Privacy Policy
Last updated: 1 January 2026
1. About this Policy
This Privacy Policy applies to SLK Lawyers Pty Ltd (ABN 86 672 288 461), trading as Sutton Laurence King Lawyers (we, us or our).
We respect your right to privacy and are committed to safeguarding the privacy of our clients and website visitors. We adhere to the Australian Privacy Principles contained in the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth). This policy sets out how we collect, use, disclose and protect your Personal Information.
This Privacy Policy should be read together with our Website Terms and Conditions, available on this Website.
2. Definitions
In this Privacy Policy:
Australian Consumer Law means Schedule 2 of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth).
Personal Information has the meaning given in the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth), being information or an opinion about an identified individual, or an individual who is reasonably identifiable.
Sensitive Information has the meaning given in the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth), and includes information about your health, racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, or criminal record.
Website means slklawyers.com.au.
you or your means any person who accesses or uses this Website or provides Personal Information to us.
3. Collection of Personal Information
We will, from time to time, receive and store Personal Information you enter onto our Website, provide to us directly or give to us in other forms.
You may provide basic information such as your name, phone number, address and email address to enable us to send information, provide updates and process your enquiry or service request. We may collect additional information at other times, including but not limited to, when you provide feedback, when you provide information about your personal or business affairs, change your content or email preferences, respond to surveys and/or promotions, provide financial or credit card information, or communicate with our staff.
Additionally, we may also collect any other information you provide while interacting with us.
Sensitive Information
In the course of providing legal services, we may need to collect Sensitive Information about you. We will only collect Sensitive Information with your express consent, unless we are otherwise permitted or required by law to do so. We will only use Sensitive Information for the purpose for which it was collected, unless you consent to its use for another purpose or such use is permitted or required by law.
4. How We Collect Your Personal Information
We collect Personal Information from you in a variety of ways, including when you interact with us electronically or in person, when you access our Website and when we provide our services to you. We may receive Personal Information from third parties. If we do, we will protect it as set out in this Privacy Policy.
5. Use of Your Personal Information
We may use Personal Information collected from you to:
- provide you with our legal services;
- communicate with you about your matter or enquiry;
- send you information and updates about our services;
- make you aware of new and additional services and opportunities available to you;
- improve our services and better understand your needs;
- comply with our legal and regulatory obligations; and
- manage our business operations.
We may contact you by a variety of means including telephone, email, SMS or mail.
6. Disclosure of Your Personal Information
We may disclose your Personal Information to any of our employees, officers, insurers, professional advisers, agents, suppliers or subcontractors insofar as reasonably necessary for the purposes set out in this Policy. Personal Information is only supplied to a third party when it is required for the delivery of our services.
We may from time to time need to disclose Personal Information to comply with a legal requirement, such as a law, regulation, court order, subpoena, warrant, in the course of a legal proceeding or in response to a law enforcement agency request.
We may also use your Personal Information to protect the copyright, trademarks, legal rights, property or safety of SLK Lawyers Pty Ltd, slklawyers.com.au, its clients or third parties.
Overseas Disclosure
Information that we collect may from time to time be stored, processed in or transferred between parties located in countries outside of Australia. These countries may include the United States and Singapore (for cloud storage and software services) and other jurisdictions where our service providers operate.
Before disclosing Personal Information to an overseas recipient, we will take reasonable steps to ensure that the recipient handles your Personal Information in accordance with the Australian Privacy Principles, or that you have consented to the transfer, or that the transfer is otherwise permitted under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth).
Business Transfers
If there is a change of control in our business or a sale or transfer of business assets, we reserve the right to transfer to the extent permissible at law our user databases, together with any Personal Information and non-personal information contained in those databases. This information may be disclosed to a potential purchaser under an agreement to maintain confidentiality. We would seek to only disclose information in good faith and where required by any of the above circumstances.
By providing us with Personal Information, you consent to the terms of this Privacy Policy and the types of disclosure covered by this Policy. Where we disclose your Personal Information to third parties, we will request that the third party follow this Policy regarding handling your Personal Information.
7. Security of Your Personal Information
We are committed to ensuring that the information you provide to us is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure information and protect it from misuse, interference, loss and unauthorised access, modification and disclosure.
The transmission and exchange of information is carried out at your own risk. We cannot guarantee the security of any information that you transmit to us, or receive from us. Although we take measures to safeguard against unauthorised disclosures of information, we cannot assure you that Personal Information that we collect will not be disclosed in a manner that is inconsistent with this Privacy Policy.
8. Data Breaches
In the event of a data breach that is likely to result in serious harm to any individual whose Personal Information is involved, we will notify the affected individuals and the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) as soon as practicable, in accordance with the Notifiable Data Breaches scheme under Part IIIC of the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth).
Our notification will include:
- a description of the data breach;
- the kinds of information involved; and
- recommendations about the steps you should take in response to the breach.
9. Data Retention
We will retain your Personal Information only for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes for which it was collected, to comply with our legal and professional obligations (including obligations to retain legal files in accordance with applicable rules of professional conduct), resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements. When Personal Information is no longer required, we will take reasonable steps to destroy or permanently de-identify it.
10. Access to Your Personal Information
You may request details of Personal Information that we hold about you in accordance with the provisions of the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth). A small administrative fee may be payable for the provision of information; any such fee will not be excessive.
If you would like a copy of the information which we hold about you or believe that any information we hold on you is inaccurate, out of date, incomplete, irrelevant or misleading, please contact us using the details in clause 15 below.
We reserve the right to refuse to provide you with information that we hold about you in certain circumstances set out in the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth).
11. Cookies and Analytics
This Website uses cookies and similar tracking technologies to improve your browsing experience, analyse Website traffic, and understand how visitors interact with our Website.
Cookies are very small files which a website uses to identify you when you return to the site and to store details about your use of the site. Cookies are not malicious programs that access or damage your computer.
We use third-party analytics services, including Google Analytics, which collect information about your use of this Website. This information may include your IP address, browser type, device type, operating system, pages visited, time spent on pages, and referring URLs. This data is used in aggregate form to help us improve our Website and services.
Google Analytics uses cookies to collect this information. You can learn more about how Google uses data at policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites.
In addition, cookies may be used to serve relevant advertisements to website visitors through third-party services such as Google Ads. These advertisements may appear on this Website or other websites you visit.
You can control or disable cookies through your browser settings. Please note that disabling cookies may affect the functionality of this Website.
By continuing to use this Website, you consent to our use of cookies and analytics as described in this clause.
12. Third Party Websites
Our Website may from time to time have links to other websites not owned or controlled by us. These links are provided for your convenience only and do not constitute sponsorship, endorsement or approval of those websites.
Please be aware that we are not responsible for the privacy practices of other such websites. We encourage you to be aware, when you leave our Website, to read the privacy statements of each and every website that collects personally identifiable information.
13. Complaints About Privacy
If you have any complaints about our privacy practices, please contact us using the details in clause 15 below. We take complaints very seriously and will respond within 30 days of receiving written notice of your complaint.
If you are not satisfied with our response, you may lodge a complaint with the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) at www.oaic.gov.au or by calling 1300 363 992.
14. Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time at our discretion. Any changes will be effective immediately upon publication on this Website. Your continued use of the Website after any changes constitutes your acceptance of the revised Privacy Policy.
We recommend that you review this Privacy Policy periodically and retain a copy for your records.
15. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us:
SLK Lawyers Pty Ltd
Level 3/405 Collins Street, Melbourne VIC 3000
Phone: 03 9070 9810
Email: