The Ministry of Defence has suffered a significant data breach and the personal information of UK military personnel has been hacked. A third-party payroll system used by the MoD, which includes names and bank details of current and past members…
A disabled woman was horrified to receive a letter from a prisoner telling her he’d been sent her personal records in a serious data breach. The inmate at Glasgow’s HMP Barlinnie had been posted Mary McGoldrick’s name, address and intimate…
Tech that comes with weak passwords such as “admin” or “12345” will be banned in the UK under new laws dictating that all smart devices must meet minimum security standards. Measures to protect consumers from hacking and cyber-attacks come into…
Elliott Kenton is a partner and health and safety expert at law firm Weightmans Construction firms now face higher costs for health and safety compliance following an increase in the fee for intervention (FFI). This is the mechanism by which…
These Regulations make amendments to legislation in the field of aviation security. These Regulations make amendments to legislation in the field of aviation security. The Aviation Security (Amendment) Regulations 2024 Source: Assent.Legal
These Regulations amend the Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution by Garbage from Ships) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/621) (“the Garbage Regulations”) to implement an amendment to Annex V (prevention of pollution by garbage from ships) to the International Convention for the…
This comes ahead of the National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plan where the government will set out its plan to restore land and sea for nature and work towards meeting the ambitious goals set out at COP15 The G7 nations…
This Order amends the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/596) (“the GPDO”). The GPDO provides, for the purposes of section 59 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (c. 8), for the granting…
Kizzy Augustin Partner, White Collar Crime & Investigations Group Kizzy is a Partner in the White Collar Crime & Investigations Group. A Solicitor Advocate with Higher Rights of Audience, she has significant experience in defending companies, senior directors and employees…
The first-of-its-kind analysis quantifies the impact that nature degradation, both domestically and internationally, could have on the UK’s economy and financial sector, and highlights that these risks need to be acknowledged and addressed to strengthen the UK’s economic and financial…