Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy explains how personal data is collected and used when you visit this website or make an enquiry regarding medico-legal services provided by Dr Jordan Burgess, Consultant Haematologist and Expert Witness in the United Kingdom.

I am committed to protecting your personal data and handling it in accordance with applicable data protection laws, including UK GDPR.

I may collect and process the following data:

• Name and contact details (e.g. email address, telephone number) 
• Information provided via contact or enquiry forms 
• Details relating to potential medico-legal instructions 
• Email correspondence 
• Technical data (e.g. IP address, browser type) 
• Website usage data via cookies and analytics tools 

Your data is used for the following purposes:

• Responding to enquiries and communications 
• Assessing and undertaking medico-legal instructions 
• Providing expert witness services 
• Managing and improving this website 
• Complying with legal and regulatory obligations 

Personal data is processed under the following legal bases:

• Legitimate interests – responding to enquiries and providing professional services 
• Legal obligation – where required for legal or regulatory purposes 
• Consent – for cookies and optional website interactions 

In the course of providing expert witness services, I may process special category data, including health information.

Such data will only be processed:

• When formally instructed 
• Where necessary for the provision of medico-legal opinions 
• In accordance with strict professional confidentiality obligations 

All expert witness work is conducted in line with the duties set out in Civil Procedure Rules Part 35.

Personal data is not sold or shared for marketing purposes.

Data may be shared where necessary with:

• Solicitors or legal representatives involved in a case 
• Courts or tribunals 
• Professional advisers 
• IT and hosting providers supporting website or email systems 

All sharing is limited to what is necessary and appropriate.

Appropriate technical and organisational measures are in place to protect personal data from unauthorised access, loss, or misuse.

Personal data is retained only as long as necessary:

• General enquiries: typically up to 12–24 months 
• Medico-legal case data: retained in accordance with professional, legal, and regulatory requirements 

Under UK data protection law, you have the right to:

• Access your personal data 
• Request correction of inaccurate data 
• Request erasure of data (where appropriate) 
• Restrict or object to processing 
• Lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office 

This website uses cookies to:

• Improve user experience 
• Analyse website traffic 

You can manage or disable cookies via your browser settings.