back to article Ex-employees sued for £15m over data slurpage ordered to pay up just £2

The High Court in London, UK, has agreed that a company's former employees who took thousands of confidential files away on USB sticks when they quit the firm were indeed naughty – and ordered them to pay damages of just £1 each. Marathon Asset Management, based in London, sued James Seddon and Luke Bridgeman for £15m after …

  1. Metrognome

    Still, if ti means the two individuals have to pay court costs, it's still quite a steep penalty for them I would have thought.

    1. Adam 52 Silver badge

      Unlikely. Search for "part 36 offer".

  2. Stevie

    Bah!

    You should never retain the services of Sir Joshua Hoot when trying a case against Mr Albert Haddock under the watchful eye of Mr Justice Swallow.

  3. JimmyPage Silver badge
    Stop

    Were the real lawyers on holiday ?

    It's UK law 101 that you need to demonstrate a financial loss before launching into the courts. (To be exact you need to be able to translate any loss you are claiming for into money. And no, your time doesn't count).

    1. Anonymous Coward
      Anonymous Coward

      Re: Were the real lawyers on holiday ?

      Really?

      So how are private parking companies laying expensive tickets on cars for overstaying and such??

      They didn't have to show any financial loss in their case.

      1. Calleb III

        Re: Were the real lawyers on holiday ?

        >So how are private parking companies laying expensive tickets on cars for overstaying and such??

        They are doing so out of court, most people are ignorant and pay. Others challenge them in court and the parking enforcers usually back down immediately.

  4. Paul Kinsler
    Joke

    "metadata [...] had been erased after he installed Windows 10"

    At last, a verifiable use-case for Windows 10!

    Mind you, it might a have telemeter-ed the metadata to Redmond first... :-)

    1. Mage Silver badge
      Coat

      Re: "metadata [...] had been erased after he installed Windows 10"

      Maybe he just clicked on the X and Win 10 installed anyway?

      Maybe even while forensics had it!

    2. jelabarre59

      Re: "metadata [...] had been erased after he installed Windows 10"

      That was probably a reason the court cut him a break; it figured running MSWin 10 was punishment enough.

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    1. Adam 52 Silver badge

      Re: No matter what it doesn't...

      Courts can only rule on the issue before them *and* on the evidence before them.

      Otherwise we'd be convicting everyone because, well, we can't be 100% sure you didn't speed/fail to pay tax/blow up Lahore.

  6. teebie

    "Seculum."

    When naming your company, maybe you should check and see if the word sounds like a gynecological tool.

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