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Tyfano: How data brought the legal system to its knees 🎙️ How Data Brought the Legal System to Its Knees — And What No One’s Telling You
Most people will never think about legal aid—until the moment they desperately need it.
In this powerful episode, Paul Alexander speaks with Prof Jo Delahunty
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🎙️ How Data Brought the Legal System to Its Knees — And What No One’s Telling You
Most people will never think about legal aid—until the moment they desperately need it.
In this powerful episode, Paul Alexander speaks with Prof Jo Delahunty KC, Family Law Silk of the Year 2025, about the silent crisis unfolding in the UK justice system.
What started as a cyberattack on the Legal Aid Agency’s payment portal has spiralled into a full-blown national issue:
🔐 Up to 18 years of sensitive legal and financial data potentially exposed💸 Barristers and solicitors cut off from income for months—but still taxed on unpaid earnings⚠️ No disaster recovery plan, no full backup, no clear accountability👩⚖️ Legal aid lawyers leaving the profession… with serious consequences for public justice
Jo explains why legal aid is the UK's “fourth emergency service”—defending children, families, victims and the wrongly accused when everything is on the line.
But the system they work in is crumbling. Rates were set 20 years ago. Most preparation is unpaid. And now, even money already earned is locked inside a compromised system.
“We are an invisible resource — until your child, your liberty or your life depends on us.”— Prof Jo Delahunty KC
This episode exposes what no one is talking about:👉 When data infrastructures fail, justice fails.👉 And when justice fails, society pays the price.
🔊 Listen now — before the people who protect the vulnerable disappear from the system.
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Release Date: 28/11/2025, 13:22:18
