- SRA number
- 535133
- 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
- Exeter EX1 1NP
- Branch towns
- Plymouth, Truro
- Areas of law reported to the SRA
- 2: Family, Children
- Website (SRA record)
- thefamilylawco.co.uk
- Head office phone
- 01392 421777
- Companies House status
- Active (07204684, file 1 May 2026)
- Incorporated
- 26 March 2010
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Trading names
- The Family Law Company by Hartnell Chanot; The Family Law Company
- SRA firms in Exeter
- 45 (24 residential property)
Hartnell Chanot & Partners Limited is a recognised body authorised by the Solicitors Regulation Authority since November 2011 and recorded under SRA number 535133. The SRA record lists 3 practising offices: the head office at Oriel House, Exeter, EX1 1NP, plus 2 further offices in Plymouth and Truro. It also trades as The Family Law Company by Hartnell Chanot and The Family Law Company. 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 2 areas of law: Family and Children. 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 EX1 1NP falls within Exeter (South West), where the SRA register lists 45 authorised firms with a practising office, 24 of them reporting residential property work. The nearest other SRA-regulated firms by straight-line distance from the head office are Everys Cosec Limited (same postcode, Exeter), Quay Law (Holdings) Limited (100 m, Exeter), Dunn and Baker LLP (100 m, Exeter), Stamp James LLP (100 m, Exeter) and Gilbert Stephens LLP (100 m, Exeter). 3 of those 5 report residential property work.
Companies House records the firm as HARTNELL CHANOT & PARTNERS LIMITED (company number 07204684), a private limited company incorporated on 26 March 2010, 16 years before this snapshot. Its status on the Companies House bulk file dated 1 May 2026 is "Active". The registered office town is EXETER, the same as the head office.
Offices on the SRA record
| Office | Address | District | Phone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head office | Oriel House, Southernhay Gardens, Exeter, EX1 1NP | Exeter | 01392 421777 |
| Branch | 23 Princess Street, Plymouth, PL1 2EX | Plymouth | 01752 674999 |
| Branch | 14 Walsingham Place, Truro, TR1 2RP | Cornwall | 01872 307888 |
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
HARTNELL CHANOT & PARTNERS LIMITED, company number 07204684, private limited company, incorporated 26 March 2010. Status on the Companies House bulk file dated 1 May 2026: Active. Last accounts made up to 31 July 2025 (total exemption full). Registered office town: EXETER. Full record on ukcompanyfinder.com.
Nearest SRA-regulated firms
- Everys Cosec Limited · Exetersame postcode
- Quay Law (Holdings) Limited · Exeter100 m
- Dunn and Baker LLP · Exeter · residential property100 m
- Stamp James LLP · Exeter · residential property100 m
- Gilbert Stephens LLP · Exeter · residential property100 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.