Introduction

Lara is a sought after civil practitioner with a wealth of experience in dealing with shipping and property related disputes, in particular. For over a decade prior to being called to the Bar in 2015, Lara was in practice as a solicitor.

Lara has a rich and varied legal background. In 2003 she qualified in South Africa as an attorney, conveyancer and notary public. She emigrated to England and in 2004 qualified as an English solicitor. She also qualified as a notary public of England & Wales in 2008. Lara commenced practice in England working with a large regional firm, specialising in property law.  She then extended her practice into the niche area of shipping, working in the City for almost a decade.

Lara obtained higher rights of audience in April 2015 and was called to the Bar six months later.

She has a flourishing commercial practice encompassing wet and dry shipping work. She routinely acts in LMAA arbitrations and is briefed to appear in the Commercial and Admiralty Court. Lara adopts a commercial and robust approach when dealing with disputes, with the best interests of her clients always at the forefront of her mind.

As a property specialist, Lara has experience and expertise in Landlord and Tenant and Real Property disputes. She offers expedient advice and clear and confident advocacy and has been praised for achieving fantastic results by instructing solicitors and lay clients.

Lara is very experienced in dealing with injunctive relief applications before the High Court and County Courts.

She accepts instructions from solicitors but is also fully accredited by the Bar Standards Board to accept instructions direct from individuals and businesses including shipowners, charterers, insurers and traders.

Shipping

Lara has experience dealing with all aspects of shipping and maritime disputes before arbitration tribunals and the courts. She has also been actively involved in mediating disputes. She has particular expertise dealing with charterparty and commodity disputes and wet shipping, including general average claims.

Lara receives instructions from solicitors and from Owners, Charterers, commodity traders and P&I Clubs on a direct access basis. She has delivered professional development talks, including for MBL Seminars, on ship arrests in UK territoral waters and on London Maritime Arbitration & the English Courts. Lara regularly publishes articles on contemporary issues in maritime law.

Some of Lara's experience includes:

• Briefed by cargo interests insurer (who had provided an average guarantee) to defend a High Court general average claim brought by Owners for circa. US$ 1.2 million. The vessel grounded off the coast of Turkey and issues of seaworthiness arose. Successfully obtaining security for insurer's costs and the costs of the award, in an ongoing claim.

• Briefed by Disponent Owners in a claim against Charterers for US$ 1.5 million demurrage in a reference pursuant to LMAA Arbitration; the reference is also subject to a pre-liminary jurisdictional challenge by Charterers.
• Briefed to appeal an arbitration award pursuant to s.68 and s.69 Arbitration Act 1996 and oppose an application for security for costs, in an ongoing claim. 
• Assisting Ship Managers to defend a claim brought pursuant to an LMAA Arbitration reference for circa. US$ 9 million. The claim is brought by Bareboat Charterers for breach of a ship management agreement. Ship Managers counterclaim for circa. US$ 4.5 million for management fees and expenses. 

• Briefed to advise Owners in a multi-million dollar dispute arising out of a Tugs and Barges International Transport Contract.

• Assisting a large commodity trader in several, successful contractual disputes to recover damages before FOSFA Arbitration Tribunals and the High Court.

• Briefed to advice on and draft Charterers' defence and counterclaim submissions in an LMAA arbitration, brought by Owners for outstanding hire. Charterers rely on the off-hire clause and claiming damages for breach of the employment clause of the amended NYPE form charterparty.

• Representing Charterers in a claim against Owners for conversion of cargo/bunkers onboard a vessel.

• Assisting in a High Court claim concerning title to a power generating barge located in Ecuador. The barge was sold for US$ 35 million; comprising the quantum of the claim. The matter settled a few days into trial.

Lara regularly attends Posidonia in Greece and other international shipping events to meet with maritime professionals and those in the industry. She provides maritime talks to leading professional development providers.

