LMP Legal Limited ('we' or 'us' or 'our') gather and process personal information in accordance with this privacy notice and in compliance with the relevant data protection Regulation and laws. This notice provides you with the necessary information regarding your rights and our obligations, and explains how, why, and when we process your personal data.

 

This Policy explains how we use any personal information we may receive about you when you use our websites or when you use or are a recipient of our legal services. Our services are provided to you in conjunction with any of our approved partners.

 

LMP Legal Limited registered office is at Park House, 24 Park Square West, Leeds, West Yorkshire LS1 2PW and we are a company registered in England and Wales under company number 14256565.

 

 

Information that we collect.

LMP Legal Limited may collect personal information when:

• you use our services for legal advice or representation,

• your information is provided by a legal recruitment or employment agency,

• you contact us,

• your chosen partner contacts us in order to seek legal advice or representation,

• you are a recipient of our legal services.

 

We will never collect any unnecessary personal data and do not process personal information in any way other than as specified in this notice.

 

We may collect the following types of information:

• Contact Information: Name, address, email address, telephone numbers.

• Identification Information: National insurance number, passport or driving licence details, proof of delivery signature, identity verification documentation.

• Financial Information: Bank account details, payment history.

• Case Details: Information relevant to your case or legal matter, which may include sensitive personal data (such as health data, criminal records).

• Website Usage Data: Information about your visits to and use of our website, including IP address, browser type, and access times.

 

 

Why do we collect this information?

We collect personal/company information for the purpose of communicating with you about your legal case, and providing legal advice and representation as per your/our client’s/your service provider’s requests.

 

To comply with legal obligations, such as anti-money laundering regulations.

 

To manage and administer our business operations, including client billing and accounting.

 

To enhance and improve your experience of our legal services and website user experience.

 

We may collect information as part of our recruitment process to assess suitability for employment,

for the purpose of assessing fitness and legal ability to practice law and to comply with our legal obligations.

 

LMP Legal Limited takes personal privacy very seriously and will never disclose, share, or sell personal data without consent; unless required to do so by law. We only retain personal data for as long as is necessary and for the purpose(s) specified in this notice.

 

We rely on the following legal grounds to process your personal data:

• Contractual Necessity: For processing related to providing legal services as per our contract with you.

• Legal Obligation: For processing necessary to comply with laws and regulations.

• Legitimate Interests: For purposes such as managing business operations and improving services, where these interests are not overridden by your rights.

• Consent: Where required, we may rely on your consent (e.g., for marketing communications). You may withdraw consent at any time.

 

 

How do we collect this information?

LMP Legal Limited collects personal information:

 

• Directly from you or your service provider (e.g., if we receive a legal consultation request or correspondence by letter, email, live chat, or telephone).

• Directly from job applicants (e.g., if you submit a job application to us directly via email, letter, or through recruitment partners).

• Directly from you if you provide a service.

 

 

Sharing and disclosing your personal information.

We do not share or disclose any of your personal information without your consent, other than for the purposes specified in this notice or where there is a legal requirement.

 

We may share your personal data with:

• Service providers: For business support (e.g., IT services, payment processing).

• Legal authorities: If required to comply with legal obligations.

• Our approved legal partners: Such as counsel, consultants, and experts involved in your case, with your consent.

• Other parties: Which includes the police, law enforcement agencies, fraud prevention agencies for the purposes of crime detection, prevention, and/or legal proceedings, insurers for investigating and processing claims, and accountants to meet with our statutory requirements.

 

LMP Legal Limited occasionally uses authorised third parties to provide our legal services and business functions; however, all processors acting on our behalf only process your data in accordance with instructions from us and comply fully with this privacy notice, the data protection laws, and any other appropriate confidentiality and security measures.

 

 

Safeguarding measures.

LMP Legal Limited takes your privacy seriously and takes every reasonable measure and precaution to protect and secure your personal data. We work hard to protect you and your information from unauthorised access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction.

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How long do we keep your data?

LMP Legal Limited retains personal information for only as long as is necessary, and we have strict review and retention policies in place to meet these obligations.

 

• Accounts and finance: We are required under UK tax law to keep accounts information for a minimum of 6 years. This is destroyed after 7 years. We delete payment details immediately after the last payment has been made.

 

• Legal regulatory records: We retain personal information with regard to serious professional conduct offences or excessive infringements for 5 years in order to be able to respond to any regulatory requests. Other analysis is retained for 2 years, as this is also used for our records. Other personal information is destroyed after 3 months following termination of collaboration.

 

• Legal cases: We retain information regarding legal cases for 3 years.

 

• Employment: We retain non-successful job applications for 3 months.

 

 

Legitimate interests.

LMP Legal Limited may occasionally process your personal information under the legitimate interests’ legal basis. Where this is the case, we have carried out an assessment where necessary to ensure that we have weighed your interests and any risk posed to you against our own interests, ensuring that they are proportionate and appropriate.

 

We use the legitimate interests’ legal basis for the following:

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Sending marketing post and/or emails to business contacts where we have identified our legal services being of benefit to a potential business customer or to keep business customers up to date with industry or legislator updates. Such communications will be relevant, non-intrusive, and you will always have the option to opt-out/unsubscribe at any time.

 

 

Your rights.

You have the right to access any personal information that LMP Legal Limited processes about you and to request information about:

 

• What personal data we hold about you.

• The purposes of the processing.

• The categories of personal data concerned.

• The recipients to whom the personal data has/will be disclosed.

• How long we intend to store your personal data for.

• If we did not collect the data directly from you, information about the source.

 

If you believe that we hold any incomplete or inaccurate data about you, you have the right to ask us to correct and/or complete the information, and we will strive to correct it as quickly as possible; unless there is a valid reason for not doing so, at which point you will be notified.

 

You also have the right to request erasure of your personal data or to restrict processing (where applicable) in accordance with the data protection laws, to exercise your data portability rights, and to be informed about any automated decision-making we may use.

 

If we receive a request from you to exercise any of the above rights, we may ask you to verify your identity before acting on the request; this is to ensure that your data is protected and kept secure.

 

 

Consequences of Not Providing Data.

If some information is not passed on to us, then we may not be able to:

 

• Provide legal advice or representation.

• Process an application for work.

• Arrange for payment for services provided.

 

 

Contacting us.

LMP Legal Limited only processes your personal information in compliance with this privacy notice and in accordance with the relevant data protection laws. If you wish to exercise your rights as specified in this notice, raise a complaint regarding the processing of your personal data, or are unsatisfied with how we have handled your information, please contact us at:

 

Data Protection Officer

LMP Legal Limited

Park House

24 Park Square West

Leeds

West Yorkshire

LS1 2PW

 

Email: hello@lmplegal.co.uk, marking your email for the attention of the Data Protection Officer.

 

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority Information Commissioner's Office:

 

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

SK9 5AF

 

Telephone: 0203 123 1113

 

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Policy last updated: November 2024