Legal Notices

Terms of use

Your use of this web site shall be subject to the terms that appear under this heading Legal Notices or elsewhere on this web site.  We reserve the right to vary or alter these terms from time to time. Any such change shall take effect upon posting to this web site.

Disclaimer of liability 

The information on this site about legal matters is provided as a general guide only and should not be relied on as a substitute for specific legal advice.  We try to keep all the information on the site as up-to-date as possible but errors may sometimes occur.  Links to third party web sites are made for your convenience and do not imply that we endorse those sites.  Legal Risk LLP is not responsible for the content of any third party web site.

This website is not intended to be an advertisement for legal services or solicitation of clients except in those jurisdictions where specific regulations governing the practice of law define advertising to include websites.

Copyright 

The contents of this site are protected by copyright.  Legal Risk LLP permits users of this site to make copies of material on this site for their own use but not for publication.  A reasonable number of such copies may also be distributed in paper form provided that the source is acknowledged and no changes to the content are made.  (These permissions do not extend to any third party material included on this site.)  Users are also permitted to link to this site provided that Legal Risk LLP’s name remains visible.  However, Legal Risk LLP reserves the right to withdraw any of these permissions in relation to any particular user at any time.

Privacy Policy

Legal Risk LLP is the controller of your personal data.  We respect your personal data and implement technical and organisational measures to protect the confidentiality of your information at all times.

Further information on how we use personal data and about how data subject rights can be exercised is contained in our Privacy Policy.  If you have any questions about how we process personal data please contact our Privacy Officer, Frank Maher, at [email protected].

Complaints

If at any time you would like to discuss with us how our service to you could be improved or if you are dissatisfied with the service you are receiving,  please let us know by contacting the partner dealing with your matter or the firm’s complaints partner, Frank Maher by emailing [email protected].  A complaint may include a complaint about our bill or the level of our costs.  We shall look at any complaint carefully and promptly and do all we can to explain the position to you.  If we have given you less than satisfactory service, we shall try to do everything reasonable to put it right. Clients of the firm are entitled to a copy of the firm’s complaints handling procedure on request.

In the event of your not being satisfied by our response, you may be entitled to refer the matter to the SRA or the Legal Ombudsman as a complaint.  The details for reporting to the SRA are here: www.sra.org.uk/consumers/problems/report-solicitor/. The contact details for the Legal Ombudsman are as follows: PO Box 6167, Slough, SL1 0EH (postal address); 0300 555 0333 (telephone); [email protected] (email); www.legalombudsman.org.uk(website).

The time limit for referring the matter to the Legal Ombudsman is generally one year from the date of act/omission giving rise to the complaint or, if later, one year from the date when you should have known about the complaint. However, the Legal Ombudsman will not accept complaints where the act/omission or, if later, date of awareness of the complaint predate 6 October 2010. The time limit should in each case be checked with the Legal Ombudsman as they can in some circumstances exercise their discretion to extend the one year time limit where they consider it fair and reasonable to do so.

You may be entitled to refer your complaint to the Legal Ombudsman, if you fall into one of the following categories:

                1.1           a client or former client who is an individual, a small business, small charity, small club or trustee of a small trust;

                1.2           a non-client who is the personal representative or beneficiary under a will where the firm has acted for the executors or trustees;

                1.3           a prospective client who could reasonably have expected to receive a service or was unreasonably offered a service he/she did not want.

If in doubt whether you fall into one of those categories, you should contact the Legal Ombudsman.

In relation to costs, a client may alternatively have a right to apply to the Court for an assessment of the firm’s bill under Part III of the Solicitors Act 1974.  If a client exercises a right to have the firm’s costs assessed by the Court, they cannot refer the issue to the Legal Ombudsman.  If all or any part of the firm’s bill remains unpaid while a client disputes it, the firm will be entitled to charge interest.

Financial Services and Markets Act 2000

We are not authorised under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, but we are able, in certain circumstances, to offer a limited range of investment services to the client because we are regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority.  We can provide these investment services if they are an incidental part of the professional services we have been engaged to provide.

The Law Society of England & Wales is a designated professional body for the purposes of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000.  The Solicitors Regulation Authority is the independent regulatory arm of the Law Society.

Complaints and redress mechanisms are provided through the Solicitors Regulation Authority and the Legal Ombudsman.  The timescale for referring a complaint to the Legal Ombudsman and their contact details, are set out above under ‘Complaints’.

Insurance distribution

This firm is an ancillary insurance intermediary.

We are not authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority.  However, we are included on the register maintained by the Financial Conduct Authority so that we can carry on insurance distribution activity, which is broadly the advising on, selling and administration of insurance contracts. The register can be accessed via the Financial Conduct Authority website at  www.fca.org.uk/firms/financial-services-register.

This part of our business is regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority.  The Law Society of England & Wales is a designated professional body for the purposes of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000.  The Solicitors Regulation Authority is the independent regulatory arm of the Law Society.

Complaints and redress systems are provided through the Solicitors Regulation Authority and the Legal Ombudsman.  The timescale for referring a complaint to the Legal Ombudsman and their contact details, are set out above under ‘Complaints’.

Regulatory information

Legal Risk LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in England and Wales with registered number OC339694.  The term Partner is used to refer to a Member of Legal Risk LLP.  A list of the Members of Legal Risk LLP is open to inspection at its registered office, 28 Bixteth Street, Liverpool L3 9UH.

Legal Risk LLP is authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority in the United Kingdom.  The members of Legal Risk LLP are solicitors authorised to practise in England and Wales, and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority in the United Kingdom.  The firm’s SRA numbers are 494979 (head office in Liverpool) and 495894 (Oxford office).

Our professional rules are at https://www.sra.org.uk/solicitors/standards-regulations/. The contact details for the Solicitors Regulation Authority are 199 Wharfside Street, Birmingham, B1 1RN (postal address); [email protected](email); 0370 606 2555 (telephone); +44 (0) 121 329 6800 (International telephone).

Our VAT registration number is 815 9308 20.

We maintain compulsory worldwide professional indemnity insurance of at least £3 million, each and every claim. Our policy number is B0621PELGA000623.  The name of our primary layer insurer is Sompo International Insurance.  Their contact details are Sompo Claims c/o RPC LLP, Temple Circus, Temple Way, Bristol, BS1 6LW (postal address) or [email protected] (email). Details of the minimum terms for the compulsory insurance, including territorial coverage, can be found at https://www.sra.org.uk/solicitors/standards-regulations/indemnity-insurance-rules/.

Our address for service is above.

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