QB) In the High Court of Justice, Queen’s Bench Decision, Media and Communications List Case QB-2021-001711 Before Justice Saini Decided on July 30, 2021 Relevancy of the Case: Claim of … Read More

Rolfe & Ors v. Veale Wasbrough Vizards LLP

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Claim for damages for misuse of confidential information under GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018

Rolfe & Ors v. Veale Wasbrough Vizards LLP [2021] EWHC 2809 (QB) In the High Court of Justice, Queen’s Bench Division, Media and Communications List Case QB-2020-003939 Before Justice Master McCloud Decided on September 7, 2021 Relevancy of the case: … Read More