Cyber & Digital Law

Online Harassment & Blackmail

Threats, extortion and sustained harassment over messaging apps and social media, including complaints to the investigating authority and applications to preserve evidence.

Common scenarios

• Someone is threatening to publish private photographs or messages
• An anonymous account will not stop contacting you or your family
• You are being pressured to pay to make something stop

Data Breaches

Unauthorised access to personal or business accounts and systems: containment, complaints and the notifications that follow.

Common scenarios

• A business email or customer database has been accessed
• Accounts have been taken over and recovery has failed
• Confidential records have been copied by a former employee

Financial Cyber Fraud

Fraudulent transfers, phishing losses, investment and wallet scams — reporting, tracing and recovery steps.

Common scenarios

• Money left an account after a call from someone claiming to be the bank
• An investment platform will not process a withdrawal
• A supplier payment went to an account that turned out to be fake

Defamation & Fake Profiles

False statements published online and accounts impersonating you or your business, with takedown and correction sought alongside the legal complaint.

Common scenarios

• A page is publishing false claims about you or your business
• A profile is using your name and photographs
• A review campaign appears coordinated rather than genuine

E-commerce Disputes

Disputes between sellers, marketplaces and customers — undelivered goods, withheld payouts, chargebacks and account suspensions.

Common scenarios

• A marketplace has frozen your payouts without explanation
• A customer has charged back after receiving the goods
• A seller has taken payment and gone quiet

Content Takedown

Removal requests for unlawful, intimate or infringing material, pursued with the platform and the regulator in parallel.

Common scenarios

• Intimate images have been shared without consent
• Your copyrighted work has been reposted commercially
• A platform has refused an earlier takedown request