About us

All references to “North Star Law”, “the firm”, “we”, “us” and similar expressions refer to North Star Law Ltd.
We use the word “partner” to refer to a member of North Star Law Ltd, or an employee or consultant with equivalent standing and qualifications each of whom is a solicitor qualified in England and Wales. North Star Law Ltd is a limited liability company registered in England and Wales with registered number 9317069.

It is authorised and regulated by the Solicitors’ Regulation Authority whose rules can be accessed via:

www.sra.org.uk/solicitors/code-of-conduct.page

A list of the members is open to inspection at the registered office, 24 Old Queen Street, London SW1H 9HP. North Star Law Ltd is registered for Value Added Tax in the United Kingdom (registration number GB 205 8254 22).

In accordance with the disclosure requirements of the Provision of Services Regulations 2009 we confirm our professional indemnity insurer is International General Insurance Company (UK) Limited,
15-18 Lime Street, London EC3M 7AN. The territorial coverage is worldwide.

About this Website

The materials contained on this website are for general information.
They are not legal or professional advice and you should not rely on them as if they were.
If you have a specific legal question then you should contact one of our lawyers.
North Star Law Ltd is not responsible for the content of other sites that link to this site or are linked from it.
The content of and any publications in this website is owned by North Star Law Ltd and its licensors.
You may read and make copies for your own personal use.
You may also give copies (in electronic or paper form) of reasonable extracts to colleagues and clients on an occasional basis for their personal use as long as:

• North Star Law Ltd is acknowledged as the source.
• The text is not to be altered in any way.
• The attention of the recipient is drawn to “About this Website”.

All other use and copying of the contents of this site is prohibited without the written consent of one of our partners.
Electronic links to this site are prohibited without the written consent of one of our partners.

Diversity

We gather data concerning the diversity of our workforce on an annual basis. A copy of our Diversity Report is available upon request. Please contact Benedikte Malling if you would like to receive a copy of our latest report.

Cyber Crime Notice

Cyber-crime is on the increase, and you should be on the look-out for it to ensure that you do not become a victim of it. The website of the Solicitors Regulation Authority contains a ‘Scam Alert’ database which provides members of the public with information about known scams in which the identity of a legitimate law firm or a legitimate lawyer has been used by persons unknown for what are assumed to be criminal purposes (www.sra.org.uk).

You should be aware of the possibility that a fraudster might deliberately misrepresent himself or herself as a member of, or as someone acting on behalf of or working with, North Star Law Ltd for criminal purposes. Such scams normally originate by email. Often the email will either promise the recipient a share of a large sum of money in return for paying a modest sum up front (an advance fee type fraud) or request personal or financial information about the recipient or the recipient’s bank account allegedly in order that money can be paid to them (an identity theft type fraud). In an attempt to give legitimacy or respectability to the scam, sometimes the email will direct the recipient to a false website that intentionally replicates the look of a legitimate website (a cloned website).

We are aware that websites can be cloned by persons unknown using web hosting companies located abroad for what we believe are criminal purposes, and also that, from time to time, scam emails may be in circulation which purport to come from this Firm or personnel of the firm or from a bogus firm or bogus lawyer with a name which is similar to but not identical to the name of this Firm or our personnel. The scam emails often inform the recipient either that lottery winners wish to donate money to them, they might be a beneficiary of the estate of a deceased person or they might be the beneficiary of a recently discovered life insurance policy. Such emails are invariably fraudulent and should not be replied to or acted upon unless or until their provenance can be established. If you receive an unsolicited and poorly worded email from someone you do not know who is using a free email service and an unusual email address and it contains information or an offer which appears too good to be true, it very likely is not true.

If you receive an email purporting to come from North Star Law or any of our personnel, or if you are directed to a website which purports to be the Firm’s website, and you have doubts or concerns about the provenance of the email or website, before taking any action please either contact the Firm member you normally deal with or [email protected] and they will tell you whether the email came from us and whether it is our website.

Criminal Finances Act 2017

As a firm, we value our reputation for ethical behaviour and for financial probity and reliability. We recognise that over and above the commission of any crime, any involvement in the facilitation of tax evasion will also reflect adversely on our image and reputation.

We do not tolerate tax evasion, or the facilitation thereof in any circumstances, whether committed by or facilitated by a client, personnel or associated persons/companies.

We are committed to fighting tax evasion and have rigorous policies and procedures in place to detect and prevent the facilitation of tax evasion offences.

We provide regular training on the requirements of the Criminal Finances Act 2017 to all personnel.

We require all personnel to demonstrate the highest standards of honesty at all times and appropriate disciplinary action will be taken wherever tax evasion or the facilitation thereof by any personnel has been proven.

We undertake due diligence on all associated persons/companies to mitigate the risk of facilitation of tax evasion offences and, as part of our due diligence procedures, all agreements with third parties contain suitable provisions to enable termination of such agreements where associated persons/companies are not complying with the provisions of the Criminal Finances Act 2017.