Legal notice
About us
Trowers & Hamlins is the trading name of an international legal practice comprising Trowers & Hamlins LLP and its affiliated undertakings. Trowers & Hamlins has offices in London, Manchester, Exeter, Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Cairo, Dubai and Oman.
Trowers & Hamlins LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in England and Wales with registered number OC 337852 whose registered office is at Sceptre Court, 40 Tower Hill, London EC3N 4D, VAT registration number GB 440 6550 69. Trowers & Hamlins LLP is regulated in the UK by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) and is registered as a recognised body with SRA number 494314. In the other jurisdictions in which we have offices, we are subject to the regulatory rules of the jurisdiction in question. Our lawyers are subject to regulation according to the rules of each regulatory body with whom they are admitted to practise. The Solicitors' Code of Conduct can be accessed from the SRA website at: http://www.sra.org.uk/solicitors/code-of-conduct.page
Trowers & Hamlins LLP conducts business in our offices in London, Manchester, Exeter, Abu Dhabi and Dubai. The partnership of Trowers & Hamlins practises through our offices in Bahrain and Oman and through our association with Feras al Shawaf Law Office in Saudi Arabia. Our Cairo office operates as Trowers & Hamlins LLC in association with Nour Law Office. Trowers & Hamlins LLP has an association in Syria with Sultans Law and in Jordan with Abdul Karim Al-Fauri.
The UK business of the general partnership of Trowers & Hamlins was transferred to Trowers & Hamlins LLP on 1 October 2008 and the Abu Dhabi and Dubai businesses of the general partnership of Trowers & Hamlins transferred to Trowers & Hamlins LLP in early 2009. Some of the pages of this website and documents available on them were created before conversion to LLP status, but nothing in them is to be taken to mean that Trowers & Hamlins LLP or Trowers & Hamlins LLC are general partnerships or have unlimited liability.
We/us
On this website and in any other context, the words Trowers & Hamlins, we, us or our refer to Trowers & Hamlins LLP and any of its affiliates, unless the context requires otherwise and affiliate means any corporate entity, partnership, firm or other undertaking (other than the LLP) which incorporates the name "Trowers & Hamlins" or is otherwise owned or controlled by us (whether in whole or in part).
Partners
On this website and in any other context, the word "partner" is used by us to refer to a member of Trowers & Hamlins LLP or an employee or consultant with equivalent standing and qualifications or an individual with equivalent status in one of Trowers & Hamlins LLP's affiliated undertakings. A list of the members of Trowers & Hamlins LLP together with those non-members who are designated as partners is open to inspection at the registered office.
FSA regulation of insurance
We are not authorised by the Financial Services Authority. However, we are included on the register maintained by the Financial Services Authority, so that we may carry on insurance mediation activity, which is broadly the advising on, selling and administration of insurance contracts. This part of our business, including arrangements for complaints or redress if something goes wrong, is regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority. The register can be accessed via the Financial Services Authority website at http://www.fsa.gov.uk/register/.
The Law Society of England and 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. The Legal Complaints Service is the independent complaints-handling arm of the Law Society. If you are unhappy with any insurance advice you receive from us, you should raise your concerns with either of those bodies.
Complaints
We aim to provide the best service possible for all of our clients. However, if you have any queries or concerns regarding our work for you, you should raise these in the first instance with the person handling your work or the supervising partner. They will be keen to resolve your concerns as soon as possible. If your complaint cannot be dealt with by either of them, then it will be referred to the Head of the relevant Department and your Client Partner. If at any stage you are not satisfied with their response, please contact our Senior Partner, Jonathan Adlington, who can be contacted at Sceptre Court, 40 Tower Hill, London EC3N 4DX (Telephone number: 020 7423 8000) or by email at jadlington@trowers.com. If you are still not satisfied, the Legal Complaints Service (LCS) provides a complaints and redress mechanism. Any complaint to the LCS must usually be made within six months of the date of our final decision on your complaint, but for further information you should contact the LCS (Helpline number: 0845 508 6565) or refer to their website at: http://www.legalcomplaints.org.uk. If you prefer to write to the LCS, the address is Victoria Court, 8 Dormer Place, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire CV32 5AE.
Professional indemnity insurance
We hold professional indemnity insurance provided by QBE Insurance (Europe) Limited, who can be contacted at Plantation Place, 30 Fenchurch Street, London EC3M 3BD. The territorial coverage of our professional indemnity insurance is worldwide.
Disclaimer
Nothing on this site constitutes legal advice or gives rise to a solicitor/client relationship. Specialist legal advice should be taken in relation to specific circumstances.
The contents of this site are for general information purposes only. Whilst we endeavour to ensure that the information on this site is correct, no warranty, express or implied, is given as to its accuracy and we do not accept any liability for error or omission.
We shall not be liable for any damage (including, without limitation, damage for loss of business or loss of profits) arising in contract, tort or otherwise from the use of, or inability to use, this site or any material contained in it, or from any action or decision taken as a result of using this site or any such material.
Some of the material on this site may have been prepared some time ago. Please contact us if you need a comprehensive and up-to-date statement of the relevant law.
Copyright
The copyright in all material on this site is vested in Trowers & Hamlins. You may not copy any part of this site or do any other act in relation to any part of this site which is prohibited by copyright other than the following:
- you may print any page or download it to a local hard disk for your personal use only
- in material issued to third parties, you may quote from this site so long as you give due accreditation.
- you may provide a link (but not a framed link) to this site from any other business information or business service web site, but not (save with our prior written agreement) in any way which gives the impression that we are associated with or have approved such other site. Apart from this you may not reproduce or store any part of this site on any other web site without our prior consent.
The above consents do not authorise you to incorporate any part of this site in any commercial document or in any material sold or otherwise made available for profit without our prior consent.
Privacy
What do you do with personal information?
Your personal information is only collected when voluntarily submitted by you. We may use the information we collect to provide you with news and other information which you may have requested. Occasionally we may notify you about important changes to the site and new information or services which we think you may find valuable. If you do not wish to receive this information, please send an e-mail to enquiries@trowers.com.
What about "cookies"?
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Will you disclose the information you collect to outside parties?
Any personal information received from you will be retained by us and will not be sold, transferred or otherwise disclosed to any third party, unless such disclosure is required by law or other court order.
We may provide aggregate statistics about our users and traffic patterns and related site information to reputable third-parties, but these statistics will include no personally identifying information.
Access to personal information
In accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998, you are entitled to request a copy of the information we hold about you. We may charge a fee for complying with this request.
If you become aware that the personal information we hold about you is inaccurate, you may request that we amend it. Any requests should be made in writing to us (see Offices for our contact details).
Changes to this statement
We reserve the right to change this statement at any time by posting revisions on the site. This privacy policy is not intended to, and does not, create any contractual or other legal rights.
Other terms of use
Whilst we endeavour to ensure that this site is normally available 24 hours a day, we will not be liable if for any reason the site is unavailable at any time or for any period.
By accessing any part of this site, you shall be deemed to have accepted these terms in full.
These terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English Law.