- SRA number
- 557907
- Authorisation
- Recognised body
- Authorised since
- 1 November 2011
- Organisation type
- Recognised body, authorised
- Constitution
- Incorporated company (limited by shares)
- Practising offices
- 1
- Head office
- Leicester LE1 5QQ
- Areas of law reported to the SRA
- 1: Criminal
- Website (SRA record)
- defencelaw.co.uk
- Head office phone
- 0116 255 1122
- Companies House status
- Active (07527765, file 1 May 2026)
- Incorporated
- 14 February 2011
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- SRA firms in Leicester
- 108 (45 residential property)
Defence Law Limited is a recognised body authorised by the Solicitors Regulation Authority since November 2011 and recorded under SRA number 557907. The SRA record lists 1 practising office: the head office at Rutland House, Leicester, LE1 5QQ. 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 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 LE1 5QQ falls within Leicester (East Midlands), where the SRA register lists 108 authorised firms with a practising office, 45 of them reporting residential property work. The nearest other SRA-regulated firms by straight-line distance from the head office are ZMS Legal Limited (same postcode, Leicester), Sakhi Legal Services Limited (same postcode, Leicester), Salusbury Harding & Barlow LLP (100 m, Leicester), SHB Solicitors Limited (100 m, Leicester) and Salhan Dharna Limited (100 m, Leicester). 2 of those 5 report residential property work.
Companies House records the firm as DEFENCE LAW LIMITED (company number 07527765), a private limited company incorporated on 14 February 2011, 15 years before this snapshot. Its status on the Companies House bulk file dated 1 May 2026 is "Active". The registered office town is LEICESTER, the same as the head office.
Offices on the SRA record
| Office | Address | District | Phone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head office | Rutland House, 23-25 Friar Lane, Leicester, LE1 5QQDirectionsGoogle MapsApple Maps | Leicester | 0116 255 1122 |
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
DEFENCE LAW LIMITED, company number 07527765, private limited company, incorporated 14 February 2011. Status on the Companies House bulk file dated 1 May 2026: Active. Last accounts made up to 28 February 2025 (total exemption full). Registered office town: LEICESTER. Full record on ukcompanyfinder.com.
Defence Law Limited in gold at Leicester LE1 5QQ, and the 5 nearest SRA-regulated firms in slate.
Outline: Leicester district outline (ONS E06000016).
Map tiles: OpenFreeMap, © OpenMapTiles, data from OpenStreetMap contributors. Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
Nearest SRA-regulated firms
- ZMS Legal Limited · Leicestersame postcode
- Sakhi Legal Services Limited · Leicestersame postcode
- Salusbury Harding & Barlow LLP · Leicester · residential property100 m
- SHB Solicitors Limited · Leicester · residential property100 m
- Salhan Dharna Limited · Leicester100 m
Hover a firm to find it on the map above. Distances are straight line from head office to head office.
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 15 September 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.