- SRA number
- 522884
- Authorisation
- Licensed body (ABS)
- Authorised since
- 1 February 2023
- Organisation type
- Licensed body (alternative business structure), authorised
- Constitution
- Incorporated company (limited by shares)
- Practising offices
- 3 (2 branches)
- Head office
- Hemel Hempstead HP3 0DR
- Branch towns
- Wellington, Hemel Hempstead
- Areas of law reported to the SRA
- 8: Corporate (non-listed), Personal Injury, Wills and trusts, Probate, Non-litigation, Litigation, Corporate (listed), Employment
- Website (SRA record)
- underwoods-solicitors.co.uk
- Head office phone
- 01442 430900
- Companies House status
- Active (03384650, file 1 May 2026)
- Incorporated
- 11 June 1997
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Trading names
- Underwoods Solicitors; Law Abroad PLC
- SRA firms in Dacorum
- 24 (10 residential property)
Law Abroad LTD is a licensed body authorised by the Solicitors Regulation Authority since February 2023 and recorded under SRA number 522884. The SRA record lists 3 practising offices: the head office at Firsdon, Hemel Hempstead, HP3 0DR, plus 2 further offices in Wellington and Hemel Hempstead. It also trades as Underwoods Solicitors and Law Abroad PLC. Its constitution is recorded as incorporated company (limited by shares).
In its most recent annual return the firm told the SRA it delivered work in 8 areas of law: Corporate (non-listed), Personal Injury, Wills and trusts, Probate, Non-litigation, Litigation, Corporate (listed) and Employment. 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 HP3 0DR falls within Dacorum (East of England), where the SRA register lists 24 authorised firms with a practising office, 10 of them reporting residential property work. The nearest other SRA-regulated firms by straight-line distance from the head office are John Fuller and Partners Limited (4.3 km, Hemel Hempstead), Barnard & Webb Solicitors (4.3 km, Hemel Hempstead), Austins LLP (4.5 km, Berkhamsted), McDonaghs Solicitors (UK) LLP (4.5 km, Berkhamsted) and McDonaghs Solicitors Limited (4.5 km, Berkhamsted). 1 of those 5 reports residential property work.
Companies House records the firm as LAW ABROAD LIMITED (company number 03384650), a private limited company incorporated on 11 June 1997, 29 years before this snapshot. Its status on the Companies House bulk file dated 1 May 2026 is "Active". The registered office town is BOVINGDON, which differs from the practising head office town.
Offices on the SRA record
| Office | Address | District | Phone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head office | Firsdon, Bushfield Road, Bovingdon, Hemel Hempstead, HP3 0DR | Dacorum | 01442 430900 |
| Branch | Monte Rosa, Church Street, Wellington (South Africa) | outside England and Wales | |
| Branch | Firsdon, Bushfield Road, Bovingdon, Hemel Hempstead, HP3 0DR | Dacorum | 01442 430900 |
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
LAW ABROAD LIMITED, company number 03384650, private limited company, incorporated 11 June 1997. Status on the Companies House bulk file dated 1 May 2026: Active. Last accounts made up to 31 October 2024 (total exemption full). Registered office town: BOVINGDON. Full record on ukcompanyfinder.com.
Nearest SRA-regulated firms
- John Fuller and Partners Limited · Hemel Hempstead4.3 km
- Barnard & Webb Solicitors · Hemel Hempstead4.3 km
- Austins LLP · Berkhamsted · residential property4.5 km
- McDonaghs Solicitors (UK) LLP · Berkhamsted4.5 km
- McDonaghs Solicitors Limited · Berkhamsted4.5 km
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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.