- SRA number
- 70882
- Authorisation
- Recognised sole practice
- Authorised since
- 1 November 2015
- Organisation type
- Recognised sole practice, authorised
- Constitution
- Sole practitioner
- Practising offices
- 1
- Head office
- Middlesbrough TS1 2ES
- Areas of law reported to the SRA
- 3: Children, Criminal, Family
- Website (SRA record)
- pauljwatson.com
- Head office phone
- 01642 293427
- Previous names (SRA)
- Paul J Watson
- SRA firms in Middlesbrough
- 28 (17 residential property)
Paul J Watson Solicitor is a recognised sole practice authorised by the Solicitors Regulation Authority since November 2015 and recorded under SRA number 70882. The SRA record lists 1 practising office: the head office at 116 Borough Road, Middlesbrough, TS1 2ES. The register carries 1 previous name, most recently Paul J Watson. Its constitution is recorded as sole practitioner.
In its most recent annual return the firm told the SRA it delivered work in 3 areas of law: Children, Criminal and Family. 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 TS1 2ES falls within Middlesbrough (North East), where the SRA register lists 28 authorised firms with a practising office, 17 of them reporting residential property work. The nearest other SRA-regulated firms by straight-line distance from the head office are Taylor Goodchild Limited (100 m, Middlesbrough), Macks Solicitors Limited (100 m, Middlesbrough), Watson Woodhouse Limited (100 m, Middlesbrough), Askews Solicitors Limited (100 m, Middlesbrough) and Miles Hutchinson & Lithgow (200 m, Middlesbrough). 4 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 | 116 Borough Road, Middlesbrough, TS1 2ESDirectionsGoogle MapsApple Maps | Middlesbrough | 01642 293427 |
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.
Paul J Watson Solicitor in gold at Middlesbrough TS1 2ES, and the 5 nearest SRA-regulated firms in slate.
Outline: Middlesbrough district outline (ONS E06000002).
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
- Taylor Goodchild Limited · Middlesbrough100 m
- Macks Solicitors Limited · Middlesbrough · residential property100 m
- Watson Woodhouse Limited · Middlesbrough · residential property100 m
- Askews Solicitors Limited · Middlesbrough · residential property100 m
- Miles Hutchinson & Lithgow · Middlesbrough · residential property200 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.