Cookie Policy

Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our website.

A cookie is a small file containing letters and numbers that is used to store information. If you agree to our use of cookies when you visit our website, then we will store cookies on the hard drive of your computer or device.

We use cookies and similar technologies in accordance with the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003 (PECR) and the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR).

1. What cookies we use

By using the cookie banner that appears on the Olliers Solicitors website, you can choose whether to allow non-essential cookies (such as analytics, functionality and targeting cookies) to be placed on your device. We will only set non-essential cookies after you have given your explicit consent through our cookie banner or preference centre, and you can change your choices at any time. We use the following categories of cookies:

• Strictly necessary/essential These are cookies that are required for the operation of our

website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our website, use a shopping cart or make use of e-billing services.

• Analytical/performance cookies. These cookies (for example, Google Analytics cookies) help us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to understand how visitors move around our website when they are using it. We use this information to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for We configure our analytics tools so that IP addresses are truncated/anonymised, and we do not use Google Analytics in combination with Google Ads or other Google marketing services. We do not use these cookies to make decisions about you in a way that produces legal or similarly significant effects, and we do not use them to track you across other websites.
• Functionality cookies. These cookies are used to recognise you when you return to our website and to remember your choices, such as your cookie preferences or your chosen language or region. Some functionality cookies are strictly necessary for security or to remember your cookie settings and therefore operate on the basis of our legitimate interests or because they are necessary to provide the service you request. Any functionality cookies that are not strictly necessary will only be used with your consent.
• Targeting cookies. These cookies record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We and our third-party partners (for example, Google) can use this information to make our website and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests, including by showing you advertising on other websites and apps. These cookies may contribute to the creation of profiles about your interests based on your browsing behaviour. We only use targeting cookies with your consent, and we do not combine information obtained from these cookies with information from our case-management systems or other client records.

2. Legal basis for using cookies

We rely on different legal bases for different types of cookies:

• Strictly necessary/essential cookies are used where they are necessary to provide the service you request (for example, to keep you logged in or to protect our forms from misuse) or where we have a legitimate interest in ensuring the security, integrity and functionality of our website.
• Non-essential cookies (including analytics, non-essential functionality and targeting/advertising cookies) are used only with your consent. You can give or refuse consent, or change your mind later, using our cookie banner or preference centre.

From February 2026, the Data (Use and Access) Act introduced limited exemptions to the PECR consent requirement for certain low‑risk cookies, including:

• Statistics cookies used solely to generate aggregated insights that improve our website;
• Appearance/functionality cookies used to adapt our site to your preferences (e.g., display mode);
• Security/fraud‑prevention cookies required to maintain service integrity.

These cookies may be set without consent, but you retain the right to opt out at any time.

Further information about our legal bases for processing, and your rights (including the right to withdraw consent at any time), is set out in our Privacy Policy.

In the table below you can find more information about the individual cookies that we and third parties use on the Olliers Solicitors website. The information in the table identifies the purposes for which we and third parties use specific cookies, and for how long those cookies are stored on your computer or device, before they expire. The cookies that we use are referred to as first party cookies, and the cookies that third parties use are referred to as third party cookies.

Some of the third parties whose cookies we use, such as Google LLC, are located outside the UK and the European Economic Area (EEA). This means that cookie-derived data may be transferred to countries that do not offer the same level of data protection as the UK. Where this occurs, we ensure that appropriate safeguards are in place, such as the use of recognised international transfer mechanisms. Further information about international transfers and the safeguards we use is set out in our Privacy Policy.

In using third-party tools (including analytics, security and advertising tools), Olliers Solicitors acts as a controller in relation to personal data collected through our website and, in some cases, may be a joint controller with the relevant third party. We take steps to ensure that appropriate contracts and data protection safeguards are in place with those providers and that our use of their services is compatible with our professional and regulatory obligations.