- SRA number
- 78083
- Authorisation
- Recognised sole practice
- Authorised since
- 1 November 2015
- Organisation type
- Recognised sole practice, authorised
- Constitution
- Sole practitioner
- Practising offices
- 1
- Head office
- Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 1EW
- Areas of law reported to the SRA
- 1: Criminal
- Website (SRA record)
- purdonlaw.co.uk
- Head office phone
- 0191 232 1006
- SRA firms in Newcastle upon Tyne
- 102 (46 residential property)
Michael Purdon is a recognised sole practice authorised by the Solicitors Regulation Authority since November 2015 and recorded under SRA number 78083. The SRA record lists 1 practising office: the head office at Wards Buildings, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 1EW. Its constitution is recorded as sole practitioner.
In its most recent annual return the firm told the SRA it delivered work in 1 area of law: Criminal. 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 NE1 1EW falls within Newcastle upon Tyne (North East), where the SRA register lists 102 authorised firms with a practising office, 46 of them reporting residential property work. The nearest other SRA-regulated firms by straight-line distance from the head office are Robinson Murphy (100 m, Newcastle Upon Tyne), Caisson Turner Legal Services (200 m, Newcastle Upon Tyne), Clarke Mairs Law Limited (200 m, Newcastle Upon Tyne), Pearson Caulfield Limited (200 m, Newcastle Upon Tyne) and JLF (NE) Limited (200 m, Newcastle upon Tyne). 5 of those 5 report residential property work.
The SRA records the firm's constitution as sole practitioner, a structure with no Companies House registration, so there is no company record to cross-reference; the SRA authorisation record is the only public register entry for the firm.
Offices on the SRA record
| Office | Address | District | Phone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head office | Wards Buildings, 31-39 High Bridge, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 1EW | Newcastle upon Tyne | 0191 232 1006 |
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.
Nearest SRA-regulated firms
- Robinson Murphy · Newcastle Upon Tyne · residential property100 m
- Caisson Turner Legal Services · Newcastle Upon Tyne · residential property200 m
- Clarke Mairs Law Limited · Newcastle Upon Tyne · residential property200 m
- Pearson Caulfield Limited · Newcastle Upon Tyne · residential property200 m
- JLF (NE) Limited · Newcastle upon Tyne · residential property200 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.