Cookies
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What is set before you choose
No cookies are set and nothing is written to your device that outlasts the visit.
One request is made before you choose. Google Tag Manager loads and sends a single page view to Google with analytics and advertising consent marked as refused, so Google is told not to set cookies and not to build a profile. It records that a page was viewed, and nothing about who viewed it. If you accept, cookies are set from that point onwards. If you decline, it stays as it is.
Two things are kept in your browser for the length of the visit, and both are cleared when you close the tab. The address you arrived on, so that if you send an enquiry we can see which page brought you. And, if you arrived from an advertisement, the click identifier the advertising network added to the link. That identifier is unique to your click, so the network could connect it back to you; it stays in your own browser, it is sent nowhere unless you submit the form, and it reaches nobody but chambers if you do.
The enquiry page loads one further third-party script, a Cloudflare security check that tells us you are a person rather than a bot. It runs only on that page, it receives your IP address and basic details of your browser, and it sets no advertising or analytics cookie.
If you accept measurement
Google Analytics is loaded and sets cookies that count visits and show which pages are read. It tells us how many people arrived and what they looked at. It does not tell us who you are.
It is used to find out which of these pages are useful, which is the only way to know what to write next.
Two cookies are set, both by Google Analytics and both first-party. _ga identifies your browser so two visits are not counted as two people, and lasts two years. _ga_ followed by the property identifier keeps the state of the current visit, and lasts two years. Neither carries your name, your address or anything you typed.
Changing your mind
You can change your choice at any time, on this page, using the button below. It reopens the same banner and whatever you choose replaces what is stored.
Fonts and images
Both are served from this site rather than from a third party. Nothing you load here tells another company that you visited, which on a criminal defence site matters more than the small amount of speed it costs.
If you need to speak to somebody
His PA can be reached on 0161 706 0282, or you can write using the enquiry form.