We take your privacy very seriously. Information you give to us will be kept confidential unless you authorise us to disclose it. The law requires us to tell you what we will do what information you give us and for us to get your permission to use it.
We will record your instructions in papers, documents and information given to us which may include where relevant sensitive personal information which is defined by law as information about your health, political views, trade union membership, spiritual or philosophical beliefs, sex life of sexual orientation, or racial origins) on your file. By law we must have your express permission to store this information. The file is held on our secure computer and on paper. In order that we can pursue your case, we may need to communicate that information to others involved with your case. It might include (depending on the nature of your case) the other side, experts, barristers, the court, experts, financial advisers, mortgage companies, mortgage brokers, the land registry and others.
We will never pass information to 3rd parties not connected to your case. Government rules on money laundering require us to confirm your identity. We may pass your identity and address details to 3rd party search agents who will check them against official databases. Any third party company that we using in this connection will keep your information confidential.