Property

Lara’s property experience is broad: she has extensive experience dealing with Landlord and Tenant and Real Property, the former including possession actions, disrepair claims, service charges, business rates, housing, dilapidations, injunctions and business tenancies. Lara has successfully and efficiently dealt with disputes relating to trusts of land, co-ownership, adverse possession, Party Walls, boundary disputes, nuisance, licences and easements.

She has experience in the High Court, before appeal courts and in county courts, as well as before Tribunals.

Some of Lara's recent experience includes:

• On short notice, successfully opposing a High Court (KBD) application for summary judgment on the Claimant's claim, in excess of half a million pounds and strike-out of the client's counterclaim of £700,000. The dispute arose out of an oral, property development, profit share agreement.
• Obtaining a favourable award from the First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber), finding that the landlord's reapportionment of my client's liability for service charges under their lease was inequitable and that various administration charges imposed on them were unreasonable.
• Appealing a Party Wall surveyor's award and recovering 100% fees for the property developer client.
• Securing possession for executors on the basis of trespass and attending to suspension of warrants to be executed later the same day.
• Briefed by a defendant property developer in respect of a claim for a party wall surveyor's fees. Secured a dismissal with costs.
• Obtaining enforcement of a consent order for the sale of the defendant's property.

Contract

Lara deals with a wide range of contractual disputes. Her practice focuses on real property, including building and construction, property management, tenancy issues, party wall and boundary disputes.

In addition, she deals with maritime and commodity litigation and disputes subject to FOSFA Rules and under the LMAA Terms, to name a couple. Disputes under charterparties and Bills of Lading, ship arrests, MOA disputes and Admiralty cases.

Lara's experience includes:

• Briefed on behalf of a worldwide shipowner and operator to advise in a muti-million dollar claim.
• Briefed on behalf of a large, international, commodity trader in several contractual disputes, seeking to recover and defend substantial damages claims. Lara has obtained favourable substantive and preliminary jurisidictional awards from FOSFA tribunals in these matters and achieved successes in High Court proceedings. 
• Briefed on an urgent basis to draft response and rejoinder submissions in a construction dispute. The matter was referred to adjudication by the contractor/builder who was seeking payment of circa. £600,000 worth of monies due from the employer/hotel owner, pursuant to an interim payment certificate. The dispute was ultimately, amicably settled on favourable terms.
• Obtaining leave to appeal against the judgment of a Deputy District Judge concerning my client's liability in respect of a Santander loan agreement.
• Claiming monies paid under a rental hire agreement and securing a strike-out of the defendant company's counterclaim for vehicle damage. Costs awarded.
• Attending to various building contract disputes which resolved favourably.

Arbitration & Mediation

Insolvency

Lara has experience in dealing with personal and corporate insolvency matters, predominantly hearings although also on an advisory basis.

Lara has succcessfully assisted clients on various insolvency related matters, to include:

1. applications to set aside statutory demands and oppose the same;

2. winding up orders and bankruptcy petitions and

3. dissolution and company restoration, to name but a few.

Lara has served and been asked to serve as Treasurer of various charitable organisations.

Lara also has experience in dealing with business rates matters.

Insurance

Lara deals with commercial and private insurance disputes arising in all areas. Coming from a family background in insurance, she specialised in insurance law at University obtaining a first-class pass.

She has represented marine insurers and P & I Clubs whilst in practice as a shipping solicitor and continues to act for insurers and P & I Clubs as a barrister.

Publications

Article published on the apportionment of damages in shipping collision cases in the Annual Report of a large insurer.

Written various articles/insights for Chambers on shipping and property related matters of contemporary relevance, to include case law.

Seminars

Lara has provided online talks for MBL Seminars (a leading CPD legal training provider) on Ship Arrest in UK territorial waters and an Introduction to London Maritime Arbitration and the English Courts. Both seminars have generated widespread, positive feedback.

Lara has also presented seminars to a number of London P & I Clubs on various shipping related topics, including the correct measure of damages in time charterparty disputes, mitigation of damages and time bars.

