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SRA-regulated solicitors in Sunderland: 21 firms reporting residential property
31 authorised firms with a practising office in the Sunderland district on 3 November 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 3 November 2026 the SRA register listed 31 authorised firms with a practising office in Sunderland, operating 32 offices between them. 21 firms report residential property work in the most recent annual return, 28 list a website and 16 have more than one practising office. By authorisation type the district splits into 25 recognised body, 5 licensed body and 1 recognised sole practice.
The longest-standing authorisation in the district dates from November 2011 and the most recent from December 2024; 0 firms were authorised in the twelve months before the snapshot. 24 of the 31 firms carry a company registration number that matched a Companies House record. The most commonly reported areas of law here are residential property (21), wills and trusts (20), family (17), commercial property (16) and probate (16).
Every one of the 21 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. 20 of them list a website in the register, and this site has located a published price page for 2. 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 Sunderland
31 of 31 firms plotted at their Sunderland office, 21 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: Sunderland district outline (ONS E08000024). 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 Sunderland | From centre | Authorised | Also reported | Prices |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mortons Law Limited t/a Mortons Law | Sunderland SR1 3AW Head office | 1.7 km | Recognised body since 2024 | Wills and trustsFamily | Website |
| Richard Reed LTD t/a Richard Reed Solicitors | Sunderland SR1 3AD Head office | 1.9 km | Recognised body since 2012 | FamilyWills and trustsProbate | Website |
| Browell Smith & Co Solicitors LTD | Sunderland SR1 1JG Branch | 2.1 km | Recognised body since 2011 | ProbateWills and trustsFamily | Website |
| Dma Law Limited | Sunderland SR1 1LT Branch | 2.1 km | Recognised body since 2017 | Wills and trustsProbateFamily | Website |
| Elliott James Legal LTD Prices publishedfee table | Sunderland SR1 1RZ Branch | 2.1 km | Recognised body since 2021 | Wills and trustsProbate | Read the price page |
| Emmersons Solicitors LTD t/a Emmersons Solicitors | Sunderland SR1 1QN Head office | 2.1 km | Recognised body since 2015 | FamilyWills and trustsProbate | Website |
| Longden Walker and Renney (Solicitors) Limited | Sunderland SR1 1HZ Head office | 2.1 km | Recognised body since 2012 | Wills and trustsProbate | Website |
| McKenzie Bell LTD | Sunderland SR1 1QU Head office (+1 more here) | 2.1 km | Recognised body since 2013 | Wills and trustsProbateFamily | Website |
| Tilly Bailey & Irvine LLP t/a Scanlans TBI | Sunderland SR1 1JG Branch | 2.1 km | Recognised body since 2011 | Wills and trustsProbateFamily | Website |
| Brian Mackenow & Co Limited t/a Brian Mackenow & Co | Sunderland SR1 1BU Head office | 2.2 km | Recognised body since 2011 | Wills and trustsProbate | on request |
| Hardings Solicitors Limited t/a Hardings Solicitors | Sunderland SR1 1LE Head office | 2.2 km | Recognised body since 2012 | Wills and trustsProbateFamily | Website |
| James E Baird (Solicitor) Limited t/a James E Baird Solicitors | Sunderland SR1 1LN Head office | 2.2 km | Recognised body since 2014 | FamilyWills and trusts | Website |
| Peter Dunn & Co Limited | Sunderland SR1 1DH Head office | 2.2 km | Licensed body since 2024 | FamilyProbateWills and trusts | Website |
| Cooklaw Solicitors Ltd | Sunderland SR5 3XB Head office | 2.4 km | Recognised body since 2022 | Wills and trusts | Website |
| Sweeney Miller LLP t/a Sweeney Miller Solicitors | Sunderland SR5 3JJ Head office | 2.7 km | Licensed body since 2021 | Wills and trustsProbateFamily | Website |
| Poole Alcock LLP Prices published | Sunderland SR3 3XW Branch | 4.4 km | Licensed body since 2020 | ProbateFamilyWills and trusts | Read the price page |
| SN Legal Limited t/a SN Legal Solicitors | Sunderland SR3 3XW Head office | 4.4 km | Recognised body since 2024 | none reported | Website |
| G Tilley Law Limited t/a Sherwood-Smith Tilley and Co | Houghton le Spring DH4 4AJ Head office | 7.1 km | Recognised body since 2017 | ProbateWills and trusts | Website |
| Nicholson Martin Legge & Miller | Houghton Le Spring DH4 4AR Branch | 7.2 km | Recognised body since 2011 | FamilyProbateWills and trusts | Website |
| K Boswell & Co | Washington NE37 2SW Head office | 7.3 km | Licensed body since 2015 | FamilyWills and trusts | Website |
| John Donkin Solicitors LTD t/a John Donkin Solicitors | Washington NE38 7SD Branch | 7.8 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 Sunderland (10, no residential property reported)
Published conveyancing fees near Sunderland
20 firms within 25 km of the centre of the Sunderland district publish, on their own websites, a freehold purchase fee that covers a £300,000 property. The SRA Transparency Rules require the figure; we read each page and show the fee as the firm printed it, with the page and the date. Ordered by that published fee, lowest first. A range or "from" price is placed by its lower figure and labelled; a firm with a band table shows the band its own table assigns to £300,000. Other services, other prices and your own postcode are on the published-fee comparison.
