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The purpose of this paper is to provide an annual update on case law relating to compulsory purchase and compensation.

Researching decisions made by the Court of Appeal and Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) in the field of compensation. Commentary on the legal and valuation implications of a selection of those cases is provided.

In the last year, there have been a number of interesting cases concerning residual valuations, blight caused by HS2, and Tree Preservation Orders.

The research is limited by the case law available in the last 12 months and this has been a relatively quiet year.

The commentary should assist practitioners to formulate claims for compensation having regard to recent developments in case law.

Its originality and value lies in the fact that it is based on recent legal decisions which have not yet been widely reported.

Ransomware is a relatively new form of financial extortion that is proving a major cyber-security threat to individuals and organisations. This study aims to investigate factors that may influence an individual's willingness to engage in a ransom payment.

This study ran a large survey (n = 1,798) on a representative sample of the UK population. This study elicited willingness to pay (WTP) ransomware and also reasons for not wanting to pay a ransom to criminals. This study then used non-parametric tests and regression analysis to identify factors that influence WTP.

This study finds that women and younger age groups are significantly more willing to pay a ransom, as are those who store photos. There is a strong positive relationship between concern for data breach and WTP a ransom.

To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first large scale study to look at WTP ransomware. This study identifies a range of factors that can help inform law enforcement to target advice about ransomware attacks.

The purpose of this paper is to provide a summary and analysis of recent legal decisions relating to compensation for compulsory purchase.

The paper summarises three important decisions and provide a critical assessment of each of them.

These decisions provide clarification of some of the most complex aspects: the compulsory purchase compensation code.

Case law is specific to the facts of each individual case and con provide only “in principle” guidance for future compensation disputes.

The analysis of these decisions will assist surveyors and lawyers working in the compensation field to advice clients in future compensation disputes.

As these legal decisions have been published relatively recently there will be few other similar commentaries available.