Within the property field, Lara has presented a webinar on Adverse Possession for Central Law Training (CLT) and a follow up talk for Law Friends Society, another professional development provider.

Qualifications

Bachelor of Commerce, University of Cape Town.

Bachelor of Laws, University of Cape Town -  Dean's Merit List.

Postgraduate Diploma in Notarial Practice, University of Cambridge.

Memberships

Chancery Bar Association
Property Bar Association
London Maritime Arbitrators Association (supporting member)
Admiralty Bar Group
London Shipping Law Centre

Testimonials

• "You have been fantastic Lara"  - Instructing solicitor after obtaining security for costs in a large, contentious wet shipping dispute.
• "Dear Lara, I wanted to pass on my thanks for your assistance yesterday and the client wanted to say thank you too."  - Instructing solicitor after successfully opposing, on short notice, an application for summary judgment and a strike-out of the client's claim of £700,000 arising out of an oral, profit share, development agreement.
• "I wanted to take a moment to express my deepest gratitude for all your hard work and dedication in representing us at the hearing today. Your expertise and professionalism were truly exceptional, and I am so grateful to have had you by my side."                                                                   - Commercial client
• "I am not used to such an active, quick and devoted barrister. It is a real pleasure working with you."                                                                                       - Instructing solicitor, briefed in a shipping dispute subject to LMAA arbitration. 

• "I want to express my heartfelt appreciation for your dedication and professionalism during this challenging time. Your legal expertise and commitment to justice are deeply valued."                                                                                              Client following an urgent out of hours application to the High Court and two subsequent hearings before a Circuit Judge, securing access for the client and his family to their home following eviction by their landlord.

• "Thank you. We really appreciate everything you and your team have done. You were all fantastic. You made a lot of people very happy."                                              Commercial client after successfully opposing a High Court application to set aside an injunction order we had successfully obtained, allowing them to re-enter and continue trading at their restaurant after their landlord had forfeited their lease by peaceable re-entry.

• "Thanks Lara, a very good result."                                                                Instructing solicitors after successfully defending a commercial contractual dispute.

• "Thank you for your efforts today. I will certainly be passing work to you again. Great work."                                                                                                        Instructing solicitors following a successful trial in which we recovered substantial rent arrears, interest and costs for the landlord client.

• "Thank you Lara! You have been brilliant throughout, as always".                      Instructing solicitors, following assistance with submissions in a lucrative, international, commodity dispute.

• "Lara, I just wanted to say that your drafting has made my night. The Rejoinder is truly excellent on every point."                                                                                  Instructing solicitors, regarding submissions drafted in a construction dispute.

• "Thank you for a great result."                                                                        Instructing solicitors after a successful application striking-out the Claimant's claim and obtaining costs.

• "Thank you for your assistance in this matter this was a great result and the Claimant is very happy. I look forward to working with you in the future."                             Instructing solicitors after recovering substantial damages for their client.

• "Thank you very much, please forward your fee note to us asap for payment." Instructing solicitors after securing an outright possession order, together with rent arrears and costs, for their landlord client.

• "Thank you for all your effort, input and very kind attention in this matter."            Solicitor client after securing the settlement of a loan agreement.

• "Dear Lara, Absolutely amazing. You will be hearing from me next time I have another case that needs representing."                                                                            Direct access client (a large commercial landlord), after successfully defending a tenant's claim to set aside a possession order and postpone execution of a warrant of possession. Costs were also awarded to the client.

• "Many thanks. You were wonderful today. Well done....way beyond my expectations...!!!"                                                                                              Direct access client after setting aside a possession order granted in favour of a Housing Association and staying execution of a warrant the following day.

• "Thanks Lara. That's good news - well done."                                                       Instructing solicitors following a successful appeal hearing.

• "May I take this opportunity to convey my big thank you to you and your clerk for the conscientiousness in dealing and managing this matter for me."                            Direct access client after successfully defending a claim for business rates brought by a large County Council.

