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This is the place to find all breaking news and updates from Evans Hughes and litigation in general.

Hundreds of police officers sue Equiniti over pensions data breach

474 British police officers have issued a compensation claim in the High Court against Paymaster 1836, the pensions part of Equiniti Group, which provides pensions services to 70% of FTSE 100 companies.

April 2021

Chesterfield High School Data Breach

Evans Hughes are investigating a possible Data Breach at Chesterfield High School in Crosby, Merseyside. If you, your child or anyone you know is aged 16-17 years old now and attended the school in February 2019 then they could have been affected.

April 2021

What is Push Payment Fraud?

Authorised Push Payment fraud is now the second biggest type of payment fraud in Britain, both in terms of the total value involved and the number of scams which have taken place. The recent pandemic has only seen cases rise dramatically.

April 2021

Data Breach Compensation Amounts?

The amount of compensation that you may receive from a data breach claim will depend on the type of breach that has taken place, the nature of the information that has been breached along with the risk level and if you have suffered distress as a result.

April 2021

Total Fitness have informed members past and present of Data Breach

Total Fitness have revealed to their customers that they recently experienced a sophisticated Data Breach.

April 2021

Hackers Steal Data from Cosmetic Surgery Chain The Hospital Group

Hackers have stolen data from the cosmetic surgery chain The Hospital Group and are threatening to release sensitive patient information including before and after photos.

August 2020