Judge rejects privacy objections and clears way for forensic review of personal devices, including a search for potentially recoverable deleted WhatsApp messages.
In a ruling which serves as a textbook example of the risks faced by executives who conduct business on their personal devices, the High Court has ordered two former company directors to hand over their mobile phones for forensic review in a long-running £180 million fraud battle, after a judge rejected arguments that the search would amount to a disproportionate intrusion into their private lives.
In his judgment handed down on 19 June, Mr Justice Constable ordered Rishipal Singh and Richard Diamond to provide access to their devices for review by an independent forensic specialist. He concluded that Lloyds Developments was entitled to the material because the directors owed continuing obligations both as former agents of…
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