Eversheds solicitor looses MOD documents on a train

Once again it is clearly shown that we are all human, we will be victims of crime, loose and misplace documents, computers etc.

The questions to be asked in this case are:

1. Was it necessary for the solicitor to be carrying these documents
2. If so had an appropriate risk assessment been done to the value of the documents
3. Had transport procedures been dictated by said risk assessment

How many of us can say we do not have far too much confidential information on our laptops/home office/briefcase/in the car etc. Do yourself a favour and have a shredding amnesty where you encourage all your employee's to have a thorough clean out of all unneeded information.

Ministry of Defence (MoD) legal papers are feared to have been stolen from a lawyer on a train journey from Leeds.The solicitor, from law firm Eversheds, told police a suitcase containing the documents went missing as she travelled to London on Monday morning. more...