Author: Church Court

Our infrastructure provider, CTS, has suffered a service outage due to a cyber-incident, which has impacted a number of our internal systems, including our email services.

Please find CTS’ statement regarding the cyber-incident below:

“We are experiencing a service outage which has impacted a portion of the services we deliver to some of our clients.

“The outage was caused by a cyber-incident. We are working closely with a leading global cyber forensics firm to help us with an urgent investigation into the incident and to assist us in service restoration.

“We continue to work around the clock with the assistance of third-party experts. Whilst we are confident that we will be able to restore services, we are unable to give a precise timeline for full restoration. We will continue to communicate directly with those of our clients which are impacted by the service outage, providing regular updates on the status of our work to restore services and our investigations into the incident.”

We will provide a further update once service has been restored, but in the meantime should you wish to get in contact with a member of chambers, please call them directly via telephone or mobile.

If you require any further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact us on 020 7936 3637.

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“It was inevitable that Everton would appeal the points deduction in light of the gravity of the punishment, the potential consequences for the future and the mitigating circumstances for the club.

“In the long-term, there is the potential legal action from the clubs who were relegated last year, in particular Leicester City, who finished 18th and would not have been relegated if the points deduction had been implemented last year.

“The club could not have foreseen circumstances such as the Covid virus and its effect upon football clubs’ incomes, the Ukraine war and the sanctions upon Alisher Usmanov resulting in loss of commercial income of approximately £200 million, the new stadium costs and the inflated prices of materials and labour, again due to the Ukraine war.

“With the support of the Mayor of Liverpool and the various mitigating factors, the club will look to utilise its legal arguments, political support and the exceptional circumstances to overcome the independent commission’s ruling.”

Yasin’s comments were published on 17 November 2023.

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“Banks should be concerned about having to pay compensation where they have taken a ‘tick box’ approach to debanking customers without making any inquiry into personal circumstances.”

Robert’s comments were published on 15 November 2023.