Last updated: March 2026
Please read this cookie policy carefully as it contains important information on who we are and how we use cookies on our website. This policy should be read together with our Data Privacy Policy, which sets out how and why we collect, store, use and share personal information generally, as well as your rights in relation to your personal information and details of how to contact us and supervisory authorities if you have a complaint.
1. Who we are
This website is operated by WE Solicitors LLP. We are a solicitors’ practice authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority under ID number 445359. We are a provider of legal services.
2. Our website
This cookie policy relates only to your use of our website, https://wesolicitorslaw.com
Throughout our website we may link to other websites for ease of access. When you use a link to leave our website, your use of the third-party website shall be governed by that third party’s terms of use and privacy policy. We are not responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites. For privacy information relating to these other third-party websites, please consult their policies as appropriate.
3. What are cookies and similar technologies?
A cookie is a small text file which is placed onto your device (for example, a computer, smartphone or other electronic device) when you use our website. We use cookies and similar storage and access technologies on our website in accordance with the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003 (PECR) and the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR).
These technologies help us to:
- Recognise you whenever you visit the website (this speeds up your access as you do not have to log in each time).
- Obtain information about your preferences, online movements and use of the internet.
- Carry out research and statistical analysis to help improve our content and help us better understand your requirements and interests.
- Target our marketing more effectively.
- Make your online experience more efficient and enjoyable.
For further information on cookies generally, including how to control and manage them, visit the guidance on cookies published by the UK Information Commissioner’s Office at ico.org.uk/your-data-matters/online/cookies or www.allaboutcookies.org
4. Consent to use cookies and changing settings
Under PECR and the UK GDPR, we are required to obtain your explicit, informed consent before placing cookies or other similar technologies on your device, except where they are strictly necessary to provide you with a service that you have requested.
When you first visit our website, you will be presented with a cookie consent banner. This banner will give you the option to accept or reject non-essential cookies. You are free to change your cookie preferences at any time by revisiting the cookie settings on our website. Consent must be a clear, affirmative action (for example, clicking an “Accept” button). Pre-ticked boxes or implied consent (such as continuing to browse the website) do not constitute valid consent.
No non-essential cookies will be set on your device until you have given your consent. You may withdraw your consent at any time.
5. Types of cookies we use
There are different categories of cookies:
Strictly Necessary Cookies
These cookies are essential for the operation of our website. They enable core functionality such as security, network management and account access. You cannot opt out of these cookies as they are required to make the website function. These cookies do not require your consent under PECR.
Performance and Analytics Cookies
These cookies collect information about how you use our website, for example which pages you visit most often. All information collected by these cookies is aggregated and used solely to improve how our website works. These cookies require your consent before they are placed on your device.
Functionality Cookies
These cookies allow our website to remember the choices you make (such as your username, language, last action and search preferences) and provide enhanced, more personalised features. These cookies require your consent.
Targeting and Advertising Cookies
These cookies are used to deliver advertisements more relevant to you and your interests. They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement and to help measure the effectiveness of an advertising campaign. These cookies require your explicit consent before being set.
6. Specific cookies we use
The cookies that we use on our website include:
- Google Analytics: a web analytics service provided by Google LLC which uses cookies to show us how visitors found and explored our site, and how we can enhance their experience. It provides us with information about the behaviour of our visitors (for example, how long they stayed on the site and the average number of pages viewed). This service requires your consent.
- Spam protection service provided by Google LLC. This is a strictly necessary cookie and does not require consent.
- External social networks such as X (formerly Twitter), Facebook and LinkedIn. Use of buttons and widgets on our website allows interaction with the relevant social network. The information obtained through this website is always subject to your privacy settings for each social network. These cookies require your consent.
- Google Marketing: these cookies are used by Google for the purpose of showing advertisements to users who have previously visited our site as they browse other websites on the internet. These cookies require your explicit consent.
7. Duration of cookies
Different types of cookies last for different periods of time:
Session Cookies: these allow our website to link your actions during a particular browser session. They expire each time you close your browser and do not remain on your device afterwards.
Persistent Cookies: these are stored on your device in between browser sessions. They allow your preferences or actions across our website to be remembered. These will remain on your device until they expire or until you delete them from your cache.
8. Third-party access to cookies
The cookies we use will only be accessed by us and those third parties named above for the purposes referred to in this cookie policy. Those cookies will not be accessed by any other third party. Where we use third-party cookies, we have appropriate arrangements in place regarding the information shared with any third party, how it is shared and what our users are told.
9. How to turn off cookies and the consequences of doing so
You can change your cookie preferences at any time through the cookie settings on our website. You can also change your browser settings so that cookies (including those which are essential to the services requested) are not accepted. If you do this, please be aware that you may lose some of the functionality of our website.
For further information about cookies and how to disable them, please go to the guidance on cookies published by the UK Information Commissioner’s Office at ico.org.uk/your-data-matters/online/cookies or www.allaboutcookies.org
10. Your rights
Under the UK GDPR, where cookies process personal data, you have the right to:
- Access the personal data we hold about you.
- Request correction of any inaccurate personal data.
- Request deletion of your personal data in certain circumstances.
- Object to or restrict the processing of your personal data.
- Withdraw your consent at any time where we rely on consent to process your data.
- Lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) if you believe your data protection rights have been breached.
You can contact the ICO at ico.org.uk or by telephone on 0303 123 1113.
11. How to contact us
If you have any queries about this cookie policy, you can contact Janine McMahon, our Data Protection Officer, by:
- Email: jmcmahon@wesolicitors.com
- Post: WE Solicitors LLP, Ram Mill Business Centre, Gordon Street, Oldham OL9 9RH
- Telephone: 0333 200 4232
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