- SRA number
- 459781
- Authorisation
- Licensed body (ABS)
- Authorised since
- 28 February 2013
- Organisation type
- Licensed body (alternative business structure), authorised
- Constitution
- Limited liability partnership
- Practising offices
- 3 (2 branches)
- Head office
- Manchester M2 4WQ
- Branch towns
- Croydon, Leeds
- Areas of law reported to the SRA
- 5: Criminal, Corporate (non-listed), Litigation, Employment, Personal Injury
- Website (SRA record)
- markellaw.co.uk
- Head office phone
- 0161 827 1800
- Companies House status
- Active (OC325244, file 1 May 2026)
- Incorporated
- 9 January 2007
- Company type
- Limited Liability Partnership
- Trading names
- Markel Law
- Previous names (SRA)
- LHS Solicitors LLP; Lewis Hymanson Small Solicitors LLP
- SRA firms in Manchester
- 406 (120 residential property)
Markel Law LLP is a licensed body authorised by the Solicitors Regulation Authority since February 2013 and recorded under SRA number 459781. The SRA record lists 3 practising offices: the head office at 11th Floor, Manchester, M2 4WQ, plus 2 further offices in Croydon and Leeds. It also trades as Markel Law. The register carries 2 previous names, most recently LHS 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 5 areas of law: Criminal, Corporate (non-listed), Litigation, Employment and Personal Injury. 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 M2 4WQ falls within Manchester (North West), where the SRA register lists 406 authorised firms with a practising office, 120 of them reporting residential property work. The nearest other SRA-regulated firms by straight-line distance from the head office are Abbleys Solicitors Limited (same postcode, Manchester), Mitrelaw LTD (same postcode, Manchester), Tai He Law Firm LTD (same postcode, Manchester), Novus Law Ltd (same postcode, Manchester) and CKE Law Limited (same postcode, Manchester). 2 of those 5 report residential property work.
Companies House records the firm as MARKEL LAW LLP (company number OC325244), a limited liability partnership incorporated on 9 January 2007, 19 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 LHS SOLICITORS LLP. The registered office town is MANCHESTER, the same as the head office.
Offices on the SRA record
| Office | Address | District | Phone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head office | 11th Floor, 82 King Street, Manchester, M2 4WQ | Manchester | 0161 827 1800 |
| Branch | Interchange, 81 - 85 621018, Croydon, CR0 2AJ | Croydon | 0345 351 0025 |
| Branch | City Square House, 11 Wellington Street, Leeds, LS1 4DL | Leeds | 0161 504 5398 |
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.
Companies House record
MARKEL LAW LLP, company number OC325244, limited liability partnership, incorporated 9 January 2007. Status on the Companies House bulk file dated 1 May 2026: Active. Last accounts made up to 31 December 2024 (audit exemption subsidiary). Registered office town: MANCHESTER. Full record on ukcompanyfinder.com.
Nearest SRA-regulated firms
- Abbleys Solicitors Limited · Manchestersame postcode
- Mitrelaw LTD · Manchestersame postcode
- Tai He Law Firm LTD · Manchester · residential propertysame postcode
- Novus Law Ltd · Manchestersame postcode
- CKE Law Limited · Manchester · 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.