• "Thank you so much for all your hard work."                                                           Party Wall dispute - successful appeal for a London, property developer client.

• “Dear Lara, thank you for your email and once again for securing this brilliant outcome for our client. The family were thrilled and are very grateful to you.”                      Instructing solicitor, Property litigation.

• “Thank you Lara for your hard work and successful outcome. I am sure the clients were pleased with the outcome.”                                                                               Instructing solicitor

• "Dear Lara, thank you very much for your efficient handling of this assignment."  - Long-standing, commercial client.

• "Your expertise and knowledge in handling legal matters have proven to be invaluable, and we have full confidence in your abilities to achieve a favorable outcome."        Large, international property developer lay client.

Awards & Prizes

• Merit list of the Dean of the Law Faculty of the University of Cape Town.
• Highest marks at The School of Legal Practice (established by the Law Society of South Africa to provide postgraduate, vocational courses for law graduates) in: (1) commercial contracts, (2) constitutional law and procedure, (3) matrimonial matters and (4) business management.

Direct Access

Lara is accredited to accept work under Direct access, also known as Public access, in suitable cases. In order to instruct Lara on a Direct access basis, please contact her clerks on +44 (0) 20 7242 6476 or at clerks@33bedfordrow.co.uk.

Transparency Information

Lara's details can be found on the Barrister Register. She is regulated by the Bar Standards Board.

The Legal Ombudsman's decision data website can be found here.

Lara's most commonly used pricing models, are:

(1) for specific hearings - a fixed fee plus vat; 
(2) for other work - hourly rates plus vat.

The areas of practice in which she most commonly provides legal services, are contentious and non-contentious matters relating to:

(1) Maritime law;

(2) Property law and 

(3) General contractual issues.

Her most commonly provided legal services are:

(1) Representation in court and before tribunals;

(2) Advising in conference and

(3) Drafting court documents, advices and settlement correspondence.

Factors which may influence the timescales for Lara's most commonly provided legal services are:

(1) How complex the matter is;

(2) The amount of papers to review;

(3) Whether all relevant documents are available and/or need to be sourced, and how long that may take;

(4) The speed at which instructions and/or information is provided.

GDPR Notice

Privacy Notice - General Data Protection Regulation – Lara McDonnell

Please read the following information carefully.

This privacy notice contains information about the information collected, stored and otherwise processed about you and the reasons for the processing. It also tells you who I share this information with, the security mechanisms I have put in place to protect your data and how to contact me in the event you need further information. 

Who Am I?

I am a barrister practising at 33 Bedford Row Chambers, 33 Bedford Row, London, WC1R 4JH. I collect, use and am responsible for personal information about you (personal information being any information about an individual from which that person can be identified). When I do this, I am the ‘controller’ of this information for the purposes of the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) and the Data Protection Act 2018. If you need to contact me about your data, or the processing carried out you can use the contact details at the end of this document.

What do I do with your information?

Information collected

When carrying out the provision of legal services I collect personal information that you provide that may include, but is not limited to, the following:

a. personal details (including copies of documents such as passports and driving licences)

b. family details

c. lifestyle and social circumstances

d. goods and services

e. financial details and information

f. education, training and employment details

g. other personal data relevant to, or included in, instructions to provide legal services, including data specific to the instructions in question and data included in documents provided to me as part of instructions or otherwise.

In relation to (g) such information may include personal information relating to family members, associates, agents, employees, shareholders or beneficial owners.  Where you provide such personal information to me, you confirm that you are authorised to do so. It is not reasonably practicable for me to provide to these individuals the information set out in this Privacy Notice. Accordingly, where appropriate, you are responsible for providing this information to any such individuals.

Similarly, where you are a professional client and provide me with personal data relating to your client (including any information referenced in (f) above) you confirm that you are authorised to do so.

