- SRA number
- 657043
- Authorisation
- Licensed body (ABS)
- Authorised since
- 2 January 2020
- Organisation type
- Licensed body (alternative business structure), authorised
- Constitution
- Incorporated company (limited by shares)
- Practising offices
- 4 (3 branches)
- Head office
- Chester CH1 3EQ
- Branch towns
- Liverpool, Birkenhead, Altrincham
- Areas of law reported to the SRA
- 11: Litigation, Corporate (non-listed), Commercial property, Wills and trusts, Family, Employment, Intellectual Property, Children, Residential property, Landlord and tenant, Probate
- Website (SRA record)
- hm3.legal
- Published conveyancing prices
- hm3.legal found 28 August 2026
- Publishes conveyancing prices
- Yes, on its website, found 28 August 2026
- Head office phone
- 01244 318131
- Trading names
- Hillyer McKeown; HM Legal; HM3 Legal
- SRA firms in Cheshire West and Chester
- 67 (39 residential property)
HM Legal Services Limited is a licensed body authorised by the Solicitors Regulation Authority since January 2020 and recorded under SRA number 657043. The SRA record lists 4 practising offices: the head office at Gorse Stacks House, Chester, CH1 3EQ, plus 3 further offices in Liverpool, Birkenhead and Altrincham. It also trades as Hillyer McKeown, HM Legal and HM3 Legal. 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 11 areas of law: Litigation, Corporate (non-listed), Commercial property, Wills and trusts, Family, Employment, Intellectual Property, Children, Residential property, Landlord and tenant and Probate. Because residential property is among them, the SRA Transparency Rules require the firm to publish its conveyancing prices on its own website; a conveyancing price page was found at hm3.legal on 28 August 2026.
The head office postcode CH1 3EQ falls within Cheshire West and Chester (North West), where the SRA register lists 67 authorised firms with a practising office, 39 of them reporting residential property work. The nearest other SRA-regulated firms by straight-line distance from the head office are Hunter Legal Limited (200 m, Chester), Bevan Rose Corporate Solicitors Limited (300 m, Chester), SM Solicitors (500 m, Chester), Oliver & Co Solicitors LTD (500 m, Chester) and Cullimore Dutton Solicitors Limited (600 m, Chester). 3 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.
Across England and Wales this site's verified conveyancing legal fee for a purchase averages £1,575 (range £1,200 to £2,500) plus VAT, before disbursements. Read the firm's published prices against that band rather than the headline figure alone.
Offices on the SRA record
| Office | Address | District | Phone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head office | Gorse Stacks House, George Street, Chester, CH1 3EQ | Cheshire West and Chester | 01244 318131 |
| Branch | Exchange Station, Tithebarn Street, Liverpool, L2 2QP | Liverpool | 01244 318131 |
| Branch | 6 Abbots Quay, Monks Ferry, Birkenhead, CH41 5LH | Wirral | 01244 318131 |
| Branch | Suite 3 Floor 3, Charter House, Woodlands Road, Altrincham, WA14 1HF | Trafford | 01244 318131 |
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.
Because HM Legal Services Limited reports residential property work, it must publish its conveyancing price, charging basis, disbursements, VAT treatment and timescales on its website. Read them at hm3.legal (conveyancing price page located 28 August 2026). Compare against the national average of £1,575 plus VAT and the disbursements you will pay on top.
Nearest SRA-regulated firms
- Hunter Legal Limited · Chester200 m
- Bevan Rose Corporate Solicitors Limited · Chester300 m
- SM Solicitors · Chester · residential property500 m
- Oliver & Co Solicitors LTD · Chester · residential property500 m
- Cullimore Dutton Solicitors Limited · Chester · residential property600 m
solicitorcost.com includes data supplied by the Solicitors Regulation Authority.
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.