| Firm | Published fee at £300,000 | Basis | Office | From centre | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stanton & Partners Limited SRA 8010943 | average £599 to £5,000 + VAT | range · Residential purchase - legal fee | South Shields | 10.8 km | stantonpartners.co.uk, read 16 October 2026 |
| Emg Solicitors Limited SRA 607042 | £700 to £4,000 + VAT | range · Residential conveyancing - fees | Durham | 15.0 km | emgsolicitors.com, read 16 October 2026 |
| Clarke Mairs Law Limited SRA 819004 | £750 to £3,000 + VAT | range · Residential conveyancing - sale or purchase, legal fees usually charged on a fixed fee basis | Newcastle Upon Tyne | 15.2 km | www.clarkemairs.com, read 16 October 2026 |
| Sweeney Miller LLP SRA 569467 | £825.00 to £4,000 + VAT | range · Residential conveyancing - sale or purchase, typical legal fees from properties under 100,000 to properties over 1,000,000.00 | Sunderland | 2.7 km | www.sweeneymiller.co.uk, read 16 October 2026 |
| K Boswell & Co SRA 618836 | £834 inc VAT | fixed · Purchase of a freehold residential property - legal fee | Washington | 7.3 km | www.kboswell.co.uk, read 7 October 2026 |
| McKenzie Bell LTD SRA 573266 | £850.00 + VAT | band "£250,000.01 to £300,000.00" · Conveyancing - purchase, fee by price band | Sunderland | 2.1 km | mckenzie-bell.co.uk, read 16 October 2026 |
| Iris Law LLP SRA 546591 | £850.00 + VAT | band "£300,000 TO £399,999" · Residential conveyancing - purchase, minimum basic legal fee by purchase price | Gateshead | 14.4 km | www.irislawfirm.com, read 19 October 2026 |
| Lever Law Limited SRA 659187 | £875.00 + VAT | band "£250,000.01 to £300,000.00" · Residential conveyancing - standard purchase transaction, fee by price band | Durham | 16.8 km | leverlaw.co.uk, read 19 October 2026 |
| Mulcahy Smith Limited SRA 640868 | from £895 + VAT | from · Conveyancing - fixed legal fees, from | Gateshead | 14.1 km | www.mulcahysmith.co.uk, read 19 October 2026 |
| G Tilley Law Limited SRA 641609 | £925 + VAT | band "£200,001 - £300,000" · Residential conveyancing - purchase of a residential property, legal fee by property price | Houghton le Spring | 7.1 km | www.sherwood-smithtilleyandco.co.uk, read 16 October 2026 |
| Richmond Anderson Goudie Part of the Richmond Partnership SRA 75438 | £950 + VAT | band "£200,000 – £350,000" · Residential conveyancing - purchases, fee by property value | Chester le Street | 11.3 km | therichmondpartnership.co.uk, read 19 October 2026 |
| Peter Dunn & Co Limited SRA 569290 | £995 + VAT | fixed · Residential conveyancing - purchase, fee that usually would not exceed (properties up to £400,000) | Sunderland | 2.2 km | www.peterdunn.co.uk, read 19 October 2026 |
| Paul Dodds Law SRA 48849 | £1,045 + VAT | band "£250,000.01 to £300,000.00" · Residential conveyancing - purchase, fixed fee by property value | Wallsend | 12.7 km | www.pauldodds.co.uk, read 16 October 2026 |
| Yarwood Holmes Law Limited SRA 8006883 | £1050 + VAT | band "£300,000 - £349,999" · Residential conveyancing - buying and selling a property, fixed fee by property price | Cramlington | 23.5 km | www.yarwoodholmes.co.uk, read 19 October 2026 |
| Kidd & Spoor Solicitors Limited SRA 621474 | £1,095.00 + VAT | band "£250,001 – £300,000" · Residential conveyancing - purchase, fee by value of property | Whitley Bay | 15.9 km | kiddspoorlaw.co.uk, read 19 October 2026 |
| Browell Smith & Co Solicitors LTD SRA 545141 | £1,125 + VAT | band "over £250,000 & below £300,001" · Residential conveyancing - purchase, fee by property price | Cramlington | 21.2 km | www.browells.co.uk, read 19 October 2026 |
| David Gray Solicitors LLP SRA 558594 | £1400 + VAT | band "Up to £350,000" · Residential conveyancing - freehold purchase (fee by purchase price) | Newcastle Upon Tyne | 15.4 km | www.davidgray.co.uk, read 7 October 2026 |
| AJD Law Limited SRA 8003634 | £1,495 + VAT | band "£250,001 – £400,000" · Residential conveyancing - purchase, legal fee by property band | Newcastle upon Tyne | 17.7 km | 22law.co.uk, read 16 October 2026 |
| Goldwaters SRA 48104 | £1,500 to £5,000 + VAT | range · Residential conveyancing - freehold residential purchase, typical, up to £1 million | Newcastle Upon Tyne | 14.6 km | www.goldwaters.co.uk, read 19 October 2026 |
| Sintons Limited Liability Partnership SRA 398301 | from £2,200 + VAT | from · Residential conveyancing - freehold purchase, property valued under £1,000,000 | Newcastle Upon Tyne | 16.0 km | sintons.co.uk, read 19 October 2026 |
Prices the firms themselves publish under the SRA Transparency Rules, read from their websites on the dates shown and reproduced unchanged. They are not quotes, we have not asked the firms for quotes, and no firm paid to appear or to be placed higher. Assumes a registered freehold property, one buyer, no mortgage and no supplements unless the firm's label says otherwise; disbursements, Stamp Duty Land Tax and Land Registry fees are not included. "From centre" is the straight-line distance from the mean position of the district's practising offices to the firm's head office. See how the fees firms publish compare across England and Wales.
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- 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 3 November 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.