Privacy & Cookies
This privacy policy sets out how Bastian Lloyd Morris LLP uses and protects any information that you give Bastian Lloyd Morris LLP when you use this website.
Bastian Lloyd Morris LLP is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.
Bastian Lloyd Morris LLP may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes. This policy is effective from 20/09/2012.
What we collect
We may collect the following information:
– name and job title
– contact information including email address
– demographic information such as postcode, preferences and interests
– other information relevant to customer surveys and/or offers
What we do with the information we gather
We require this information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service, and in particular for the following reasons:
– Internal record keeping.
– We may use the information to improve our products and services.
– We may periodically send promotional emails about new products, special offers or other information which we think you may find interesting using the email address which you have provided.
– From time to time, we may also use your information to contact you for market research purposes. We may contact you by email, phone, fax or mail. We may use the information to customise the website according to your interests.
Security
We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.
Links to other websites
Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.
Controlling your personal information
You may choose to restrict the collection or use of your personal information in the following ways:
– whenever you are asked to fill in a form on the website, look for the box that you can click to indicate that you do not want the information to be used by anybody for direct marketing purposes
– if you have previously agreed to us using your personal information for direct marketing purposes, you may change your mind at any time by contacting us here
We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission or are required by law to do so. We may use your personal information to send you promotional information about third parties which we think you may find interesting if you tell us that you wish this to happen.
You may request details of personal information which we hold about you under the Data Protection Act 2018. A small fee will be payable. If you would like a copy of the information held on you please contact us
If you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please write to or email us as soon as possible at the above address. We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.
Cookies
This website uses things called “Cookies” to ensure your experience of the site, and our ability to improve it is enhanced. Specifically, the following Cookies are in use:
– Google Analytics (3rd party). We use this to see how many visitors we are getting, and how they found us. You can find out more about Google Analytics’ Cookies here: http://www.google.com/policies/privacy/ads/#toc-analytics
– Social Media Sharing and Integration (3rd party). We use Facebook and Twitter functionality within this site so that you can share items of interest, or become a fan of our Social Media Profiles. You can find out more about Facebook’s Cookie use here: http://www.facebook.com/help/?faq=115180708570932 , and Twitter’s here: https://twitter.com/privacy
– We also sometimes use video embedding, like YouTube or Vimeo (3rd party) to enhance your experience of content on our site. You can find out about YouTube’s Cookie policy here: http://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/, and Vimeo’s here: http://vimeo.com/privacy
Our site also uses Cookies to enhance the experience for members / users, as follows:
WordPress uses Cookies to further enhance the experience of the website, which you can read more about , here – http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Cookies
Bastian Lloyd Morris Solicitor Advocates prides itself in subscribing to all aspects of Equality and Diversity. We do not wish to merely ‘tick a box’. We wish to reflect the diversity of the communities that we serve.
We treat all applicants for permanent and temporary employment equally and fairly and do not unlawfully discriminate against them. We do this by ensuring that we operate an open and fair recruitment process, using selection criteria which do not discriminate, and making decisions based on individual qualities and personal merit. Promotion within the company is made solely on merit. The diversity of our work force and senior management has always been a testament to this. Our policies, practices and procedures have always reflected this.
All aspects of our Equality and Diversity Policy applies to our professional dealings with clients, professional colleagues, experts and others, so that we may provide an accessible service to all clients, subject, of course, to funding or other lawful constraints.
From time to time BLM is willing to provide pro bono representation in order to promote our Equality and Diversity Policy.
Our Office Manager, in consultation with our Managing Partner and Complaints Officer, is responsible for implementing and monitoring our Equality and Diversity Policy. She undertakes an overview of this Policy periodically, in order to satisfy herself that it is in effective operation, particularly with regards to statutory, primary and delegated legislation, SRA Guidelines, LAA contract compliance and our own practice and Quality Procedures Management.
The essence of our Equality and Diversity Policy is that there should be no barriers to equal opportunities regardless of:
1. sex (including pregnancy, maternity and paternity);
2. marital or civil partnership status;
3. gender;
4. sexual orientation;
5. race or ethnicity;
6. religion or belief;
7. age;
8. caring responsibility; or
9. physical. learning or mental disability
10. language.
The relevant statutory legislation is set out below;
1. the Equality Act 2010;
2. the Employment Rights Act 1996;
3. the Human Rights Act 1998;
4. the Part-Time Workers (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2000;
5. the Fixed-Term Employees (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2000;
6. the Work and Families Act 2006;
7. the Civil Partnership Act 2004;
8. any relevant legislation with regards to the provision of professional services and the professional services of Barristers or experts whom we instruct on behalf of clients
9. Chapter 2 of the SRA Code of Conduct.
All staff are informed of this Policy as part of their Induction, periodically in the context of team meetings, and at their annual appraisals. All staff are expected to pay due regard to the provisions of this Policy, at all times.
Suspected breaches of this Policy will be treated as a disciplinary matter. Complaints about breach of this Policy should be referred to our Complaints Officer who will undertake an investigation, in accordance with our complaints procedures.
We identify equality and diversity training needs as and when appropriate, and address them as part of our overall Training and Personal Development Plans.
We provide information to the LAA and the SRA, in accordance with statutory and contractual obligations, about staff on the basis of age, race, gender, disability, religion or belief, and sexual orientation.
For the avoidance of doubt BLM does operate an Office Dress Code and all employees are required to be suitably qualified in order to fulfil their professional duties. Also our Equality and Diversity Policy does not permit so-called ‘positive discrimination’. Our Equality and Diversity Policy does apply to grievance and disciplinary processes however.
This document forms a part of BLM Equality and Diversity Training and Communication Plan.
Bastian Lloyd Morris LLP is a Limited Liability Partnership and is authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority. Registered in England under company no: OC329737.