South West -- SRA register
SRA-regulated solicitors in Dorset: 31 firms reporting residential property
53 authorised firms with a practising office in the Dorset district on 15 September 2026, from the SRA's own data feed. Conveyancing firms first, ordered by distance from the centre of the district's offices; every one must publish its prices under the SRA Transparency Rules.
On 15 September 2026 the SRA register listed 53 authorised firms with a practising office in Dorset, operating 89 offices between them. 31 firms report residential property work in the most recent annual return, 49 list a website and 32 have more than one practising office. By authorisation type the district splits into 39 recognised body, 9 licensed body and 5 recognised sole practice.
The longest-standing authorisation in the district dates from November 2011 and the most recent from July 2026; 3 firms were authorised in the twelve months before the snapshot. 32 of the 53 firms carry a company registration number that matched a Companies House record. The most commonly reported areas of law here are wills and trusts (37), probate (35), family (33), residential property (31) and litigation (28).
Every one of the 31 firms reporting residential property work is required by the SRA Transparency Rules to publish its conveyancing prices on its website, or to supply them on request where it has none. 29 of them list a website in the register, and this site has located a published price page for 3. For context, the national purchase legal fee on this site averages £1,575 plus VAT (range £1,200 to £2,500).
National purchase legal fee: £1,575 average, range £1,200 to £2,500 plus VAT, before disbursements. See the conveyancing fee guide and calculator.
Firms reporting residential property work in Dorset
53 of 53 firms plotted at their Dorset office, 31 of them reporting residential property. Hover a row to find it on the map.
pinned on the office postcode postcode did not resolve, so the pin marks the area and not the door
Outline: Dorset district outline (ONS E06000059). On the still map, offices sharing a point are drawn once; the interactive map plots every one and groups them as you zoom out.
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.
| Firm | Office in Dorset | From centre | Authorised | Also reported | Prices |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blanchards Bailey LLP | Blandford Forum DT11 9LQ Head office (+3 more here) | 10.7 km | Recognised body since 2011 | FamilyProbateWills and trusts | Website |
| Kernon Kelleher Solicitors Limited t/a Kernon Kelleher Solicitors | Blandford Forum DT11 7AL Head office (+1 more here) | 10.8 km | Recognised body since 2011 | Wills and trustsProbateFamily | Website |
| Jane V Wilkinson | Blandford Forum DT11 0EN Head office | 11.5 km | Recognised sole practice since 2015 | ProbateWills and trusts | on request |
| O'Haras Solicitors | Poole BH16 6FE Head office | 11.9 km | Recognised body since 2011 | Wills and trustsProbate | Website |
| Humphries Kirk LLP t/a HK Law | Wareham BH20 4AN Head office (+3 more here) | 13.4 km | Licensed body since 2025 | FamilyWills and trustsProbate | Website |
| Battens Solicitors Limited | Wareham BH20 4JU Branch (+3 more here) | 13.5 km | Recognised body since 2011 | FamilyWills and trustsProbate | Website |
| Sarah Grant Solicitors | Dorchester DT1 1DE Head office | 15.1 km | Recognised sole practice since 2015 | FamilyProbateWills and trusts | Website |
| The Commercial Law Practice Limited | Dorchester DT1 1GA Head office | 15.3 km | Recognised body since 2011 | Probate | Website |
| Steele Raymond LLP Prices publishedfee table | Dorchester DT1 3DY Branch | 16.4 km | Recognised body since 2011 | Wills and trustsProbateFamily | Read the price page |
| MJP Law Limited t/a MJP Law | Wimborne BH21 1EJ Head office (+1 more here) | 18.0 km | Licensed body since 2021 | Wills and trustsProbateFamily | Website |
| Dibbens | Wimborne BH21 1LU Head office | 18.3 km | Recognised body since 2011 | Wills and trustsProbateFamily | Website |
| Frettens LLP t/a Frettens Solicitors | Wimborne BH21 1JH Branch | 18.3 km | Licensed body since 2024 | FamilyProbateWills and trusts | Website |
| Harold G Walker | Wimborne BH21 1NF Head office (+2 more here) | 18.3 km | Licensed body since 2025 | FamilyProbateWills and trusts | Website |
