- SRA number
- 564722
- Authorisation
- Recognised sole practice
- Authorised since
- 1 November 2015
- Organisation type
- Recognised sole practice, authorised
- Constitution
- Sole practitioner
- Practising offices
- 1
- Head office
- Eastbourne BN22 0EZ
- Areas of law reported to the SRA
- 1: Wills and trusts
- Head office phone
- 07999 978076
- SRA firms in Eastbourne
- 26 (15 residential property)
Margaret Downey is a recognised sole practice authorised by the Solicitors Regulation Authority since November 2015 and recorded under SRA number 564722. The SRA record lists 1 practising office: the head office at 7 Chatfield Crescent, Eastbourne, BN22 0EZ. 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: 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 BN22 0EZ falls within Eastbourne (South East), where the SRA register lists 26 authorised firms with a practising office, 15 of them reporting residential property work. The nearest other SRA-regulated firms by straight-line distance from the head office are LSL Family Law Limited (2.6 km, Eastbourne), MCT Solicitors Ltd (2.7 km, Eastbourne), South Downs Law (3.0 km, Eastbourne), Gaby Hardwicke (3.1 km, Eastbourne) and So Legal Limited (3.5 km, Eastbourne). 3 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 | 7 Chatfield Crescent, Eastbourne, BN22 0EZDirectionsGoogle MapsApple Maps | Eastbourne | 07999 978076 |
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.
Margaret Downey in gold at Eastbourne BN22 0EZ, and the 5 nearest SRA-regulated firms in slate.
Outline: Eastbourne district outline (ONS E07000061).
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Nearest SRA-regulated firms
- LSL Family Law Limited · Eastbourne2.6 km
- MCT Solicitors Ltd · Eastbourne · residential property2.7 km
- South Downs Law · Eastbourne3.0 km
- Gaby Hardwicke · Eastbourne · residential property3.1 km
- So Legal Limited · Eastbourne · residential property3.5 km
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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 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.