- SRA number
- 303202
- Authorisation
- Recognised body
- Authorised since
- 1 November 2011
- Organisation type
- Recognised body, authorised
- Constitution
- Partnership
- Practising offices
- 6 (5 branches)
- Head office
- Cardiff CF10 1FS
- Branch towns
- London, Southampton, Plymouth, Manchester
- Areas of law reported to the SRA
- 12: Planning, Family, Probate, Employment, Wills and trusts, ADR, Commercial property, Corporate (non-listed), Non-litigation, Personal Injury, Financial services, Litigation
- Website (SRA record)
- hughjames.com
- Head office phone
- 0333 016 2222
- Trading names
- Hugh James Independent Financial Advisers
- Previous names (SRA)
- Hugh James Ford Simey
- SRA firms in Cardiff
- 142 (64 residential property)
Hugh James is a recognised body authorised by the Solicitors Regulation Authority since November 2011 and recorded under SRA number 303202. The SRA record lists 6 practising offices: the head office at Two Central Square, Cardiff, CF10 1FS, plus 5 further offices in London, Southampton, Plymouth and Manchester. It also trades as Hugh James Independent Financial Advisers. The register carries 1 previous name, most recently Hugh James Ford Simey. Its constitution is recorded as partnership.
In its most recent annual return the firm told the SRA it delivered work in 12 areas of law: Planning, Family, Probate, Employment, Wills and trusts, ADR, Commercial property, Corporate (non-listed), Non-litigation, Personal Injury, Financial services and Litigation. Residential property is not among the reported areas, so the firm does not appear in the conveyancing lists on this site's town and city pages.
The head office postcode CF10 1FS falls within Cardiff (Wales), where the SRA register lists 142 authorised firms with a practising office, 64 of them reporting residential property work. The nearest other SRA-regulated firms by straight-line distance from the head office are Hugh James Involegal LLP (same postcode, Cardiff), Morgan Denton Jones Limited (300 m, Caerdydd), Ash Solicitors LTD (500 m, Cardiff), Admiral Law Limited (600 m, Cardiff) and Charlotte Leyshon Family Law Limited (700 m, Cardiff). 2 of those 5 report residential property work.
The SRA records the firm's constitution as partnership, a structure with no Companies House registration, so there is no company record to cross-reference; the SRA authorisation record is the only public register entry for the firm.
Offices on the SRA record
| Office | Address | District | Phone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head office | Two Central Square, Central Square, Cardiff, CF10 1FS | Cardiff | 0333 016 2222 |
| Branch | 1 Kings Arms Yard, London, EC2R 7AF | City of London | 0333 016 2222 |
| Branch | 2 Charlotte Place, Southampton, SO14 0TB | Southampton | 0333 016 2222 |
| Branch | 3 Endeavour House, Parkway Court, Longbridge Road, Plymouth, PL6 8LR | Plymouth | 01752 967038 |
| Branch | 12 Commercial Street, Manchester, M15 4PZ | Manchester | 0800 027 2557 |
| Branch | Third floor, 2 Commercial Street, Manchester, M15 4RQ | Manchester | 0800 027 2557 |
Areas of law reported to the SRA
Self-reported by the firm in its most recent annual return to the SRA ("the areas of law that the law firm has told us they delivered"). A lagging description of past work, not a live service list, a specialism claim or a quality mark; it may be up to a year old and is blank for newly authorised firms.
Nearest SRA-regulated firms
- Hugh James Involegal LLP · Cardiff · residential propertysame postcode
- Morgan Denton Jones Limited · Caerdydd300 m
- Ash Solicitors LTD · Cardiff · residential property500 m
- Admiral Law Limited · Cardiff600 m
- Charlotte Leyshon Family Law Limited · Cardiff700 m
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Source: SRA Firm data web service (terms 1 July 2020, attribution required); firm status, offices and areas of law as reported by the SRA on 28 August 2026. Areas of law are self-reported by each firm in its annual return and describe work it told the SRA it delivered, not a live service menu or a quality mark. Companies House fields from the Basic Company Data bulk file dated 1 May 2026. Geocoding by postcodes.io: contains OS data (c) Crown copyright and database right 2026, Royal Mail data (c) Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026, National Statistics data (c) Crown copyright and database right 2026. No firm on this site is sponsored, ranked or endorsed, and nothing here implies SRA endorsement of this site.