Last Updated: 4 August 2026
Everest Law Solicitors Ltd is committed to protecting your privacy and handling your personal information lawfully, fairly and transparently.
This Privacy Notice explains what personal information we collect, how we use it, who we share it with, how long we keep it, and the rights available to you under applicable data protection laws.
This Privacy Notice applies to clients, prospective clients, website users, job applicants, suppliers and other individuals whose personal information we may process in the course of our business.
Company Number: 11895381
SRA Number: 658518
ICO Registration Number: ZA694602
Contents
Contact Details
If you have any questions about this Privacy Notice or wish to exercise your data protection rights, please contact:
Syed Imran Ali
Compliance Officer for Legal Practice (COLP)
Everest Law Solicitors Ltd
210 Northfield Avenue
London
W13 9SJ
Email: info@everestlawsolicitors.co.uk
Telephone: 020 8840 3745
Information We Collect
We may collect and process the following categories of personal information:
Identity Information
- Name
- Date of birth
- Nationality
- Passport details
- Driving licence details
- Biometric residence documents
- Other identification documents
Contact Information
- Residential address
- Correspondence address
- Email address
- Telephone number
Financial Information
- Bank account details
- Payment information
- Billing information
Matter-Related Information
Depending on the legal services being provided, this may include:
- Immigration records
- Home Office correspondence
- Family and relationship information
- Employment information
- Property-related information
- Information relevant to legal matters on which we are instructed
Technical Information
- IP address
- Browser type and version
- Device information
- Website usage information
Recruitment Information
- CVs
- Employment history
- Qualifications
- References
CCTV Information
- CCTV footage recorded at our office premises
Sensitive Personal Information
Due to the nature of the legal services we provide, particularly in immigration, asylum and family matters, we may process sensitive personal information, including:
- Health information
- Racial or ethnic origin
- Religious or philosophical beliefs
- Biometric information contained within identity documents
- Information relating to family circumstances
We may also process information relating to criminal convictions and offences where necessary for immigration matters, legal proceedings, anti-money laundering compliance, regulatory obligations or the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.
We will only process such information where permitted by law.
How We Collect Information
We may obtain personal information:
- Directly from you
- Through our website contact form
- From family members or representatives acting on your behalf
- From the Home Office
- From courts and tribunals
- From barristers, interpreters and translators
- From other solicitors and professional advisers
- From publicly available sources where necessary
- Through recruitment enquiries and job applications
How We Use Information
We may use personal information to:
- Provide legal advice and representation
- Assess whether we can act for you
- Carry out identity verification and anti-money laundering checks
- Prepare applications, legal documents and submissions
- Communicate with clients and prospective clients
- Manage billing and payments
- Comply with legal and regulatory obligations
- Respond to enquiries submitted through our website
- Consider employment applications
- Improve our website and services
- Protect the security of our premises, staff and systems
We process personal information where necessary to provide legal services, comply with legal obligations, pursue legitimate business interests, establish or defend legal claims, or where consent has been provided
Website Enquiries and Analytics
If you contact us through our website, we will use the information provided to respond to your enquiry and assess whether we may be able to assist you.
Submitting an enquiry through our website does not create a solicitor-client relationship. We will only become your solicitors once we have agreed to act for you and our engagement terms have been accepted.
Our website uses Google Analytics to help us understand how visitors use the website and to improve its functionality and performance.
Sharing Information
Where necessary, we may share personal information with:
- Courts and tribunals
- The Home Office and other government departments
- Barristers and expert advisers
- Interpreters and translators
- Other legal representatives
- Professional indemnity insurers
- The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA)
- The Legal Ombudsman
- Law enforcement agencies where required by law
- Accountants, auditors and professional advisers
- IT service providers, including Microsoft 365
We do not sell personal information to third parties.
International Transfers
Some of our service providers may process information outside the United Kingdom.
Where personal information is transferred internationally, appropriate safeguards will be implemented to ensure your information remains protected in accordance with applicable data protection laws.
Data Security
We maintain appropriate technical and organisational security measures to protect personal information from unauthorised access, misuse, disclosure, alteration or loss.
Whilst we take reasonable steps to protect personal information, no method of transmission over the internet can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
CCTV
CCTV operates at our office premises for the purposes of security, crime prevention, health and safety, and the protection of staff and visitors.
Any CCTV footage is retained only for as long as reasonably necessary and in accordance with our internal procedures.
Recruitment
If you submit a CV or job application to us, we will use the information provided to assess your suitability for current or future opportunities with the firm.
If your application is unsuccessful, we may retain your information for a reasonable period unless you request otherwise.
Data Retention
We retain personal information only for as long as necessary for the purposes for which it was collected and in accordance with our legal, regulatory and professional obligations.
Client files are generally retained for a minimum of six years following the conclusion of a matter. Certain files may be retained for longer where required by law, regulation, insurance requirements or the circumstances of the matter.
Your Rights
Subject to applicable data protection laws, you may have the right to:
- Access your personal information
- Request correction of inaccurate information
- Request erasure of personal information
- Request restriction of processing
- Object to processing
- Request transfer of personal information where applicable
- Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the details above.
Complaints
If you have concerns about how we handle your personal information, please contact us first so that we can try to resolve the matter.
You also have the right to make a complaint to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).
Website: www.ico.org.uk
Telephone: 0303 123 111
Changes to This Notice
We may update this Privacy Notice from time to time. Any changes will be published on this page and will take effect once published.