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Individuals involved in client matters (including cases, contracts and transactions)

This is a schedule of the categories of personal data processed by us about individuals involved in client matters (including cases, contracts and transactions), as referred to in our Personal Data Processing Policy.

Type of personal data	Source	Purpose(s)	Legal basis for processing	Retention period	Recipients
Contact details	Directly from you, our client, other professional advisers, third party information sources or other parties involved in a matter (as appropriate)	Complying with our client’s instructions or otherwise contacting individuals in the course of providing our services	Our legitimate interest in performing our instructions and the administration and management of client matters Our client’s legitimate interest in instructing us to advise them Compliance with a legal obligation (where appropriate)	Unless we are asked to retain our file for longer or we have a good reason, we retain most files for 7 years from the file archive date. However we may retain files for longer or shorter periods depending on the nature of the matter and any applicable limitation periods. We retain Wills and Lasting Powers of Attorney indefinitely unless we are informed that the testator or grantor (as appropriate) has died	Our client and any relevant individuals employed or engaged by our client Other parties and professional advisers as necessary Government agencies and bodies (such as HMRC, Courts, tribunals, local authorities and Land Registry) in the course of a matter Regulatory and law enforcement agencies and bodies where required of us Enquiry agents, private investigators and process servers (where necessary)
Employment information (such as your job title, employment history, accreditations and qualifications)	Directly from you, our client, other professional advisers, third party information sources or other parties involved in a matter (as appropriate)	Complying with our client’s instructions	Our legitimate interest in performing our instructions and the administration and management of client matters Our client’s legitimate interest in instructing us to advise them Compliance with a legal obligation (where appropriate)	In line with our file retention policy as set out above	Our client and any relevant individuals employed or engaged by our client Other parties and professional advisers as necessary Government agencies and bodies (such as HMRC, Courts, tribunals, local authorities and Land Registry) in the course of a matter Regulatory and law enforcement agencies and bodies where required of us Enquiry agents, private investigators and process servers (where necessary)
Financial information (including bank details and transaction records)	Directly from you, our client, other professional advisers, third party information sources or other parties involved in a matter (as appropriate)	Administering payments to or from you and retaining evidence of transactions (as appropriate)	Our legitimate interest in performing our instructions and the administration and management of client matters Our client’s legitimate interest in instructing us to advise them Compliance with a legal obligation (where appropriate)	In line with our file retention policy as set out above	Our client and any relevant individuals employed or engaged by our client Other parties and professional advisers as necessary Government agencies and bodies (such as HMRC, Courts, tribunals, local authorities and Land Registry) in the course of a matter Regulatory and law enforcement agencies and bodies where required of us Enquiry agents, private investigators and process servers (where necessary)
Other personal data which is provided to or obtained by us (for example by reviewing documents or from third party information sources) in order to provide our services (which may include special categories of personal data and personal data relating to criminal convictions and offences)	Directly from you, our client, other professional advisers, third party information sources or other parties involved in a matter (as appropriate)	Complying with our client’s instructions	Our legitimate interest in performing our instructions and the administration and management of client matters Our client’s legitimate interest in instructing us to advise them Compliance with a legal obligation (where appropriate)	In line with our file retention policy as set out above	Our client and any relevant individuals employed or engaged by our client Other parties and professional advisers as necessary Government agencies and bodies (such as HMRC, Courts, tribunals, local authorities and Land Registry) in the course of a matter Regulatory and law enforcement agencies and bodies where required of us Enquiry agents, private investigators and process servers (where necessary) us