| Newnham & Jordan Solicitors LTD t/a Newnham & Jordan Solicitors (Practising Style for Newnham & Jordan Legal Services LTD) | Wimborne BH21 1NG Head office (+3 more here) | 18.4 km | Recognised body since 2011 | Wills and trustsProbateFamily | Website |
| Coles Miller Solicitors LLP t/a Coles Miller Claims UK | Wimborne BH21 1HN Branch (+1 more here) | 18.5 km | Recognised body since 2011 | FamilyWills and trustsProbate | Website |
| Rawlins Davy Reeves Limited t/a Rawlins Davy Reeves Solicitors & Mediators | Wimborne BH21 1DU Branch | 18.5 km | Recognised body since 2011 | FamilyProbateWills and trusts | Website |
| Poole Alcock LLP Prices published | Weymouth DT4 7BS Branch | 22.7 km | Licensed body since 2020 | Wills and trustsFamilyProbate | Read the price page |
| Jordan Williams Law Limited t/a Traffic Solicitor Dorset | Wimborne BH21 7UH Head office (+2 more here) | 23.0 km | Recognised body since 2013 | Family | Website |
| Amicus Law (South West) LLP t/a AmicusLaw incorporating Solicitors Title | Weymouth DT4 8HQ Branch | 23.2 km | Recognised body since 2016 | FamilyWills and trusts | Website |
| Pengillys LLP t/a Pengillys | Weymouth DT4 8HB Head office (+1 more here) | 23.4 km | Recognised body since 2011 | Wills and trustsFamilyProbate | Website |
| Genesis Legal Services Limited t/a Genesis Legal | Ferndown BH22 9DE Head office | 23.8 km | Recognised body since 2011 | none reported | Website |
| Luff Brook Carter Ltd | Ferndown BH22 9AQ Head office | 25.1 km | Recognised body since 2011 | Wills and trustsProbate | on request |
| Maclachlan Solicitors Limited t/a Maclachlan Solicitors (Practising Style for Maclachlan Solicitors Limited) | Shaftesbury SP7 8EJ Head office (+1 more here) | 26.2 km | Recognised body since 2011 | ProbateWills and trusts | Website |
| Rutters | Shaftesbury SP7 8AY Head office (+1 more here) | 26.3 km | Recognised body since 2011 | Wills and trustsFamilyProbate | Website |
| Mogers Drewett LLP t/a Mogers Drewett | Sherborne DT9 3DP Head office | 27.0 km | Recognised body since 2011 | Wills and trustsProbateFamily | Website |
| Porter Dodson LLP t/a Porter Dodson | Sherborne DT9 3NL Branch (+2 more here) | 27.1 km | Recognised body since 2020 | FamilyProbateWills and trusts | Website |
| Ellis Jones Solicitors LLP t/a Ellis Jones Prices publishedfee table | Swanage BH19 2NX Branch (+3 more here) | 27.2 km | Licensed body since 2023 | FamilyProbateWills and trusts | Read the price page |
| Letchers | Verwood BH31 7PU Branch | 28.3 km | Recognised body since 2011 | FamilyWills and trusts | Website |
| Farnfields LLP | Gillingham SP8 4AX Head office (+1 more here) | 29.6 km | Recognised body since 2014 | Wills and trustsFamilyProbate | Website |
| Kitson & Trotman LLP t/a Kitson & Trotman | Beaminster DT8 3AN Head office (+3 more here) | 35.0 km | Recognised body since 2016 | ProbateFamilyWills and trusts | Website |
| Nantes Solicitors Limited t/a Nantes (Practising Style for - Nantes Solicitors Limited) | Bridport DT6 3LH Head office (+2 more here) | 36.2 km | Recognised body since 2011 | ProbateFamilyWills and trusts | Website |
"From centre" is the straight-line distance from the mean position of all practising offices in the district. Rows without a link are firms whose SRA record is too sparse for a page of their own. "Also reported" shows probate, wills and family where the firm reported them. The "Prices published" badge means we read a conveyancing price page on that firm's own website and confirmed what it covers; a firm without one may still publish prices we did not find. Hover or tap a row to find that office on the map.
Other SRA-regulated firms with an office in Dorset (22, no residential property reported)
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Before you instruct a firm
- Check the firm on the SRA register (each firm page links to its entry) and confirm the SRA number on the firm's website matches.
- Read the published price page: it must show the total or a range, hourly rates or fixed fees, disbursements, VAT and timescales. See how to compare conveyancing quotes.
- A conveyancer does not need to be local; compare at least three written quotes, including an online conveyancer.
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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.