The Metropolitan Police Service today formally admitted in London’s High Court that its failure to warn victims and potential victims of phone hacking was unlawful. The victims’ lawyer, Bindmans partner Tamsin Allen, comments on the case.

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News — 09 December 2024

Monika Sobiecki on the threat of cyber-attacks in the UK

Monika Sobiecki, partner in our Media and Information team, has been quoted in IT Brief on the UK’s underestimation of cyber-attack threats from hostile states and gangs. As public and…

News — 14 November 2024

Monika Sobiecki quoted by TechInformed on social media restrictions for children

Australia is set to become the first nation to ban social media for under-16s. With Instagram’s introduction of ‘teen accounts’ in the UK, could more legislation be on the horizon?…

News — 21 October 2024

High Court grants permission to Yahya Assiri to bring a spyware based legal claim against the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia over Pegasus and Quadream cyberattacks

The High Court in London issued an order that Yahya Assiri can serve his claim on the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia after an application by the Media and Information law…

News — 18 April 2024

Tamsin Allen comments in BBC and Independent’s coverage of Hugh Grant’s settlement of case against Sun publisher

Head of Bindmans’ Media and Information Law team, Tamsin Allen has provided a comment featured in multiple news outlets’ coverage of the settlement of Hugh Grant’s privacy case against the…

Blog — 30 August 2023

The risks of debanking: what you need to know

The recent media coverage of the closure of Nigel Farage’s bank accounts with Coutts has thrown the spotlight on an issue that has affected others for years. Since 2014, there…

News — 14 August 2023

Online Safety Bill screening measures could amount to ‘prior restraint’ on freedom of expression

A legal opinion produced by Dan Squires KC and Emma Foubister, instructed by Axel Landin of Bindmans LLP has concluded there are several issues with a certain clause in the…

News — 15 June 2023

Bindmans announces three associate promotions and a recent associate hire

We are pleased to announce the promotion of three associates, alongside the arrival of Axel Landin, who joins the firm as an associate in our Media and Information team. Joanna…

News — 26 April 2023

Bindmans client and sexual assault survivor wins libel action

Libel action brought by tattooist Billy Hay against Bindmans client who accused him of assault dismissed. Truth and public interest defences successful Nina Cresswell, the Defendant in the claim, was…

Blog — 07 March 2023

UK Data Protection Overview 2023

Monika Sobiecki, Data Protection and Cybersecurity specialist at Bindmans, has published the Data Protection Overview for the UK in collaboration with regulatory research platform OneTrust DataGuidance. Monika’s piece covers the UK’s…

News — 06 December 2022

Prominent blogger launches lawsuit against Bahrain and NSO Group over spyware

Yusuf Al-Jamri, London-based Bahraini activist and prominent blogger, has taken the first steps in starting legal action for the hacking of his iPhone by the Bahraini government using Pegasus spyware….

News — 23 November 2022

State spyware to be challenged in court

Further legal challenge launched by human rights activist against authoritarian state using sinister Pegasus spyware On Tuesday 22 November 2022, an additional human rights activist in the UK, represented by…

Blog — 14 June 2022

Arron Banks and Carole Cadwalladr – what does it all mean?

Introduction to the case Arron Banks is an outspoken Bristol-based businessman who founded Leave.EU. He donated huge sums of around £9 million, towards Brexit campaigns in 2016. Carole Cadwalladr is an award-winning…

Blog — 13 June 2022

Arron Banks loses libel case against Carole Cadwalladr

Today, judgment has been handed down in the controversial case of Cadwalladr versus Banks. Arron Banks has lost his libel action against investigative journalist Carole Cadwalladr in a significant victory…

News — 26 May 2022

Bindmans advises medConfidential as NHS Trusts share patient data with Sensyne Health

Over recent years, multiple NHS trusts have signed a partnership with Sensyne Health Plc, a company which uses artificial intelligence to analyse medical data. These contracts involved the Trusts providing…

News — 19 April 2022

Bindmans launches legal action in the United Kingdom on misuse of Pegasus spyware

Collaboration with the Global Legal Action Network puts NSO, UAE and Saudi Arabia on formal notice of intended hacking claim Three UK-based civil society leaders and human rights activists have…