The Solicitor’s Regulation Authority requires solicitors to provide costs information with regard to certain services.
The SRA’s price transparency rules can be found here.
I do not work in any of the areas subject to the price transparency rules other than probate and estate administration.
I work with international families, professional advisors, financial institutions, and charities to administer estates, typically involving U.S. assets, decedents or beneficiaries. These matters may involve complex domicile issues, treaty claims, and negotiations with the U.S. Internal Revenue Service as well as HMRC or other tax authorities or charities regulators.
It is generally difficult to estimate the costs associated with these matters. Factors that influence the cost include, but are not limited to, the nature of the assets, the testator’s domicile position; the terms of any trusts, foundations or other vehicles created prior to death; whether the Will includes charitable bequests, the number of jurisdictions in which probate will be required, the need for post-mortem planning; whether it is necessary to file a U.S. estate tax return or to obtain a “transfer certificate” relating to U.S. securities owned by the decedent.
In certain cases where I am engaged to provide discreet advice, I may charge a fixed fee. Otherwise, I charge on an hourly basis at my typical hourly rate (currently GBP 600 per hour). VAT is charged at a rate of 20% in respect of my legal fees and third-party expenses and is added to invoices where applicable.
Generally, the services that I provide to clients who are resident outside of the United Kingdom and the European Union are not subject to VAT.
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The Law Offices of Suzanne M Reisman is a "data controller" of your personal data in our control under the UK Data Protection Act of 2018 and the EU General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 commonly known as the "GDPR".
How We Collect Your DataWe may obtain personal data about you through your communications with us in person, by post, by telephone or by email, messaging applications or through social media.
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As stated above, if you engage us to provide you with legal services we will collect the personal data that is necessary to provide you with those services and to satisfy our anti money laundering or "know your customer" obligations under applicable law.
If you have not engaged us to provide legal services for you, the type of data we will hold for you may include:
Law Offices of Suzanne M Reisman is legally permitted to collect and process your personal data if it is necessary if you have provided your consent or:
If you engage us to provide legal services we will need certain personal data to provide you with our legal advice and to establish and manage our relationship with you. In addition, our own legal obligations require us to obtain personal data to manage conflicts of interest, prevent fraud and money laundering satisfy our legal and regulatory reporting requirements and to process invoices.
If you engage us to provide legal services but decide not to provide us with the necessary personal data we may be prevented from meeting our legal obligations. In that event we would not be able to provide you with our legal services.
Collection, Use, Retention and Disclosure of Personal Data Limitation on Retention of Personal DataWe only retain personal data that is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy and retain no more information than we believe is necessary for any of the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy or which is dictated by legal or professional requirements.
We will destroy, erase or make anonymous documents or other records containing Personal Data as soon as it is reasonable to assume that the original purpose of obtaining and storing it is no longer being served by retention of the Personal Data or retention is no longer necessary for legal, business or professional purposes. We will take reasonable care when destroying Personal Data so as to prevent unauthorized access.
Transfer of Personal Data to Third PartiesThe Law Offices of Suzanne M Reisman may use third parties from time to time in the course of conducting our business. We will use reasonable efforts to ensure that third parties are bound by the terms of this Privacy Policy or a similar policy.
International Transfers of Your Personal DataOur business is by its nature international and as a result your Personal Data may be transferred to or accessed from countries that may not have data protection laws equivalent to those of your country.
We will only transfer your Personal Data under the following circumstances:
If we need to transfer your Personal Data to a country that does not have equivalent privacy laws, we will ensure it has the appropriate safeguards in place; such safeguards may include binding corporate policies and procedures, standard contractual data protection clauses approved by applicable supervisory authorities, an approved employee code of conduct, or an approved certification mechanism.
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If we consider that the withdrawal of such consent will, impede our ability to provide any service to you we reserve the right to terminate our services in the event of such a withdrawal.
Your Right to Update InformationIt is important that the Personal Data we hold about you is accurate. We appreciate any updates you may offer us with regard to your Personal Data and you have the right to request that we rectify any inaccurate Personal Data we hold about you.
Your Right to Restrict Processing of Your Personal DataYou have the right to request that we restrict processing your Personal Data if:
You have the right to object at any time to the processing of your Personal Data. At your request, we will cease to process the Personal Data we hold for you unless:
You have the right at any time to object to the processing of your data for direct marketing purposes.
Your Right to Data PortabilityYou have the right to receive your Personal Data in a machine-readable format and the right to have that information transferred to another data controller, where technically feasible.
Your Right to Erasure also known as the "Right to Be Forgotten"You have the right to request for us to erase your Personal Data. We will fulfil this request provided that there are no legal requirements for us to continue processing your Personal Data.
AccuracyYou are required to advise us of any changes that may impact the services we are providing. From time to time, you may be asked to verify or update your Personal Data.
Safeguarding Personal DataLaw Offices of Suzanne M Reisman protects the Personal Data in its custody or control by making reasonable security arrangements to prevent unauthorized access, collection, use, disclosure, copying, modification or disposal.
Confidentiality and security are not assured when information is transmitted by email or through other forms of wireless communication. The Law Offices of Suzanne M Reisman will not be responsible for any loss or damage suffered as a result of a breach of security and/or confidentiality when information is transmitted by e-mail or wireless communication. We will construe your use of a particular mode of communication as permission for us to communicate with you using the same mode of communication unless otherwise instructed by you.
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If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, the Personal Data we hold for you, or how we are using your Personal Data, please contact Suzanne M Reisman at the email or postal address below. If we are unable to satisfactorily address your concerns, you have the right to communicate with the relevant supervisory authority.
Suzanne M Reisman
Law Offices of Suzanne M Reisman
180 Piccadilly
2nd Floor
London
W1J 9HF