LEGGETT & CO. LLP - Important information for prospective clients

Client Information Sheet

The following information and statements are provided to clients at the outset of business.
This sheet includes a declaration which must be signed by the client before any business is conducted.

Termination of Authority

You (the client) or we (Leggett & Co. LLP) may terminate our authority to act on your behalf at any time, without penalty. Notice of this termination must be given in writing and will take effect from the date of receipt. Termination is without prejudice to any transactions already initiated which will be completed according to these terms unless otherwise agreed in writing. You will be liable to pay for any transactions made prior to termination and any fees which may be outstanding.

Data Protection Statement

The information you have provided is subject to the Data Protection Act 1998 (the 'Act'). By signing this document you consent to us or any company associated with us (such companies include, for the avoidance of doubt, Bankhall Investment Associates Limited and any member of its group and/or companies, persons or entities of any nature whatsoever with which it is associated or allied from time to time) processing, both manually and by electronic means, your personal data for the purposes of providing advice, administration and management. ‘Processing’ includes obtaining, recording or holding information or data, transferring it to other companies associated with us, product providers, the FSA or any other statutory, governmental or regulatory body for legitimate purposes including, where relevant, to solicitors and/or other debt collection agencies for debt collection purposes and carrying out operations on the information or data.

We may also contact you or pass your details to other companies associated with us to contact you (including by telephone) with details of any other similar products, promotions, or for related marketing purposes in which we think you may be interested.

The information provided may also contain sensitive personal data for the purposes of the Act, being information as to your physical or mental health or condition; the commission or alleged commission of any offence by you; any proceedings for an offence committed or alleged to have been committed by you, including the outcome or sentence in such proceedings; your political opinions, religious or similar beliefs, sexual life; or your membership of a Trade Union.

If at any time you wish us or any company associated with us to cease processing your personal data or sensitive personal data, or contacting you for marketing purposes, please contact The Data Protection Officer on 01202 553791 or in writing at Victoria Chambers, Fir Vale Road, Bournemouth BH1 2JN.

You may be assured that we and any company associated with us will treat all personal data and sensitive personal data as confidential and will not process it other than for a legitimate purposes. Steps will be taken to ensure that the information is accurate, kept up to date and not kept for longer than is necessary. Measures will also be taken to safeguard against unauthorised or unlawful processing and accidental loss or destruction or damage to the data.

Subject to certain exceptions, you are entitled to have access to your personal and sensitive personal data held by us. You may be charged a fee (subject to the statutory maximum) for supplying you with such data.

Client Declaration (to be signed and dated)

• I confirm that the information I have provided is, to the best of my knowledge, correct. I have provided this information understanding that it is used to form the basis of any advice and recommendations made to me and that I am not under any obligation to take up any recommendation made.
• I understand that recommendations may be made which involve a regular financial commitment or the investment of capital. Accordingly, I understand that I must be sure of the ability to meet that commitment having given consideration to all other expenditure, and the provision for any emergencies, which may require access to funds.
• I confirm that I have received a Business Card and a Combined Initial Disclosure Document (applicable only for residential mortgages and non-investment insurance products).

Further optional delclaration.

• I further declare that I did not want to disclose certain personal/financial information and I am aware that this may prevent an Adviser from being able to identify areas where it might have been appropriate to make recommendations, or which could have an effect on the recommendations that have been made.

Leggett & Co. LLP reserves the right to decline the provision of advice if full information is not provided.

Clients may withold consent to supplied information being used for marketing purposes.

Information relating to fees may be viewed here