Contact details
Your name, telephone number, email address and correspondence address may be recorded when you contact us.
Phone, email and forms
Data protection notice
Privacy notice
Your privacy matters when you ask Tim's Barristers for legal advice. This notice explains how we collect, use, store and protect personal information under UK GDPR.
01 / Information we handle
What information we collect
We collect information when you call, email, use a contact form or browse this website. We ask for only what is needed to understand your enquiry and respond properly.
Legal enquiry information
We record the facts you share about an employment, business, property, family or civil matter.
Relevant facts onlyCommunications
We keep messages, appointment details and notes needed to manage your enquiry and any agreed work.
Clear recordsWebsite use
Technical details such as device type, browser information and cookie choices may be collected when you use this site.
Site operation
02 / Why we use it
Lawful bases and retention
UK GDPR requires a clear reason for using personal data. The basis depends on the stage of our relationship and the work involved.
Consent
We rely on consent where you choose to receive a particular communication or where consent is the appropriate legal basis. You can withdraw it at any time.
Contractual necessity
We use information needed to prepare for an instruction, provide agreed legal services and communicate about the work.
Legal obligation
Some records must be kept to meet professional, accounting, anti-money laundering or other legal duties.
Legitimate interests
We may use information to answer an enquiry, protect our systems, improve site operation or manage our practice where our interests do not override your rights.
Retention is limited.
Unconverted legal enquiries are normally reviewed for deletion after 12 months. Client and matter records are retained for the period required by legal, regulatory and insurance duties, often up to six years after the matter closes. Cookie records follow their stated lifespan.
03 / Safeguards
Careful handling at every stage.
Client information security is part of how Tim's Barristers manages legal work in Dorset.
- We share personal data with essential service providers, professional advisers or authorities only when needed for the work, required by law or authorised by you.
- Access is limited to people who need the information. We use appropriate access controls, secure systems and careful handling procedures.
- Email and other communications can carry risks. We take reasonable steps to check recipients and protect information in transit.
- If information needs to leave the UK, we use a lawful transfer mechanism and suitable safeguards required by UK GDPR.
04 / Your choices
Your rights and how to contact us
You can ask what personal data we hold and how we use it. We may need to verify your identity before responding.
Rights under UK GDPR
- Request access to the personal data we hold about you.
- Ask us to correct inaccurate or incomplete information.
- Request erasure where the law allows it.
- Ask us to restrict processing in certain circumstances.
- Request a portable copy of information you provided to us where portability applies.
- Object to processing based on legitimate interests or direct marketing.
Send a data protection request to [email protected]. You can also raise a concern with the Information Commissioner's Office.