Modern slavery

Modern Slavery and human trafficking statement

DMH Stallard LLP is making a Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking Statement under section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015.

We oppose slavery and human trafficking in all its forms, including forced and child labour, and make this Statement to set out the steps we have taken, and those we will take over the next year, to ensure that there is no slavery or human trafficking in our business or in our supply chains.

About us

We are a provider of legal and planning advisory services. Most of our work relates to the laws of England and Wales, and all of our office operations are in London and the south east of England.

Previously, we produced a Statement in December 2023 in anticipation of our turnover exceeding £36 million for the financial year ending June 2023, and then a subsequent statement for the revised financial period ending March 2024, to show our commitment to tackling the risk of modern slavery and human trafficking in our business and in our supply chains.

This Statement relates to our activity during our most recent financial year ending March 2025, to set out the steps we have taken and those planned for the subsequent 12 months and beyond.

Our supply chains

Our supply chains are mainly made up of the following:

• landlords to whom we pay rent and service changes for office space;
• suppliers of IT and telecoms services and products;
• suppliers of professional services to us (e.g. our own consultants, external accountants, barristers, surveyors); and
• suppliers of products beyond IT (e.g. furniture, stationery).

Our commitment to ethical trading

We are committed to ethical trading principles and to acquiring goods and services without causing harm to others.

Due diligence and risk assessment

Since publishing our Voluntary Statement and our first mandated Statement, and in accordance with the objectives we set out in it, we have:

• continued to review our list of key suppliers;
• continued to identify those areas within our supply chain where we believe that the risk of human trafficking and modern slavery are highest;
• agreed the level at which our suppliers should be required to confirm their commitment to ethical labour practices;
• produced a Modern Slavery Policy;
• developed and refined a due diligence questionnaire for our corporate suppliers (over an appropriate minimum level of our expenditure) to complete and return and a Supplier Code of Conduct
• only employed agency staff through reputable agencies that adhere to our anti-slavery and human trafficking policy (or their own equivalent policies);
• instituted training and greater awareness amongst some of our senior staff; and
• presented formally to our support managers and those involved in the firm’s risk management on modern slavery risks and practices.

Over the next 12 months and beyond

We will continue to monitor our supply chain, and will:

• emphasise to our suppliers the importance that we place on these issues;
• gather information about the approach being taken by our key suppliers as a means of satisfying ourselves that they are conducting their business appropriately in this context, including through use of a supplier due diligence questionnaire;
• review and report internally on the results of the supplier questionnaire;
• continue to identify any instances where we consider that greater scrutiny might be necessary;
• review our Modern Slavery Policy and related supplier documentation; and
• roll out online training to all our staff in respect of the risks and issues relating to Modern Slavery.

We remain committed to the principle that in those cases where we cannot be reasonably satisfied that a supplier will take appropriate remedial steps to address modern slavery and/or human trafficking in their business, that we will formally review what steps we might take, which may include ceasing to trade with that supplier.

We continue to look to build on our ethical trading principles.

Review

We will review our progress against our own objectives and as required by legislation.

This Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking Statement is made by reference to section 54(1) of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 for the financial year ending 31 March 2025.

Rustom Tata
Designated Member
30 September 2025