- SRA number
- 612099
- Authorisation
- Licensed body (ABS)
- Authorised since
- 1 May 2019
- Organisation type
- Licensed body (alternative business structure), authorised
- Constitution
- Incorporated company (limited by shares)
- Practising offices
- 1
- Head office
- Birmingham B2 5PP
- Areas of law reported to the SRA
- 8: Non-litigation, Immigration, Employment, Corporate (listed), Corporate (non-listed), Intellectual Property, Litigation, Commercial property
- Website (SRA record)
- harperjames.co.uk
- Head office phone
- 0800 689 1700
- Companies House status
- Active (07761967, file 1 May 2026)
- Incorporated
- 5 September 2011
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Trading names
- Harper James
- Previous names (SRA)
- Expert Business Advisors Ta in-House Solicitors
- SRA firms in Birmingham
- 406 (149 residential property)
Harper James Limited is a licensed body authorised by the Solicitors Regulation Authority since May 2019 and recorded under SRA number 612099. The SRA record lists 1 practising office: the head office at 5th Floor Cavendish House, Birmingham, B2 5PP. It also trades as Harper James. The register carries 1 previous name, most recently Expert Business Advisors Ta in-House 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 8 areas of law: Non-litigation, Immigration, Employment, Corporate (listed), Corporate (non-listed), Intellectual Property, Litigation and Commercial property. 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 B2 5PP falls within Birmingham (West Midlands), where the SRA register lists 406 authorised firms with a practising office, 149 of them reporting residential property work. The nearest other SRA-regulated firms by straight-line distance from the head office are BRM Legal Limited (100 m, Birmingham), Bridge Trustees Limited (100 m, Birmingham), Campbell Solicitors (100 m, Birmingham), B H Mohammed Solicitors LTD (100 m, Birmingham) and Gotelee Solicitors LLP (100 m, Birmingham). 2 of those 5 report residential property work.
Companies House records the firm as HARPER JAMES LIMITED (company number 07761967), a private limited company incorporated on 5 September 2011, 14 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 HJ LAW LIMITED. The registered office town is BIRMINGHAM, the same as the head office.
Offices on the SRA record
| Office | Address | District | Phone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head office | 5th Floor Cavendish House, 39-41 Waterloo Street, Birmingham, B2 5PP | Birmingham | 0800 689 1700 |
| Registered office | 5th Floor Cavendish House, 39-41 Waterloo Street, Birmingham, B2 5PP | not a practising office |
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
HARPER JAMES LIMITED, company number 07761967, private limited company, incorporated 5 September 2011. Status on the Companies House bulk file dated 1 May 2026: Active. Last accounts made up to 30 September 2024 (total exemption full). Registered office town: BIRMINGHAM. Full record on ukcompanyfinder.com.
Nearest SRA-regulated firms
- BRM Legal Limited · Birmingham · residential property100 m
- Bridge Trustees Limited · Birmingham100 m
- Campbell Solicitors · Birmingham100 m
- B H Mohammed Solicitors LTD · Birmingham100 m
- Gotelee Solicitors LLP · Birmingham · 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.