MHP Sellors LLP is committed to protecting your privacy and personal data. This Privacy Notice explains how we collect, use, disclose and retain personal data relating to visitors to our website, prospective and current clients, professional contacts, job applicants and other individuals who interact with us. It also explains the rights available to you in relation to your personal data.

This notice is provided in accordance with applicable data protection legislation, including the General Data Protection Regulation. It should be read together with our Terms of Business and Cookie Policy, where applicable.

Who we are:

We are MHP Sellors LLP of 6/7 Glentworth Street, Limerick, V94 Y9X8 and 9/10/11 Bindon Street, Ennis, Co. Clare, V95 K2DT. You can contact us at this address by post or by email at [email protected]

Questions about this Privacy Notice or the processing of your personal data may be directed to Stephen Keogh, Managing Partner, at [email protected], or by post to either of the addresses above.

Types of information we may collect from you:

We may collect, store and use the following kinds of personal information about individuals who visit and use our website:

Information you supply to us. You may supply us with information about you by filling in forms on our website. This includes information you provide when you submit a contact/enquiry form, buying a residential property quote request form and make a Will request form. The information you give us may include your name, address, e-mail address and phone number.

Information our website automatically collects about you. With regard to each of your visits to our website we may automatically collect information including the following:

• technical information, including a truncated and anonymised version of your Internet protocol (IP) address, browser type and version, operating system and platform.
• information about your visit, including what pages you visit, how long you are on the site, how you got to the site (including date and time); page response times, length of visit, what you click on, documents downloaded and download errors.
• Google Analytics is used to gather statistical information on how visitors use our websites and to help us better understand certain matters, including which of our web pages are the most popular. This helps us to improve the overall browsing experience for all our users.

How we use the information we collect:

1. For people who view and interact with our website:

a. To respond to your query when sent through our ‘contact us’ form

b. To sign up to our newsletter when you request subscription through our website.

c. In order to market our services

d. Email Marketing and Newsletters.

Where you have consented to receive marketing communications from us, we process your contact details on the basis of your consent. You may withdraw that consent at any time by using the unsubscribe facility in an email or contacting us.

In limited circumstances, we may send relevant service information to existing or former clients where we have a legitimate interest in doing so and where such communication is permitted by applicable law.

We use Mailchimp, a third-party email marketing platform, to manage our mailing lists and distribute email communications. Mailchimp processes personal data on our behalf in accordance with applicable data protection laws and its own privacy policies.

You may withdraw your consent and unsubscribe from marketing communications at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link included in our emails or by contacting us directly.

We will only send marketing communications where we have a lawful basis to do so, including your consent where required under applicable data protection legislation.

We may keep you informed of such services that we think you may be interested in, using the following methods:- correspondence by post, email, telephone, SMS text message and other electronic messages.

The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interest in the administration and operation of our legal services as well as our legitimate interest in marketing and promoting our firm’s legal services. You can unsubscribe/opt out of receiving such communications at any time.

We share this data with our client relationship management system provider. They may only process this data for the purpose of providing us with their services, and no other purpose.

We will retain this data for no longer than is necessary, and/or legally permitted and/or until such time as you request us to delete it.

Some of our service providers may process personal data outside the European Economic Area. Where this occurs, we will ensure that the transfer is made using a lawful transfer mechanism and that appropriate safeguards are in place. Depending on the destination and provider, these safeguards may include an adequacy decision or European Commission-approved standard contractual clauses.

2. For our potential, current and past clients, we process personal data:

a. In order to market the services of our firm

b. To provide you with legal updates and newsletter to which you have subscribed.

We may keep you informed of such services that we think you may be interested in, using the following methods:- correspondence by post, email, telephone, SMS text message and other electronic messages.

The legal basis for the processing of this data is processing necessary for the purpose of the legitimate interests which we pursue in providing you with legal services, including but not limited to our legitimate interest in the administration and operation of our legal services as well as our legitimate interest in marketing and promoting our firm’s legal services. You can unsubscribe/opt out of receiving such communications at any time.

We share information such as your name and email address with our newsletter provider (MailChimp) who sends out our newsletters. This provider may only process this data for the purpose of providing us with their services, and no other purpose.

We will retain this data for as long as is necessary and for a period of time thereafter but for no longer than is required or legally permitted. For our clients, we process personal data;-

a. In order to provide you with legal advice.

b. To assist you with legal transactions, claims or proceedings

c. To assist you with your legal rights.

This processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which you are a party or to take steps, at your request, prior to entering into a contract. This is the legal basis for the processing of this data.

If your case involves the processing of special categories of data, such as medical or health data, we will only process such personal data or special categories of personal data in connection with a legal claim, where we are acting on your behalf, our legal basis for processing will be that the processing is necessary for the establishment, exercise or defence of your legal rights/case and for no other purpose.

There may also be limited circumstances where our legal basis for processing is your consent (where we have sought it and you have provided it to us), in which case you can withdraw your consent at any time.

There may also be limited circumstances where our legal basis for processing of personal data is necessary in order to protect the vital interests of you or another natural person.

We process client personal data where necessary to comply with legal and regulatory obligations applicable to the firm, including obligations relating to client identification, anti-money-laundering checks, conflicts of interest, accounting, taxation and the administration of legal files.

We shall keep any personal data, information and documents relating to you or your business confidential, except where disclosure is required by law or regulation or in other exceptional circumstances. In the same way we must respect the confidentiality of information and documents which we hold for our other clients. We cannot, without their express written permission, disclose any of that material to you.