Information collected from other sources

The personal information I obtain may include information which has been obtained from:

• other legal professionals
• other professional services providers (including accountants)
• experts and other witnesses
• prosecution authorities
• courts and tribunals
• trainee barristers
• lay clients
• family and associates of the person whose personal information I am processing
• in the event of complaints, the Head of Chambers, other members of Chambers who deal with complaints, the Bar Standards Board, and the Legal Ombudsman
• other regulatory authorities
• current, past or prospective employers
• education and examining bodies
• business associates, professional advisers and trade bodies, e.g. the Bar Council
• the general public in relation to the publication of legal judgments and decisions of courts and tribunals data processors, such as my Chambers staff, IT support staff, email providers, data storage providers
• public sources, such as the press, public registers and law reports.
• In particular, I may collect information from a solicitor or accountant or other professional adviser that instructs me on your behalf to provide legal services.

How I use your personal information:

I may use your personal information for the following purposes:

• to provide legal services to my clients, including the provision of legal advice and representation in courts, tribunals, arbitrations, and mediations
• to take or defend legal or regulatory proceedings or to exercise a lien
• to check for potential conflicts of interest in relation to future potential cases
• to promote and market my services
• to carry out anti-money laundering and terrorist financing checks
• to train other barristers and pupils, and when providing work-shadowing opportunities
• to publish legal judgments and decisions of courts and tribunals
• as required or permitted by law.

Whether information has to be provided by you, and why

If I have been instructed by you or on your behalf on a case, your personal information has to be provided to enable me to provide legal services to you, and to enable me to comply with my professional obligations, and to keep accounting records.  If you do not provide the personal information requested, it may delay or prevent me providing services to you.

The legal basis for processing your personal information

I rely on the following as the lawful bases on which I collect and use your personal information:

If you have consented to the processing of your personal information, then I may process your information for the Purposes set out above to the extent to which you have consented to me doing so.

If you are a client, processing is necessary for the performance of a contract for legal services or in order to take steps at your request prior to entering into a contract.

In relation to information which is regarded as “special category data” for GDPR purposes which includes personal information revealing a person’s racial or ethnic origin, religious or philosophical beliefs or data concerning age, I rely on your consent for any processing. I need your consent to carry out processing of this data for these purposes. If you do not consent to processing for purposes of responding to potential complaints, I will be unable to take your case. This is because I need to be able to retain all the material about your case until there is no prospect of a complaint.

In relation to information regarded as “special category data” for GDPR purposes I am entitled by law to process the information where the processing is necessary for legal proceedings, legal advice, or otherwise for establishing, exercising or defending legal rights.

In relation to information which is not regarded as “special category data” for GDPR purposes, I rely on my legitimate interest and/or the legitimate interests of a third party in carrying out the processing for the purposes set out above.

In certain circumstances processing may be necessary in order that I can comply with a legal obligation to which I am subject (including carrying out anti-money laundering or terrorist financing checks).

The processing is necessary to publish judgments or other decisions of courts or tribunals.

Where I rely on legitimate interests as a lawful basis for processing your personal information, I will carry out a balancing test by reference to your interests and fundamental rights and freedoms. I will only use your personal information for the purposes for which I collected it, unless I reasonably consider I need to use if for another reason and that reason is compatible with the original purpose.

Who will I share your personal information with?

If you are a client, some of the information you provide will be protected by legal professional privilege unless and until the information becomes public in the course of any proceedings or otherwise. As a barrister I have an obligation to keep your information confidential, except where it otherwise becomes public or is disclosed as part of the case or proceedings.

It may be necessary to share your information with the following parties and institutions:

• other professional advisers such as other legal professionals and accountants
• experts and other witnesses
• courts and tribunals
• the staff in my Chambers
• pupils
• lay clients
• family and associates of the person whose personal information I am processing
• in the event of complaints, the Head of Chambers, other members of Chambers who deal with complaints, the Bar Standards Board, and the Legal Ombudsman
• other regulatory authorities
• business associates, professional advisers and trade bodies, e.g. the Bar Council
• professional indemnity insurers or brokers
• the general public in relation to the publication of legal judgments and decisions of courts and tribunals
• If you have engaged other professional advisers to instruct me on your behalf on the matters on which I am providing legal services to you, I shall assume that I may disclose your personal information to them unless you tell me otherwise.

