- SRA number
- 420612
- Authorisation
- Recognised body
- Authorised since
- 1 November 2011
- Organisation type
- Recognised body, authorised
- Constitution
- Limited liability partnership
- Practising offices
- 1
- Head office
- Leicester LE1 5RA
- Areas of law reported to the SRA
- 10: Landlord and tenant, Commercial property, Immigration, Litigation, Probate, Personal Injury, Employment, Family, Corporate (non-listed), Residential property
- Website (SRA record)
- d-w-s.co.uk
- Publishes conveyancing prices
- Not found by our check of the website on 28 August 2026
- Head office phone
- 0116 299 9199
- Companies House status
- Active (OC308701, file 1 May 2026)
- Incorporated
- 20 July 2004
- Company type
- Limited Liability Partnership
- Previous names (SRA)
- Wemyss Hathaway Solicitors LLP
- SRA firms in Leicester
- 109 (45 residential property)
Douglas Wemyss Solicitors LLP is a recognised body authorised by the Solicitors Regulation Authority since November 2011 and recorded under SRA number 420612. The SRA record lists 1 practising office: the head office at 14-18 Friar Lane, Leicester, LE1 5RA. The register carries 1 previous name, most recently Wemyss Hathaway Solicitors LLP. Its constitution is recorded as limited liability partnership.
In its most recent annual return the firm told the SRA it delivered work in 10 areas of law: Landlord and tenant, Commercial property, Immigration, Litigation, Probate, Personal Injury, Employment, Family, Corporate (non-listed) and Residential property. Because residential property is among them, the SRA Transparency Rules require the firm to publish its conveyancing prices on its own website; the check of d-w-s.co.uk on 28 August 2026 did not find a published conveyancing price page, so ask the firm for the figures the rules require.
The head office postcode LE1 5RA falls within Leicester (East Midlands), where the SRA register lists 109 authorised firms with a practising office, 45 of them reporting residential property work. The nearest other SRA-regulated firms by straight-line distance from the head office are Dodds Solicitors LLP (same postcode, Leicester), City Criminal Lawyers LTD (same postcode, Leicester), Salhan Dharna Limited (same postcode, Leicester), Agr Law LTD (same postcode, Leicester) and Philip J Hammond & Sons (same postcode, Leicester). 2 of those 5 report residential property work.
Companies House records the firm as DOUGLAS WEMYSS SOLICITORS LLP (company number OC308701), a limited liability partnership incorporated on 20 July 2004, 22 years before this snapshot. Its status on the Companies House bulk file dated 1 May 2026 is "Active". Companies House also lists 2 earlier registered names, most recently WEMYSS HATHAWAY SOLICITORS LLP. The registered office town is LEICESTER, the same as the head office.
For a home purchase in Leicester, this site's verified conveyancing legal fee range is £650 to £1,600 plus VAT, before disbursements such as searches and the Land Registry fee. Read the firm's published prices against that band rather than the headline figure alone.
Offices on the SRA record
| Office | Address | District | Phone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head office | 14-18 Friar Lane, Leicester, LE1 5RA | Leicester | 0116 299 9199 |
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.
Because Douglas Wemyss Solicitors LLP reports residential property work, it must publish its conveyancing price, charging basis, disbursements, VAT treatment and timescales on its website. Our check on 28 August 2026 did not find a conveyancing price page. Look for a fees page at d-w-s.co.uk or ask the firm for the figures in writing. Compare against the verified Leicester band of £650 to £1,600 plus VAT and the disbursements you will pay on top.
Companies House record
DOUGLAS WEMYSS SOLICITORS LLP, company number OC308701, limited liability partnership, incorporated 20 July 2004. Status on the Companies House bulk file dated 1 May 2026: Active. Last accounts made up to 31 March 2025 (total exemption full). Registered office town: LEICESTER. Full record on ukcompanyfinder.com.
Nearest SRA-regulated firms
- Dodds Solicitors LLP · Leicester · residential propertysame postcode
- City Criminal Lawyers LTD · Leicestersame postcode
- Salhan Dharna Limited · Leicestersame postcode
- Agr Law LTD · Leicestersame postcode
- Philip J Hammond & Sons · Leicester · residential propertysame postcode
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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.