When evidence shows a defendant's lawyer has engaged in threatening behavior and unauthorized surveillance of a claimant and their family, several legal and ethical issues arise.
Potential Criminal Offenses:
* Harassment:
* The Protection from Harassment Act 1997 makes it a criminal offense to pursue a course of conduct that amounts to harassment of another, and which the perpetrator knows or ought to know amounts to harassment.
Surveillance, especially if persistent and intrusive, could fall under this.
* Threats, by their nature, are often intended to cause alarm and distress, and thus can be considered harassment.
* Data Protection Violations:
* Unauthorized surveillance is a breach of the General Data Protection Regulation and the Data Protection Act 2018.
* Offenses related to "Stalking":
* Unauthorized surveillance and threats of unthorized surveilance could be seen as stalking, which is a very serious offence.
* Breach of Ethical Duties:
* Lawyers have a duty to act with integrity and in the best interests of justice. Unauthorized surveillance and threats of unthorized surveilance would be a violation of lawyers’ duties.
Civil Law Implications:
*Claims for Damages:
* The claimant could pursue a civil claim for damages for:
* Harassment.
* Breach of data protection.
* Psychological and emotional distress.
* Privacy Rights:
* The claimant could bring a claim for breach of their right to privacy under article 8 of the European convention of human rights, which is incorporated into UK law by the human rights act 1998.
* Evidence:
* Strong evidence to support allegations of threats and surveillance include:
* Witness statements.
* Photographs and videos.
* Records of communications.
After concealing in 2011 contract documents between Friday TV and BUMP with regard to "Minute To Win It", and unlawfully registering BUMP's "Minute To Win It" and "Luxury Trap" trademarks in Friday TV's and Metronome's companies names, Swedish lawyers of Friday TV and Metronome Caroline von Heidenstam and Lena Frånstedt Lofalk at law firm Kanter, formerly known as Foretagsjuridik Nord Och Co, issued a direct threat to BUMP's black founder and Director in a letter of 19 September 2011 and wrote: "Your activities will be monitored closely".
BUMP provided to the High Court in London and to Judge Deputy Master Linwood supporting photo images of Metronome and Friday TV's lawyers' abusive surveillance against BUMP's founder and his family. 
BUMP provided to the High Court in London and to Judge Deputy Master Linwood supporting photo images of Metronome and Friday TV's lawyers' abusive surveillance against BUMP's founder and his family.
The lawyers' threat of surveillance was to intimidate, harass, bully, and attempt to cover up serious financial fraud against BUMP, a Black minority company, for millions of dollars in unpaid royalties and license fees for the exploitation by Friday TV, Metronome and their associates, of BUMP's Minute To Win It and Luxury Trap intellectual properties.
While their clients paid millions in royalties to a Swedish choir leader for an oral idea, they threaten a black man and stalked and put him and his family under surveillance because he requested to be paid for his successful work.
Endemol Shine and Banijay's London based law firm Wiggin LLP was made aware of the Swedish lawyers' abusive conduct, however they ignored and attempted to cover up the evidence. And BUMP's own law firm Fox Williams failed to include the evidence in their filings to the court in London.
