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Recognised body -- SRA 655797

E J Coombs Solicitors Ltd

Trading as K J Desbottes & Co, E J Coombs Solicitors and Forman Law. Authorised by the Solicitors Regulation Authority since 15 January 2019; status as reported by the SRA on 28 August 2026. Head office Danbury CM3 4AB, in the Chelmsford district.

SRA number
655797
Authorisation
Recognised body
Authorised since
15 January 2019
Organisation type
Recognised body, authorised
Constitution
Incorporated company (limited by shares)
Practising offices
4 (3 branches)
Head office
Danbury CM3 4AB
Branch towns
Caterham, Purley
Areas of law reported to the SRA
4: Children, Family, Probate, Wills and trusts
Website (SRA record)
ejcoombs.co.uk
Head office phone
01245 221699
Trading names
K J Desbottes & Co; E J Coombs Solicitors; Forman Law
SRA firms in Chelmsford
43 (23 residential property)

E J Coombs Solicitors Ltd is a recognised body authorised by the Solicitors Regulation Authority since January 2019 and recorded under SRA number 655797. The SRA record lists 4 practising offices: the head office at Suite One, Danbury, CM3 4AB, plus 3 further offices in Caterham and Purley. It also trades as K J Desbottes & Co, E J Coombs Solicitors and Forman Law. 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: Children, Family, Probate and Wills and trusts. 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 CM3 4AB falls within Chelmsford (East of England), where the SRA register lists 43 authorised firms with a practising office, 23 of them reporting residential property work. The nearest other SRA-regulated firms by straight-line distance from the head office are MRI Legal LTD (4.6 km, Chelmsford), Gepp & Sons Solicitors LLP (5.1 km, Chelmsford), Stewart Law Solicitors (5.3 km, Maldon), Stanton-Dunne & Co (5.3 km, Chelmsford) and Taylor Haldane Barlex LLP (5.6 km, Chelmsford). 2 of those 5 report residential property work.

The SRA record carries no company registration number for this firm even though its constitution is recorded as incorporated company (limited by shares), so no Companies House record is cross-referenced.

Offices on the SRA record

OfficeAddressDistrictPhone
Head officeSuite One, Well Lane, Danbury, CM3 4ABChelmsford01245 221699
Branch28 Westway, Caterham, CR3 5TPTandridge01883 343460
BranchPalmerston House, 814 Brighton Road, Purley, CR8 2BRCroydon020 8655 8482
BranchPalmerston House, 814 Brighton Road, Purley, CR8 2BRCroydon020 8655 8482

Areas of law reported to the SRA

ChildrenFamilyProbateWills and trusts

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.

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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.

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