Information sharing
Firm data web service
26 May 2020
We operate a web service offering third parties programmatic access to a range of data we hold about the firms we authorise and regulate.
The data in our web service is in the public domain—available in our Solicitors Register and the Law Society's Find a solicitor website. Making this data more widely available through a web service helps to ensure that everyone has access to information about regulated law firms and also helps consumers to make informed choices.
The data in our web service is updated every 24 hours and covers the following areas:
- SRA number (for the firm and any offices)
- Office name
- Current licence (recognised body, licensed body)
- Office type (head office or branch)
- Business type (law practice)
- Constitution type (LLP, partnership etc)
- Practising address(es)
- Postal address(es)
- Business email address(es)
- Telephone number(s)
- Website addresses(es)
- Are they authorised
- Authorisation date
- Authorisation status date
- Whether they are freelance
- Regulator (SRA or other approved legal service regulator)
- Trading names
- Previous names
- Areas of law they practise
- Reserved activities they can carry out
- Company registration number
- Number of offices
The web service includes a means to access the date and time of dataset production.
The web service does not include any information not mentioned above.
We view our web service as a step toward making our data openly and freely available. We are working hard to open up access to more regulatory information—studying how our data is used and planning the best ways to present it. Visit this page again for progress updates.
Register to use our data sharing API
Frequently asked questions
Once you have created an account you will need an API key. Follow the steps below to get your key.
- Login to the API
- click 'Products'
- click 'Datasharing'
- click 'SRA Data Share API Version V1'
- click 'Subscribe'
- click 'Profile'
- click 'Show' next to the primary or secondary key to see your new key.
This is a list of values in the API and their meanings, as of 28 November 2024. For descriptions of some of the terms, please see our Solicitors Register glossary.
Office type
- HO
- Head office
- Branch
- Branch
Authorisation status
- CEASE
- Authorised but ceased trading
- CONDITION
- Authorised with conditions
- INTERVENE
- Intervened firm (closed down by the SRA)
- YES
- Authorised
Authorisation type
- LICBODY
- Licensed body
- NOTSRA-F
- Other organisations not regulated by SRA but may have regulated solicitors working there.
- RECBODY
- Recognised body
- RECSOLE
- Recognised sole practice
Constitution
- ACCA
- Associated of Chartered Certified Accountants
- ACP
- Accountancy Practice
- ADVI
- Advice service
- ALCD
- Association of Law Costs Draftsmen
- BSB
- Bar Standards Board
- CHU
- Churches & other religious bodies
- CLC
- Council for Licensed Conveyancers
- CMY
- Commerce & Industry
- CPD
- CPD Course Provider
- EDUC
- Educational Establishment
- EEP
- Exempt European Practice
- FLP
- Foreign Law Practice
- FS
- Freelance Solicitor
- GFS
- Government Funded Service
- GLS
- Government Legal Services
- GVT
- Government/Statutory Body
- GVTB
- Government Body
- HS
- Health Service
- ICLG
- Company Limited by Guarantee
- ICLS
- Company Limited by Shares
- ILEX
- Institute of Legal Executives
- ILLP
- Limited Liability Partnership
- IPRB
- Intellectual Property Regulation Board
- IUC
- The Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys
- LCS
- Locum Services
- LECS
- Legal Consultancy Services
- LGB
- Local Government Body
- LICV
- Licensed Conveyances
- MCF
- Master (Court) of Faculties
- MLLP
- Multi National Limited Liability Partnership
- NCO
- Non-commercial Organisation
- OSO
- Oversea Organisations of unknown Constitution
- PART
- Partnership
- PLC
- PLC
- RCHA
- Registered Charity
- REG
- Regulatory Body
- SOLP
- Sole Practice
- URO
- Unregulated Organisation
Organisation type
- FIRMOTHER
- Regulated by another Regulator (see below)
- FIRMSRA
- SRA Regulated Firm
- ORG
- Other Organisation not regulated by SRA but may have regulated Solicitors working there.
Regulators
- ACCA
- Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
- BSB
- Bar Standards Board
- CILEX
- Chartered Institute of Legal Executives
- CLC
- Council for Licensed Conveyancers
- CLSB
- Cost Lawyers Standards Board
- IPRB
- Intellectual Regulation Property Board
- MF
- Master of Faculties
- SRA
- Solicitors Regulation Authority
Organisation types
- LicensedBodyAuthorised
- Licensed Body authorised
- LicensedBodyAuthorisedWithConditions
- Licensed Body authorised with conditions
- LicensedBodyClosureComplete
- Former Licensed Body now closed
- LicensedBodyClosureInProgress
- Licensed Body that has ceased trading but still authorised
- LicensedBodyIntervened
- Licensed Body that has been intervened (closed down by SRA)
- PracticeNotSeparatelyAuthorised
- Type of freelance solicitor firm
- PracticeNotSeparatelyAuthorisedCompFund
- Type of freelance solicitor firm
- RecognisedBodyAuthorised
- Recognised Body authorised
- RecognisedBodyAuthorisedWithConditions
- Recognised Body authorised with conditions
- RecognisedBodyClosureComplete
- Former Recognised Body now closed
- RecognisedBodyClosureInProgress
- Recognised Body that has ceased trading but still authorised
- RecognisedBodyIntervened
- Recognised Body that has been intervened (closed down by SRA)
- RecognisedSolePracticeAuthorised
- Recognised Sole Practice authorised
- RecognisedSolePracticeAuthorisedWithConditions
- Recognised Sole Practice authorised with conditions
- RecognisedSolePracticeClosureComplete
- Former Recognised Sole Practice now closed
- RecognisedSolePracticeClosureInProgress
- Recognised Sole Practice that has ceased trading but still authorised
- RecognisedSolePracticeIntervened
- Recognised Sole Practice that has been intervened (closed down by SRA)
- UnregulatedPracticeNotSraAuthorised
- Other organisations not regulated by SRA but may have regulated solicitors working there.
- UnregulatedPracticeNotSraAuthorised102a
- Other organisations not regulated by SRA but may have regulated solicitors working there and may have additional protections from SRA.
Work area
Areas of law that the organisation has told us they delivered, in annual reporting to the SRA and returns a list from the below.
- Arbitration and alternative dispute resolution
- Children
- Commercial/corporate work for listed companies
- Commercial/corporate work for non-listed companies
- Consumer
- Criminal
- Discrimination/civil liberties/human rights
- Employment
- Family/matrimonial
- Financial advice and services (Regulated by the SRA)
- Immigration
- Intellectual property
- Landlord and tenant (Commercial and Domestic)
- Litigation - other
- Mental health
- Non-litigation (other)
- Personal injury
- Planning
- Probate and estate administration
- Property commercial
- Property - residential
- Social welfare
- Wills, trusts and tax planning
- Claims management
- Payment protection insurance
- Youth Court