- SRA number
- 620970
- Authorisation
- Recognised body
- Authorised since
- 5 May 2015
- Organisation type
- Recognised body, authorised
- Constitution
- Incorporated company (limited by shares)
- Practising offices
- 1
- Head office
- Colchester CO1 2JS
- Areas of law reported to the SRA
- 7: Employment, Immigration, Family, Litigation, Non-litigation, Personal Injury, Landlord and tenant
- Website (SRA record)
- chancerywestlaw.com
- Head office phone
- 020 3137 1171
- Companies House status
- Active (09343007, file 1 May 2026)
- Incorporated
- 5 December 2014
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Trading names
- CWL Solicitors; Chancery West Law; Chancery West Law Solicitors
- SRA firms in Colchester
- 34 (20 residential property)
Chancery West Law Limited is a recognised body authorised by the Solicitors Regulation Authority since May 2015 and recorded under SRA number 620970. The SRA record lists 1 practising office: the head office at Colchester Business Centre, Colchester, CO1 2JS. It also trades as CWL Solicitors, Chancery West Law and Chancery West 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 7 areas of law: Employment, Immigration, Family, Litigation, Non-litigation, Personal Injury and Landlord and tenant. 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 CO1 2JS falls within Colchester (East of England), where the SRA register lists 34 authorised firms with a practising office, 20 of them reporting residential property work. The nearest other SRA-regulated firms by straight-line distance from the head office are Highwood Solicitors Limited (same postcode, Colchester), HS Legal Solicitors LTD (300 m, Colchester), Sparling Benham & Brough (800 m, Colchester), John Fowlers LLP (800 m, Colchester) and Legal Comfort Associates Limited (900 m, Colchester). 5 of those 5 report residential property work.
Companies House records the firm as CHANCERY WEST LAW LIMITED (company number 09343007), a private limited company incorporated on 5 December 2014, 11 years before this snapshot. Its status on the Companies House bulk file dated 1 May 2026 is "Active". The registered office town is COLCHESTER, the same as the head office.
Offices on the SRA record
| Office | Address | District | Phone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head office | Colchester Business Centre, 1 George Williams Way, Colchester, CO1 2JS | Colchester | 020 3137 1171 |
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
CHANCERY WEST LAW LIMITED, company number 09343007, private limited company, incorporated 5 December 2014. Status on the Companies House bulk file dated 1 May 2026: Active. Last accounts made up to 30 April 2025 (micro entity). Registered office town: COLCHESTER. Full record on ukcompanyfinder.com.
Nearest SRA-regulated firms
- Highwood Solicitors Limited · Colchester · residential propertysame postcode
- HS Legal Solicitors LTD · Colchester · residential property300 m
- Sparling Benham & Brough · Colchester · residential property800 m
- John Fowlers LLP · Colchester · residential property800 m
- Legal Comfort Associates Limited · Colchester · residential property900 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.