Privacy Statement

SDK Law aims to serve its clients and to respect the wish of those visiting its web site for privacy. Our policy is to protect the privacy and confidentiality of our web visitors and site users. SDK Law undertakes not to disclose any information provided by you, whether it be business or personal information, to any third party, without your consent.

We do not actively collect information about vistiors to our site but the entry of text or data will be retained as appropriate.

The information and materials contained in this web site are provided for general information purposes only and do not constitute legal or other professional advice. SDK Law does not accept any responsibility for any loss which may arise from reliance on information published on this site.
You should obtain specific legal advice before taking or refraining from taking any action.

We cannot promises that access to the web site will be uninterrupted or entirely error free. We will not be responsible in any circumstances for any consequential or incidental damages (including but not limited to loss of profits, loss of privacy and loss of data) or for any other indirect, special or punitive damages whatsoever that arise out of or that are related to the use of this web site. SDK Law is not responsible for the content of any external sites to which we provide links.

SDK Law works to ensure that its systems are free from viruses, spy ware and malware or other content of a malicious or intrusive nature. We cannot accept responsibility for any inconvenience, loss or damage caused by the inadvertent admission of such items onto this site. If your use of material on this website results in the need for servicing, repair or correction of equipment, software or data, you assume all costs of any servicing, repair or correction.

Copyright and Links

This web site is owned by SDK Law. This web site is protected by copyright and database right. Unless otherwise stated the contents of this site (including, without limitation, the publications displayed on the site, the screen displays, the text, graphics, and look and feel of the site) belong to and are the copyright works of SDK Law. You may print out individual articles or pages for your private use or for non-commercial research within your organisation. No form of is allowed without the prior written consent of Steven Kinch.

You may print or download any material on this web site and retain a copy of it for your personal use or for the use of anyone in your organisation provided that you do not do so for profit. You will require our written permission to make any other use of the material, including, in particular, its incorporation into any other electronic or hard copy document or its distribution or making available to the public (whether in print or electronic form).

It is impossible to determine the actual identity of an individual user from this information.

Client Services

When you subscribe to any service by which we allow you to monitor the progress of your case via the Internet, we will provide you with a user name and a secure password so that only you or people authorized by you can access that information. As solicitors, we owe you a duty of confidentiality. At the end of your matter, we will retain information about your case either as a paper file or electronically. We will not, without your written consent, allow anybody else to access your information except in very limited circumstances - for example, with your agreement or where we are legally obliged to do so. We may however seek your permission to allow other professionals involved in your matter, such as estate agents or accountants, to access the information in order to help in the advancement of your matter.

Online Surveys

When you voluntarily provide us with personal information as part of any online survey (such as a client satisfaction survey or a survey on your opinions about our site), we will use it to perform various quantitative and qualitative analyses to improve client service and satisfaction. We may forward the information collected to other employees or contract personnel to perform the actual analysis. You are under no obligation to participate in such surveys. Non-participation will not inhibit your use of our web site in any way. If you provided the information to us in error, you may request its removal at any time.

Marketing Information

We may collect information from you, with your permission, that will allow us to provide various customer services, such as promotional materials and product availability notices. We may forward the information collected to contract personnel to provide specific marketing services. We will remove such information at your request.

Our use of cookies and retained information

Cookies - Some applications may save a "cookie" on your computer's hard disk to provide a temporary history of actions taken. A common example is the tracking of requests for information or assistance. We do not retain any record of "cookies" beyond what is necessary for running the application.
E-mail- We encourage communication by email in order to ensure that we receive your instructions more quickly. However, instructions and information collected via e-mail will be retained at our discretion in a directly readable form for as long as necessary to complete our response. The e-mail itself may be retained in an archival form as required by Law Society Regulations or to maintain a proper record of your instructions to us and our advice to you.   When you send us personal identifying information via e-mail (that is, in a message containing a question or comment, or by filling out a form that e-mails us this information), we use it to respond to your requests. We may forward your e-mail to people within the firm, whether partners of employees who are better able to answer your questions. We do not retain or distribute lists of e-mail addresses to any parties outside SDK Law and we do not distribute lists of e-mail addresses. We will not do so unless required to do so by law.

Online surveys- Information collected via online surveys may be maintained at our discretion for an indefinite period of time. Marketing information - Such information may be maintained at our discretion for an indefinite period of time.

While every effort is made to ensure that the information contained in this site is accurate and up to date, we cannot be held responsible for any errors, omissions or inaccuracies. The content of this website is provided free of charge and is intended for general interest and information only. It does not constitute professional advice whether legal or otherwise and it should not be used as such. We accept no responsibility for its application to any specific issues or matters that you might wish to address or for the consequences of such application. We recommend that you take specific legal advice from one of our solicitors if you have a matter on which you need help.