Privacy Policy

Privacy Notice

Migrant Law Partnership

Last updated: 31st July 2026

This notice explains how Migrant Law Partnership (“we”, “us”, “our”, or “the firm”) collects, uses, shares and protects your personal information, and the rights you have over it. We take your privacy seriously. Much of our work involves sensitive personal circumstances, and we handle your information accordingly.

1. Who we are

Migrant Law Partnership is a specialist immigration law firm. We are the data controller for the personal information described in this notice, which means we decide how and why it is processed.

Our contact details are:

Migrant Law Partnership

2.27 The BusWorks, 39–41 North Road, London N7 9DP

Email: admin@migrantlawpartnership.com

Telephone: 020 7112 8163

We are registered with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) under registration number C1995774, and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) under reference 597011.

2. What information we collect

Depending on how you interact with us, we may collect and process:

  • Identity and contact details — your name, address, email address, telephone number, date of birth and nationality.
  • Immigration and case information — details of your immigration history, status, family circumstances and the matter on which you seek advice, together with supporting documents.
  • Correspondence — the content of enquiries and messages you send us through our contact form, by email, or by WhatsApp.
  • Technical data — limited information such as your IP address and browser type, collected through cookies and analytics when you use our website.

Special category and sensitive information

Because of the nature of immigration and asylum work, the information you give us will often include special category data — information about your racial or ethnic origin, religious or political beliefs, sexual orientation, or physical and mental health. It may also include information about criminal convictions or allegations. We only collect this where it is relevant to advising or representing you, and we apply additional safeguards to protect it.

3. How we use your information

We use your personal information to:

  • provide legal advice and representation, and carry out your matter;
  • respond to your enquiries and communicate with you about your case;
  • carry out our professional and regulatory obligations, including identity and conflict checks;
  • keep proper records of the work we do; and
  • maintain and improve our website and services.

4. Our lawful basis for using your information

Under the UK GDPR we must have a lawful basis for processing your personal information. Depending on the circumstances, we rely on:

  • Performance of a contract — to provide the legal services you instruct us to carry out.
  • Legal obligation — to meet our regulatory, anti-money-laundering and other legal duties.
  • Legitimate interests — to run and improve our practice, and to respond to enquiries, where doing so does not override your rights.
  • Consent — for optional matters such as marketing, where we ask for it. You can withdraw consent at any time.

Special category and criminal offence data

Where we process special category data or information about criminal matters, we do so because it is necessary for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims, or for obtaining legal advice — for example, preparing and advancing an immigration or asylum application, appeal or representation.

Legal sources:UK GDPR Article 9(2)(f) (legal claims) and Article 10 (criminal offence data).Data Protection Act 2018, section 10 and Schedule 1 (including the legal-claims and legal-advice conditions).

5. Who we share your information with

We do not sell your personal information, and we do not share it for third-party marketing. We share it only where necessary to carry out your matter or to meet a legal obligation. This may include:

  • Our service providers (data processors), who process information on our instructions under a contract — for example Clio (case management and client intake) and our email provider.
  • Courts, tribunals and the Home Office, where this is necessary to advance or defend your matter.
  • Barristers and other professionals instructed on your behalf, with your knowledge.
  • Regulators or authorities, where we are legally required to disclose information.

If you contact us by WhatsApp, your message is handled through WhatsApp’s own systems, which are operated by Meta and may involve transfers outside the UK. Please do not send sensitive case details by WhatsApp; use it to make contact, and we will arrange a secure way to take your information.

6. International transfers

Most of your information is stored within the UK or the European Economic Area. Where a service provider transfers information outside these areas, we take steps to ensure it is protected by appropriate safeguards, such as the arrangements recognised under UK data protection law.

7. How long we keep your information

We keep client files and the personal information in them for six years after your matter has concluded, after which they are securely destroyed. We may keep certain information for longer where a legal or regulatory obligation requires it, or where there is a continuing reason connected to your immigration status. Enquiries that do not become instructions are kept for a shorter period and then deleted.

8. How we protect your information

We use appropriate technical and organisational measures to keep your information secure and to guard against unauthorised access, loss or disclosure. Access to client information is limited to those who need it to carry out your matter.

9. Your rights

Under UK data protection law you have the right to:

  • be informed about how we use your information (which this notice explains);
  • ask for a copy of the personal information we hold about you;
  • ask us to correct information that is inaccurate or incomplete;
  • ask us to delete information, where there is no continuing reason for us to keep it;
  • ask us to restrict or object to certain processing; and
  • withdraw consent, where we rely on it.

Some of these rights are qualified — for example, we may need to keep information to meet a legal or regulatory duty, or to defend a legal claim. To exercise any right, contact us at admin@migrantlawpartnership.com. We will respond within the time limits set by law.

10. Cookies

Our website uses essential cookies so that it functions properly, and may use optional cookies to help us understand how the site is used. You can control cookies through your browser settings. Turning off some cookies may affect how the site works.

11. How to complain

If you are unhappy with how we have handled your personal information, please contact us first at admin@migrantlawpartnership.com so we can try to put things right.

You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office, the UK regulator for data protection:

Information Commissioner’s Office — www.ico.org.uk — helpline 0303 123 1113.

12. Changes to this notice

We may update this notice from time to time. The date at the top shows when it was last revised. Where changes are significant, we will make this clear on our website.