Black Friday

William Clerk is a barrister at 2 Temple Gardens, who deals with a wide range of commercial work including fast-moving litigation in relation to interim applications and injunctive relief. He may be contacted on wclerk@2tg.co.uk.

Friday Fraud – a variation of CEO Fraud that targets lawyers – was recently described by The Law Society as the “biggest cybercrime afflicting the legal sector”. William Clerk, barrister at 2 Temple Gardens, explains how the scam is perpetrated and what victims’ speedy response should be.