Data breach claims

Affected by a data breach? See if you can claim.

If an organisation failed to protect your personal information, you may be entitled to compensation. We help you check, and put you in touch with specialist solicitors.

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Legal Aid Agency data breach

For people who applied for or received legal aid between 16 July 2016 and 16 May 2025.

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  • About 2 minutes
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What is a data breach claim?

  • Your information

    Organisations that hold your personal data have to keep it safe and use it only for the reason you gave it.

  • Their responsibility

    If they don't protect it properly and it's lost, stolen or exposed, that can be a breach of data protection law.

  • Your rights

    If a breach caused you financial loss or distress, you may be entitled to compensation.

How it works

  1. Step 1

    Check if you may be able to claim

    Answer six quick questions about the Legal Aid Agency breach. It's free and takes about two minutes.

  2. Step 2

    Tell us how to reach you

    If you may be eligible, give us a few details. Nothing is sent until you agree.

  3. Step 3

    Specialist solicitors review your claim

    They'll contact you to talk it through and explain their terms. You decide whether to go ahead.

Your information is safe with us

  • Encrypted

    Your details travel over an encrypted connection.

  • Only what's needed

    We ask only for what the solicitors need to review your claim.

  • A clear purpose

    Your details are used for your enquiry and nothing else.

  • Regulated solicitors

    Claims are handled by a firm regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority.

Common questions

What happened at the Legal Aid Agency?

The Legal Aid Agency, part of the Ministry of Justice, was hit by a cyber attack made public in 2025. Information held in its online systems for legal aid applicants may have been accessed.

Who might be affected?

People who applied for or received legal aid through the agency's digital services between 16 July 2016 and 16 May 2025. You may be affected even if nobody has contacted you.

What information was involved?

Reports say it included names, addresses, dates of birth, National Insurance numbers and contact details, and for some people financial and other personal information given in their application.

What could I claim for?

Every claim is assessed on its own facts. Compensation may be available for money you lost and for the distress or loss of privacy the breach caused. We can't tell you what a claim might be worth.

Does it cost anything to check?

No. Checking is free and doesn't commit you to anything. If you go ahead, the solicitors will explain their no win, no fee terms before you agree to anything.

Who are you?

The Data Recovery Group is a claims introduction service run by Pockla Ltd. We're not a law firm and we don't give legal advice. We pass suitable enquiries to Data Breach Redress, who work with Goldman Finch, a firm of solicitors regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority. We may be paid a referral fee.

Think your information may have been affected?

Checking is free, takes about two minutes and doesn't commit you to anything.

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