Model Policy Name: Privacy
Policy Date: 01/04/2025

Privacy Policy

54 Law (Paul Davies, Consultant Solicitor via Nexa Law) provides legal services to clients across the United Kingdom. We must process personal data (including sensitive personal data) so that we can deliver these legal services effectively and comply with our professional obligations – in doing so, 54 Law acts as a data controller.
This Company monitors its own compliance with data protection policies and regularly reviews the effectiveness of data handling and security controls. This Company also manages information risks in a structured way so that management understands the business impact of personal data-related risks and manages them effectively.
This Company monitors its own compliance with data protection policies and regularly reviews the effectiveness of data handling and security controls. This Company also manages information risks in a structured way so that management understands the business impact of personal data-related risks and manages them effectively.

Collection and use of personal data – Purpose of processing and legal basis

54 Law will collect your personal data (which may include sensitive personal data) and will process it for the purposes of providing you with legal advice, representation, and case management.
The legal bases we rely upon to offer these services to you are:
  • Consent of the individual for one or more specific purposes.
  • Processing necessary for the performance of a contract with the individual or in order to take steps at the request of the individual to enter into a contract.
  • Processing necessary for compliance with a legal obligation that the controller is subject to (e.g., compliance with the Solicitors Regulation Authority, HMRC, or court orders).
  • Processing necessary to protect the vital interests of the individual or another person.
  • Processing necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the data controller.
  • Processing necessary for the purposes of legitimate interests pursued by the controller or a third party, except where such interests are overridden by the interests or fundamental rights or freedoms of the individual which require protection of personal data.

Legitimate interest

Where 54 Law has relied on a legitimate interest to process your personal data, our legitimate interests are as follows:
  • To maintain client relationships, manage ongoing legal cases, and operate as a law practice in accordance with professional and regulatory obligations.

Recipient/s of data

54 Law will process your personal data and/or sensitive personal data with the following recipients:
  • Courts, tribunals, and government authorities as required for the legal services provided.
  • Opposing parties or their legal representatives, where disclosure is necessary for case proceedings.
  • Other solicitors, barristers, and expert witnesses engaged in your matter.
  • Regulatory bodies such as the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) or the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), if required.
  • Professional service providers (e.g., IT, email, and case management systems) under strict confidentiality agreements.

Statutory/contractual requirement

Your personal data may be required by law and/or a contractual requirement (for example, to comply with anti-money laundering regulations or client identity verification). You are obliged to provide the personal data and if you do not, the consequences of failure to provide the data are:
  • The consequences of failing to provide the data will prevent 54 Law from acting for you or providing legal services.

Data retention

54 Law will retain your personal data only for as long as is necessary. Different laws require us to keep different data for different periods of time.
Typically, legal files and records are retained for a minimum of six years from the date a matter is closed, in accordance with the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) Code of Conduct and legal best practice. Certain matters (such as property transactions, wills, or trust documentation) may be retained longer.
Where 54 Law has obtained your consent to process your personal or sensitive personal data, we will do so in line with our retention policy (a copy of which is available upon request). Upon expiry of that period, 54 Law will seek further consent from you. Where consent is not granted, 54 Law will cease to process your personal data and sensitive personal data.

Your rights

Please be aware that you have the following data protection rights:
  • The right to be informed about the personal data 54 Law processes on you.
  • The right of access to the personal data 54 Law processes on you.
  • The right to rectification of your personal data.
  • The right to erasure of your personal data in certain circumstances.
  • The right to restrict processing of your personal data.
  • The right to data portability in certain circumstances.
  • The right to object to the processing of your personal data that was based on a public or legitimate interest.
  • The right not to be subjected to automated decision making and profiling.
  • The right to withdraw consent at any time.
Where you have consented to 54 Law processing your personal data and sensitive personal data, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time by contacting Paul Davies, see contact details below.

Complaints

If you wish to change your communication preferences or complain about this privacy notice, please contact:
Contact: Paul Davies, Consultant Solicitor (via Nexa Law)
Company: 54 Law
Email: paul.davies@nexa.law
Telephone: 07813 330 602
Group Address: 7 Based in the UK, working nationwide
You also have the right to raise concerns with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) on 0303 123 1113 or at https://ico.org.uk/concerns/, or any other relevant supervisory authority should your personal data be processed outside of the UK, if you believe that your data protection rights have not been adhered to.

Cookie Policy

Last updated: 01/04/2025
Our website uses cookies to make it work properly and to help us understand how people use it. We use:
  • Essential cookies – needed for security and basic functions.
  • Analytics cookies – to see how visitors use the site so we can improve it.
  • Optional cookies – or any embedded content or social media integrations.
You can accept or reject non-essential cookies when you first visit the site, or change your preferences in your browser settings at any time.
We don’t use cookies to collect personal information like your name or email, and we never sell or share your data.
If you’d like to learn more about how we handle personal data, please see our full Privacy Policy.

Contact:

Paul Davies – Consultant Solicitor (via Nexa Law)
  • paul.davies@nexa.law
  • 07813 330 602