We will retain this data for as long as is necessary for the purpose of providing advice and for a period of time thereafter but for no longer than is required or legally permitted. A different period may apply where required by law, professional obligations, the nature of the matter, applicable limitation periods, the interests of the client, or the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims. Further information about the retention period applicable to a particular matter is available on request.

If an enquiry does not result in the firm being instructed, we will retain the information for 6 months after the enquiry is closed, unless a longer period is necessary to establish, exercise or defend legal claims, comply with a legal obligation, or maintain an appropriate record of conflicts checks.

3. For Solicitors and barristers and third-party providers that we liaise with on client matters, we process personal data:-

a. In order to liaise with you about client matters

b. To ensure our clients are fully represented

The legal basis for the processing of this data is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by our firm in representing our clients.

We share personal data only where appropriate to the relevant matter, where legally required, or where necessary for the administration and operation of the firm.

We share the information you provide with our practice management system in order to store your contact information with our client’s file. We may also send you emails through our email service provider. Such providers may only process this data for the purpose of providing us with their services, and no other purpose.

We will retain this data for as long as is necessary and for a period of time thereafter but for no longer than is required or legally permitted.

4. For job applicants to the firm, we process personal data:-

a. To recruit new employees

b. To ascertain your suitability for a specific role

c. To conduct due diligence during the recruitment process

The legal basis for this processing is processing necessary for the purpose of the legitimate interests of our firm in recruiting new staff.

We share the information you provide in your application with our contracted recruiter in order to make a shortlist of candidates. We may also send you emails about your application through our email service provider. Such providers may only process this data for the purpose of providing us with their services, and no other purpose.

We will retain this data for the period of time it will take for our recruitment team to assess your suitability for the interview.

We retain information relating to unsuccessful applicants for 6 months after completion of the recruitment process, unless the applicant has agreed that we may retain it for a longer period in connection with future vacancies. Information relating to successful applicants will be transferred to their personnel record and retained in accordance with our employee privacy and retention policies.

Successful applicants will have their personal data securely transferred to their employee personnel file and this shall be governed by our firm’s internal policies and procedures. We use third party professional and other service providers, and this involves some access to our files. Such third parties may only process your personal; data for the purpose of providing us with their services, and no other purpose. The sharing of data to such third parties allows us to manage our firm properly. We always try to make sure that the third parties/third party service provider(s) is/are reputable and can provide sufficient guarantees to implement appropriate technical and organisational measures in terms of confidentiality and security to ensure our personal rights are protected. We require them to sign letters of confidentiality and/or a written contract.

When we store files off site, whether electronic or hard copy, we will take all reasonable steps to make sure we keep your information confidential.

We take appropriate technical and organisational measures designed to protect personal data against unauthorised or unlawful access, use, alteration, disclosure, loss or destruction. These measures may include physical security, access controls, IT security, secure storage, staff training and regular review of our policies and procedures.

Although we take appropriate measures to protect personal data, transmission of information over the internet, including by email, is not completely secure. You should avoid sending sensitive or confidential information by unsecured means unless appropriate arrangements have been agreed with us.

We do not as a matter of course transfer data outside of the EEA. Where we are required to do so, we shall have appropriate safeguards in place for such transfers, for example, entry into European Commission approved standard contractual clauses with the provider.

Your rights relating to personal data

You have the following rights under the GDPR, in certain circumstances and subject to certain exemptions, in relation to your persona data:

1. right to access the data – you have the right to request a copy of the personal data that we hold about you, together with other information about our processing of that personal data.

2. Right to rectification – you have the right to request that any inaccurate data that is held about you is corrected, or if we have incomplete information, you may request that we update the information such that it is complete.

3. right to erasure – you have the right to request us to delete personal data that we hold about you. This is sometimes referred to as the right to be forgotten.

4. right to restriction of processing or to object to processing – you have the right to request that we no longer process your personal data for particular purposes, or to object to our processing of your personal data for particular purposes.

5. right to data portability – you have the right to request us to provide you, or a third party, with a copy of your personal date in a structured, commonly used machine- readable format.

In order to exercise any of the rights set out above, please contact us at the contact details at the start of this privacy notice.

If we are processing personal data based on your consent, you may withdraw that consent at any time. This does not affect the lawfulness of processing which took place prior to its withdrawal.

If you are unhappy with how we process personal data, we ask you to contact us so that we can rectify the situation.

You may lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. The Irish supervisory authority is the Data Protection Commission.

Requirement to process personal data

You may browse our website without providing us with any personal data and this will not affect your ability to view our website.

If you do not provide us with your information for the purposes described above, we cannot provide you with legal advice, assist or represent you with legal transactions, claims or legal proceedings, send you our newsletter, respond to your queries sent through our contact forms, liaise with you on client matters or assess your suitability for a role within our firm.

Automated decision-making and profiling

We do not use any personal data for the purpose of automated decision-making or profiling.

Cookies

Protecting our clients is at the heart of everything we do at MHP Sellors LLP and protecting your information is no exception. This means that any cookies used on our website will not contain personally identifiable information about you. Cookies do not contain information such as your home address, telephone number or credit card details and we will not disclose the content of cookies to any third parties.

Our website uses cookies and similar technologies for the purposes described in our Cookie Policy. Some cookies are necessary for the operation of the website, while others may be used, subject to applicable consent requirements, for analytics or other optional purposes. Please refer to our Cookie Policy for information about the cookies used, their providers, purposes and durations, and how you can manage your preferences.

CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY NOTICE

We may update this Privacy Notice from time to time to reflect changes to our processing activities, legal or regulatory requirements, or the operation of our website. Any updated notice will be published on this page and, where appropriate, notified to affected individuals by email or other suitable means.

Last updated: March 2026
Next update: March 2027