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A digital reckoning: legal consequences of the UK digital blackout for businesses
Posted: 29/10/2025
What are the legal consequences that UK businesses could face in the wake of a massive digital blackout? On Monday 20 October 2025, the Amazon Web Services (AWS) digital outage made headlines around the world, as some of the world's largest and most important websites went offline for hours, including access to vital government......>>
Cyber Security and Resilience Bill - what will it do?
Posted: 30/07/2025
During the King's Speech in July 2024, the government announced its intention to bring a Cyber Security & Resilience Bill (the Bill) before Parliament later this year. As cyber threats in the UK are growing in scale and impact, affecting public services and businesses, the government's aim through the introduction of the Bill is to boost the......>>
Digital assets and crypto security team win gold award for thought leadership
Posted: 25/06/2025
Penningtons Manches Cooper's digital assets and crypto security team have won the Corporate Thought Leadership – Crypto Gold Award at the annual Citywealth Brand Marketing & Reputation Awards. The team, led by partner Charlotte Hill, was celebrated for '…leading the conversation on crypto with clarity, rigour, and relevance', and praised......>>
Covid-19 business interruption claims: Court of Appeal clarifies composite policies and furlough payments
Posted: 17/03/2025
On 21 February 2025, the Court of Appeal judgment in Bath Racecourse & Others v (1) Liberty Mutual, (2) Allianz Insurance PLC and (3) Aviva Insurance Limited [2025] EWCA Civ 153 concluded the latest skirmish in the long-running battle between insurers and policyholders over unpaid Covid-19 business interruption claims. Nearly five years......>>
Thousands of declined Covid-19 business interruption claims may need to be re-opened following a major new High Court decision in favour of policyholders
Posted: 28/06/2023
On Friday 16 June 2023, Mr Justice Jacobs handed down his hugely significant judgment in the case of London International Exhibition Centre Plc v Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Plc & Ors [2023] EWHC 1481 (Comm). Set out over some 145 pages of detailed analysis, this is an important decision which will be welcomed by tens of......>>

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