Ares Connect

After seeing their insurance rates rise from 15,000 to a crippling 120,000 following the disastrous leak of confidential information on to the Internet, it is no wonder that solicitor Andrew Crossley , owner of ACS:Law, has decided to call it a day. In the last few months, Andrew Crossley has faced an ever-increasing barrage of criticism from the public, consumer bodies, and finally the courts.

This week, ACS:Law was back in court yet again, along with its anti piracy partner, MediaCAT, in the hope that it could persuade the judge to discontinue the 26 file sharing cases currently making their way through the judicial system at the Patents County Court in the UK. Both parties are fully aware that if the cases are withdrawn, ACS:Law can continue sending ‘pay up or else’ letters to extract more money.

But since the judge was apparently even less amused at the extent of the shenanigans displayed by ACS:Law, Andrew Crossley has apparently decided to throw the towel in and call it a day. However, he still has the disciplinary hearing to face in a few weeks, so his woes are not completely over.