Charlie Weston-Simons (UK)

Subscribe to all posts by Charlie Weston-Simons (UK)

SMO v TikTok: representative actions post Lloyd v Google

By Charlie Weston-Simons (UK) and Matt Williams on March 22, 2022 Posted in General

In SMO (A Child) v Tiktok Inc. & Ors [2022] EWHC 489, the High Court considered an alternative basis for bringing a representative claim for loss of control under the GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA 2018) following the Supreme Court’s decision in Lloyd v Google. This case is a pre-Lloyd decision representative … Continue reading

Adventures in cyber litigation: Frozen crypto-assets and the role of cyber insurance

By Charlie Weston-Simons (UK), Rahul Mansigani (UK) and Steven Hadwin (UK) on February 27, 2020 Posted in Cybersecurity

For some time, cyber exposure has been at or near the top of every major company’s risk register.… Continue reading

Interim proprietary injunction granted over bitcoin cyber extortion payment

By Ffion Flockhart (UK), Charlie Weston-Simons (UK), Steven Hadwin (UK) and Ally Corbridge (UK) on January 23, 2020 Posted in Cybercrime

An interim proprietary injunction has been granted by the English High Court over a bitcoin ransom payment paid to a third-party wallet.… Continue reading

Lloyd v Google – putting the brakes on English data breach litigation?

By Steven Hadwin (UK), Ffion Flockhart (UK), Jonathan Ball (UK), Marcus Evans (UK), Charlie Weston-Simons (UK) and Rahul Mansigani (UK) on October 8, 2018 Posted in Data breach, Dispute resolution and litigation

A judgment handed down today by the English High Court will be welcomed by UK data controllers. Lloyd v Google [2018] EWHC 2599 represents a corollary to recent case law expanding the circumstances in which litigation may be brought in relation to breaches of data protection legislation. Most notably, the case: reinforces the need for … Continue reading