Cookies Policy

Our site uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our site. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our site and also allows us to improve our site. You can change your cookie preferences at any time by clicking on cookie preferences. You may need to refresh your page for your settings to take effect.

A cookie is a small text file of letters and numbers that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the website. The table below explains the cookies we use and why.

We use the following cookies on our site:

  • Strictly necessary cookies.  These are required for the operation of our site. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our website.
  • Analytics cookies.  These allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our site when they are using it.  This helps us improve the way our site works.

You can find more information about the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them in the table below:

  • Cookie

    Local storage
    Session storage

    Cookie name
    localStorage
    sessionStorage
    Purpose

    These items are not cookies, but function in a similar way. These are necessary technical items which allow our site to function properly, by potentially storing data on your browser.  You may erase data stored in this way by deleting your browser’s history.

  • Cookie

    Cookie preference

    Cookie name
    fs-cc
    fs-cc-updated
    Purpose

    This necessary cookie remembers a user’s choice about cookies on our site.  Where users have previously indicated a preference, that user’s preference will be stored in this cookie.

    Expiry: 6 months

  • Cookie

    Universal Analytics (Google)

    Cookie name
    _ga
    _ga_48T9HBQ3D5
    Purpose

    These analytical cookies measure how users interact with our site.  As a user navigates between web pages, Google Analytics records information about the page a user has seen, such as the page URL, time and date of visit, length of visit, country of residence and language settings.  You can find out more information on how Google uses cookies at: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245.

    Expiry: 24 months

    To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites, visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout

We do not share any of the information we collect through cookies with third parties.

Third-party Cookies

There may also be third-party cookies set by websites other than www.simkins.com that are linked to on our site (for example, when you view our location on Google Maps, interact with the social media links on our site or use the training contract application portal), over which we have no control. These third-party cookies include those issued by: Google (including Google Maps and YouTube), Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook (including Instagram), Apply4Law (when you use the portal to apply for a training contract with us), and the Solicitors Regulation Authority (via their partner, Yoshki, in relation to the SRA clickable logo). 

To understand which cookies are used by those third parties and how they use your data, please read their privacy and cookie policies. We accept no responsibility or liability for those third-party websites.

Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set, visit www.allaboutcookies.org.