LEE & THOMPSON LLP – COOKIE POLICY
Cookies are small text files that are downloaded to your device by websites you visit to help personalise your online experience. We use technologies to store information on, or access information from, your device, including cookies, pixels, local storage, scripts, tags and similar technologies.
Cookies are uniquely assigned to you and can only be read by the web server that created them. Their purpose is to recognise when you return to a website, remember your preferences, and help improve your browsing experience by saving you time when you revisit our pages.
Our website uses the following types of cookies:
- Strictly necessary cookies: These cookies are necessary for our website to function properly. They allow you to access any secure areas of the site.
- Performance cookies: These cookies collect information about how visitors use a website to help improve functionality, performance and user experience.
- Functionality cookies: These cookies remember your preferences when you return to our website, such as your language or location, so we can personalise content and provide a more tailored experience.
- Analytics cookies: These cookies help us understand how visitors use our website by collecting information such as the number of visitors and the pages they view. This allows us to improve the site and make it easier to find what you’re looking for. We use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google to generate statistical information about the use of websites. Google uses the data collected to track and examine the use of our website, and to prepare reports on our website’s activities. We then review those reports and use the information in them to improve our website. For further information regarding how Google processes the data it collects please read Google’s overview of privacy and safeguarding data, available here: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en.
Consent and managing cookies
When you first visit our website, you will be presented with a cookie notice giving you the option to accept or reject non-essential cookies, or to manage your preferences. Necessary cookies are set automatically, as they are necessary for the website to function properly. We do not place non-essential cookies or similar technologies on your device unless you have given consent.
All other cookies (including analytics and functionality cookies) will only be set if you provide your consent. You can change your cookie preferences or withdraw your consent for non-essential cookies at any time by adjusting your browser settings or by using the cookie settings available on our website. You have the option of refusing to accept Google Analytics cookies when you first visit our website.
Please note that disabling or blocking certain cookies (particularly essential cookies) may affect the functionality of the website and limit your ability to access some features. You can find further guidance on managing cookies in your browser’s “Help” section.
For more specific information about the necessary cookies we use, the individual cookies installed by Google Analytics, and the purposes for which those cookies are used, see below:
Technology | Provider | Purpose | Duration | Type |
wt_consent | WebToffee GDPR Cookie Consent Plugin | Stores the user’s cookie consent preferences so the website can recognise and apply those choices on future visits. This technology does not store personal or identifiable information. | 1 year | Strictly Necessary |
wpEmojiSettingsSupports | WordPress | Detects whether the user’s browser supports emoji display functionality to improve the presentation of website content. | Session | Strictly Necessary |
_ga | Google Analytics | Distinguishes individual visitors and collects statistical information about how visitors use the website, including pages viewed, session activity and campaign performance, to help improve website performance and user experience. | 2 years | Analytics |
_gid | Google Analytics | Collects statistical information about how visitors use the website, including page visits and traffic sources, to produce website analytics reports. | 1 day | Analytics |
_gat | Google Analytics | Limits the rate of requests sent to Google Analytics on high-traffic websites to help manage data collection and website performance. | 1 minute | Performance |
ASPSESSIONID* | Microsoft Classic ASP | Maintains the user’s session state across multiple page requests, enabling the website to preserve information and functionality during a browsing session. | Session | Functionality |
Last updated: May 2026