During my first three years of practice, the Bar Standards Board requires there to be a “relevant qualified person” in Chambers to provide me with guidance in relation to the provision of legal services and I may therefore need to share personal information with that qualified person in order to obtain such guidance. In all such cases, the other member of Chambers will be required to respect the terms of this policy and to treat your information as confidential. I may be required to provide your information to regulators, such as the Bar Standards Board, the Financial Conduct Authority or the Information Commissioner’s Office. In the case of the Information Commissioner’s Office, there is a risk that your information may lawfully be disclosed by them for the purpose of any other civil or criminal proceedings, without my consent or yours, which includes privileged information.

I may also be required to disclose your information to the police or intelligence services, where, acting in good faith, I consider it required or permitted by law. 

Data Processing

I use a number of different service providers (acting as ‘data processors’) who provide administration and IT-related services to enable me to operate my business and provide legal  services to clients. Your personal information is transferred to (and stored by) these data processors, who generally fall under the following categories:

• my Chambers
• Document and data storage service providers
• Practice Management Service providers
• IT service providers (which may include cloud-based storage providers)
• Accounting service providers
• Email providers

Please contact me using the details at the end of this document if you want further information on specific data processors, or the types of personal data they process for me.  

If you would like more information about the systems operated by Chambers in acting as a data processor for me, please contact the Senior Clerk.

Transfer of your information outside the European Economic Area (EEA)

This privacy notice is of general application and as such it is not possible to state whether it will be necessary to transfer your information out of the EEA in any particular case or for a reference. However, if you reside outside the EEA or your case or the role for which you require a reference involves persons or organisations or courts and tribunals outside the EEA then it may be necessary to transfer some of your data to that country outside of the EEA for that purpose.

If you are in a country outside the EEA or if the instructions you provide come from outside the EEA then it is inevitable that information will be transferred to those countries. If this applies to you and you wish additional precautions to be taken in respect of your information please indicate this when providing initial instructions.

Some countries and organisations outside the EEA have been assessed by the European Commission and their data protection laws and procedures found to show adequate protection.

If your information has to be transferred outside the EEA, then it may not have the same protections and you may not have the same rights as you would within the EEA.

I may transfer your personal information to the following, which are located outside the European Economic Area (EEA):

• cloud data storage services.
• If I decide to publish a judgment or other decision of a Court or Tribunal containing your information then this will be published to the world. 

I will not otherwise transfer personal information outside the EEA except as necessary for providing legal services or for any legal proceedings.

If you would like any further information please use the contact details at the end of this document.

How long will I store your personal data?

I will normally store all your information:

• until at least 1 year after the expiry of any relevant limitation period (which will usually be 6 years, but may be 12 years, or longer where the case includes information relating to a minor), from the date of completion of instructions (being the later of when the last item of work has been carried out and when the final payment for my services is received). This is because it may be needed for potential legal proceedings.  At this point any further retention will be reviewed and the data will be marked for deletion or marked for retention for a further period. The latter retention period is likely to occur only where the information is needed for legal proceedings, regulatory matters or active complaints. Deletion will be carried out (without further notice to you) as soon as reasonably practicable after the data is marked for deletion.
• I will store some of your information which I need to carry out conflict checks for the rest of my career. However, this is likely to be limited to your name and contact details and the name of the case. This will not include any information that is “sensitive information” for GDPR purposes.
• Information related to anti-money laundering checks will be retained until five years after the completion of the transaction or the end of the business relationship, whichever is the later;
• Names and contact details held for marketing purposes will be stored indefinitely or until I or my clerks become aware or /are informed that the individual has ceased to be a potential client.

If, when reviewing the personal information I hold, I determine that it is no longer necessary for me to retain such personal information, I will take appropriate steps to either anonymise it or delete it.

(Please note that personal information does not include data where the relevant person’s identity has been removed (i.e. anonymous data).)

Consent

As explained above, I am relying on your explicit consent to process any of your personal information that is “sensitive information” for GDPR purposes.  You provided this consent when you agreed that I would provide legal services. In addition, there may be other circumstances in which I rely on your explicit consent to process other personal information. Where the lawful basis on which I can process your personal information is consent, you have the right to withdraw this consent at any time. If you withdraw you consent this will not affect the lawfulness of any processing activity I have carried out prior to you notifying me of the withdrawal of your consent. Further, withdrawal of your consent will not affect the lawfulness of processing on any other applicable lawful basis, for example, if you have asked me to work for you and I have spent time on your case, you may owe me money which I will be entitled to claim. To withdraw consent, you should notify me by contacting me as set out at the end of this document.

Your Rights

Under the GDPR, you have a number of rights that you can exercise in certain circumstances. These are free of charge. In summary, you may have the right to:

• Ask for access to your personal information and other supplementary information;
• Ask for correction of mistakes in your data or to complete missing information I hold on you;
• Ask for your personal information to be erased, in certain circumstances (though please note that I may not always be able to comply with your request of erasure for specific legal reasons which will be notified to you, if applicable, at the time of your request).
• Receive a copy of the personal information you have provided to me or have this information sent to a third party (note this applies to certain data only). This will be provided to you or the third party in a structured, commonly used and machine readable format,
• Object at any time to processing of your personal information for direct marketing;
• Object in certain other situations to the continued processing of your personal information;
• Restrict my processing of your personal information in certain circumstances;
• Request not to be the subject to automated decision-making which produces legal effects that concern you or affects you in a significant way.

If you want more information about your rights under the GDPR, please see the Guidance from the Information Commissioners Office on Individual's rights under the GDPR.

If you want to exercise any of these rights, please contact me utilising the contact details at the end of this document. Please provide a contact address so that you can be contacted to request further information to verify your identity and in addition:

• Provide proof of your identity and address;
• State the right or rights that you wish to exercise. I may also need to ask you to provide other information to help me confirm your identity. This is a security measure to ensure that personal information is not disclosed to any person who has no right to receive it. I will try to respond to all legitimate requests quickly, but in any event within one month. If your request is particularly complex or you have made a number of requests, it may take me longer than one month. In this case, I will notify you and keep you updated.

Keeping your data secure

I use reasonable technical and organisational security measures to prevent personal information from being accidentally lost or destroyed, or used or accessed in an unauthorised way.  In this connection, Chambers, as data processor, acting on my behalf, will only process your personal data on my instructions and are subject to a duty of confidentiality.

Marketing Emails

As above, I may share your personal data with Chambers who may in turn use that data to notify you by email, telephone or post about invitation to seminars and similar events.  You may opt out of receiving any such marketing communications at any time by using the “unsubscribe” link in any emails. In relation to how Chambers uses such data, please see Chambers’ privacy policy. Other than sharing personal data with Chambers as described above, I will not share your information with any other third party for marketing purposes.

How to make a complaint?

The GDPR also gives you the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioners’ Office if you are in the UK, or with the supervisory authority of the Member State where you work, normally live or where the alleged infringement of data protection laws occurred. The Information Commissioner’s Office can be contacted at http://ico.org.uk/concerns/. 

Future Processing

I do not intend to process your personal information except for the reasons and purposes stated within this privacy notice. If this changes, this privacy notice will be amended and placed on Chambers website. 

Changes to this privacy notice

This privacy notice is up to date as at 15 August 2019. I may change this policy from time to time. When I do it will be placed on Chambers’ website. 

Contact Details

If you have any questions about this privacy notice or the information I hold about you, please contact me or my clerks.  The best way to contact me is to write to me at my Chambers address (33 Bedford Row, London, WC1R 4JH) or contact my clerks by email at: clerks@33bedfordrow.co.uk or by telephone at  +44 (0) 20 7242 6476.