- SRA number
- 533216
- Authorisation
- Recognised body
- Authorised since
- 1 November 2011
- Organisation type
- Recognised body, authorised
- Constitution
- Incorporated company (limited by shares)
- Practising offices
- 3 (2 branches)
- Head office
- Ilford IG3 9JZ
- Branch towns
- Ilford, Luton
- Areas of law reported to the SRA
- 4: Criminal, Children, Immigration, Litigation
- Website (SRA record)
- sharmalawsolicitors.co.uk
- Head office phone
- 020 8854 5300
- Companies House status
- Active (06629294, file 1 May 2026)
- Incorporated
- 25 June 2008
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Trading names
- Sharma Law Solicitors
- SRA firms in Redbridge
- 122 (52 residential property)
Criminal Defence Solicitors Limited is a recognised body authorised by the Solicitors Regulation Authority since November 2011 and recorded under SRA number 533216. The SRA record lists 3 practising offices: the head office at 16 Hobbs Mews, Ilford, IG3 9JZ, plus 2 further offices in Ilford and Luton. It also trades as Sharma Law Solicitors. 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 4 areas of law: Criminal, Children, Immigration 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 IG3 9JZ falls within Redbridge (London), where the SRA register lists 122 authorised firms with a practising office, 52 of them reporting residential property work. The nearest other SRA-regulated firms by straight-line distance from the head office are Avery Emerson (same postcode, Ilford), Whitmore Law Limited (400 m, Ilford), Whitmore 2025 Ltd (400 m, Ilford), Advice Wise Solicitors Limited (500 m, Ilford) and Westgate Solicitors Limited (500 m, Essex). 3 of those 5 report residential property work.
Companies House records the firm as CRIMINAL DEFENCE SOLICITORS LTD (company number 06629294), a private limited company incorporated on 25 June 2008, 18 years before this snapshot. Its status on the Companies House bulk file dated 1 May 2026 is "Active". The registered office town is ILFORD, the same as the head office.
Offices on the SRA record
| Office | Address | District | Phone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head office | 16 Hobbs Mews, Seven Kings, Ilford, IG3 9JZ | Redbridge | 020 8854 5300 |
| Branch | 16 Hobbs Mews, Seven kings, Ilford, IG3 9JZ | Redbridge | 020 8854 5300 |
| Branch | 6-8 Stuart Street, Luton, LU1 2SJ | Luton | 020 8854 5300 |
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
CRIMINAL DEFENCE SOLICITORS LTD, company number 06629294, private limited company, incorporated 25 June 2008. Status on the Companies House bulk file dated 1 May 2026: Active. Last accounts made up to 30 June 2025 (total exemption full). Registered office town: ILFORD. Full record on ukcompanyfinder.com.
Nearest SRA-regulated firms
- Avery Emerson · Ilford · residential propertysame postcode
- Whitmore Law Limited · Ilford · residential property400 m
- Whitmore 2025 Ltd · Ilford400 m
- Advice Wise Solicitors Limited · Ilford500 m
- Westgate Solicitors Limited · Essex · residential property500 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.