Privacy Notice

International Construction Chambers | February 2026

1. Introduction

This Privacy Notice explains how I collect, store, use and share your personal data, and the reasons for this processing. It also explains the security measures I use to protect your data and your rights in relation to your personal information.

To provide legal advice and representation, I need to collect and hold personal information. This may be your own personal data or information relating to other parties involved in a matter. I take all reasonable steps to protect this information and will not do anything that infringes your rights or undermines your trust.

2. Data Controller

I am Taner Dedezade, a barrister of International Construction Chambers. I am registered with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) as a Data Controller for the personal data that I hold and process as a barrister.

  • Registered address: 271 Cannon Hill Lane, London, SW20 9DB

  • ICO registration number: ZB883723

If you need to contact me about your data or this Privacy Notice, please email: taner@internationalconstructionchambers.com.

3. Data Collection

Most of the information I hold about you is provided to, or gathered by, me during the course of your case and/or proceedings. Your solicitor (if you have one) and/or I will explain why we need this information and how it will be used.

I may collect personal information from:

  • You directly

  • Your solicitor

  • Information that is publicly available in registers, searches or media

  • Other legal professionals, including solicitors and barristers and their staff

  • Chambers’ staff

  • Expert and other witnesses

  • Prosecution bodies

  • Regulatory, public or administrative bodies

  • Court staff and officials

  • Clients

4. What Data I Process

Depending on the type of work, I process both personal data and special category personal data as defined in the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR).

Personal data may include:

  • Name

  • Email address

  • Phone number

  • Postal address

  • Payment or bank details

  • Date of birth

  • Next of kin details

  • Education and employment details

  • Information about your background and current circumstances

  • Financial information

Where relevant, I may also process special category personal data revealing, for example:

  • Racial or ethnic origin

  • Political opinions

  • Religious or philosophical beliefs

  • Trade union membership

  • Genetic data

  • Biometric data (for identification purposes)

  • Health data

  • Sex life or sexual orientation

On occasion, I may also process data relating to criminal convictions and offences.

5. Lawful Basis for Processing

The UK GDPR requires that I have a lawful basis for processing personal data. I may rely on the following:

  • Consent: where required, I will seek your specific consent to process your data for defined purposes. You may withdraw your consent at any time, which will not affect the lawfulness of processing prior to withdrawal.

  • Performance of a contract: where processing is necessary for me to perform a contract with you or to take steps at your request before entering into a contract.

  • Legal obligation: where processing is necessary to comply with a legal obligation, for example regulatory or tax requirements.

  • Legitimate interests: where processing is necessary for my legitimate interests or those of a third party, except where overridden by your interests or fundamental rights and freedoms.

Examples of legitimate interests include:

  • Provision of legal services and advice

  • Practice management, accounting and debt recovery

  • Meeting professional and regulatory requirements

  • Limited direct marketing to professional contacts

  • Preventing fraud or reporting threats to public security

Special Category Data
Where I process special category data, I will usually rely on one of the following exemptions:

  • Your explicit consent

  • The necessity of processing for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims or judicial acts

Criminal Offence Data
I may process data relating to criminal offences where necessary for:

  • Legal proceedings

  • Obtaining legal advice

  • Establishing, exercising or defending legal rights

  • Or where I have your explicit consent

6. Purposes for Which I Use Your Information

I use your personal information in order to:

  • Provide legal advice and representation in courts, tribunals, arbitrations and mediations

  • Investigate and address your concerns

  • Check for potential conflicts of interest in relation to future cases

  • Communicate with you about your matter

  • Deal with legal proceedings relating to your use of my services

  • Make statutory returns where required

  • Communicate legal updates and judgments to other legal professionals

  • Manage and administer my practice

  • Recover fees or other debts

  • Manage complaints with regulators

  • Communicate with regulators

  • Conduct anti‑money laundering, terrorist‑financing or conflict‑of‑interest checks, where relevant

Some of the information you provide will be protected by legal professional privilege, unless and until it becomes public during proceedings or otherwise. I have a professional obligation to keep your information confidential, except where it is already public or must be disclosed as part of your case or under a legal duty.

7. Sharing Your Personal Data

While providing legal services, I may share your personal data with:

  • Instructing solicitors or other lawyers involved in your case

  • Opposing counsel, for the purposes of resolving or progressing the case

  • Court officials, judges and prosecuting authorities

  • Opposing parties and lay clients

  • Chambers’ staff who provide administrative services

  • Expert witnesses and other witnesses

  • My regulator (the Bar Standards Board), the Legal Ombudsman, legal advisors or arbitrators in the event of a dispute, complaint or other legal matter

  • Law enforcement officials, government authorities or other third parties where required by law

  • Any other party where you have given explicit consent to the sharing

I may also be required to disclose your information to the police or intelligence services where required by law or pursuant to a court order.

8. International Transfers

It may occasionally be necessary to transfer personal data outside the UK or the European Economic Area (EEA). This may occur, for example, where:

  • You are located outside the UK/EEA; or

  • Your instructions or the nature of the case involve parties or proceedings outside the UK/EEA

Where personal data is transferred outside the UK/EEA, I will ensure that one of the safeguards under the UK GDPR applies, such as:

  • An adequacy decision

  • Binding corporate rules

  • Standard contractual (model) clauses

In some cases, an exception may apply, for example where:

  • You have explicitly consented after being informed of the possible risks

  • The transfer is necessary for the performance of a contract with you or pre‑contract steps at your request

  • The transfer is necessary for important reasons of public interest

  • The transfer is necessary for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims

  • The transfer is necessary to protect your vital interests or those of another person where you are unable to give consent

If you are outside the UK/EEA and would like additional precautions to be taken, please make this clear in your instructions.

9. Retention and Disposal of Data

I retain your personal data while you remain a client, unless you request deletion and I am able to comply with that request.

Case files are typically retained for a period linked to the relevant legal limitation period following the conclusion of a case or receipt of final payment, whichever is later. This reflects the requirements of Bar Mutual Indemnity Fund in relation to potential claims. A longer retention period may apply where the case involves a minor.

I will delete or anonymise your information at your request unless:

  • There is an unresolved issue, such as a claim or dispute

  • I am legally required to retain it

  • There are overriding legitimate business or professional interests in retaining it

Information relating to anti‑money‑laundering checks is retained for up to five years after completion of the transaction or the end of the business relationship, whichever is later.

Documents such as pleadings and other drafted materials may be retained for learning and legal research purposes. Where this is done, I will anonymise or redact information that could identify an individual, having assessed the risk of continued retention.

10. Your Rights

Under the UK GDPR, you have the right to:

  • Access the personal data I hold about you and understand how it is used

  • Request a copy of your personal data

  • Ask me to correct any inaccurate or incomplete personal data

  • Ask me to stop sending you direct marketing communications

  • In some circumstances, ask me to restrict or stop processing your personal data

  • Complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) if you are unhappy with how your data has been handled and, where appropriate, seek compensation for distress or loss caused by unlawful processing

You can find more information about your rights on the ICO’s website: www.ico.org.uk.

11. Accessing and Correcting Your Information

You may request access to, correction of, or a copy of your personal information by contacting me:

12. Changes to This Notice

I may occasionally update this Privacy Notice. Where significant changes are made and I continue to process your data, I will notify you by email. The most recent version will always be published on Chambers’ website:

www.internationalconstructionchambers.com
info@internationalconstructionchambers.com