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Bratby Law review

Advisory firm

A one-lawyer London law firm, regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority, where Robert Bratby gives data-protection and AI-governance advice.

Relevant if you run a telecoms or AI-product business and want a partner's advice at an agreed fee

Price Not published
Indemnity cover Not published
How it uses AI Not published
Facts last checked

Not published means we did not find it on the firm's own pages.

Bratby Law scores

Six scores, each 1 to 5. The evidence for each is further down.

Help when things go wrong 2/5
Qualifications of the people who do the work 4/5
What it publishes about fees 4/5
Knowledge of your sector 5/5
Independence from what it sells 5/5
Who carries the risk if the advice is wrong 3/5

What Bratby Law offers, and what it publishes

The firm says a partner does the work, with nothing delegated, and Robert Bratby is its only director. Chambers UK ranks him Band 2 for Telecommunications in 2026, noting his data-protection knowledge. A case study names client TelXL Limited, covering data protection for AI-enabled products such as conversation intelligence and sentiment analysis.

Bratby Law does not publish a price. It says advice is charged at a fixed or capped fee, agreed in writing before work starts. It does not publish its indemnity insurer or level of cover, and its regulator entry and Companies House filings do not show them either.

Bratby Law is a one-lawyer practice and names no cover for when Robert Bratby is unavailable. Its blog names the AI tools it uses, including Claude, ChatGPT Enterprise and Lexis+ AI, and says people check the output. It does not say what client data, if any, goes into them.

Strengths

  • SRA-authorised licensed body (no. 801942) since September 2020, entitled to carry out all reserved legal activities.
  • Named partner Rob Bratby holds a current Chambers UK Band 2 ranking for Telecommunications (2026), with editorial commentary specifically noting data-protection knowledge.
  • Dedicated, detailed data-protection practice page (8 service lines) plus a named, real client case study (TelXL) explicitly covering data protection for AI-enabled products.
  • Publishes an explicit fee-transparency commitment: fixed or capped pricing agreed in writing before work begins.

Things to check

  • Bratby Law is a single-practitioner operation: Companies House shows Robert Bratby as the sole active director and sole person with significant control, and the firm's own site states "In each case a partner does the work; nothing is delegated," meaning no bench depth or named cover if he is unavailable.
  • No professional indemnity insurance details (insurer, level or type of cover) are published on the firm's website, in its SRA register entry, or in its Companies House filings, despite the firm being an SRA-regulated licensed body.

Common questions

Does Bratby Law publish its fees?

No. It publishes no prices or day rates. It says advice is charged at a fixed or capped fee, agreed in writing before work starts, and scope changes are discussed before extra cost.

Is Bratby Law regulated?

Yes. The Solicitors Regulation Authority has authorised it as a licensed body since 1 September 2020, under number 801942. Its register entry shows no disciplinary decisions.

Who will do my work?

The firm says a partner does the work and nothing is delegated. Robert Bratby is its only director, and the firm names no cover for when he is unavailable.

Does Bratby Law disclose its indemnity insurance?

No. We found no insurer, policy level or cover amount on its website, its regulator register entry or its Companies House filings. Firms the Solicitors Regulation Authority regulates must hold cover, but the details are not public.

Evidence for each Bratby Law score

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Notes behind each thing to check

  • Bratby Law is a single-practitioner operation: Companies House shows Robert Bratby as the sole active director and sole person with significant control, and the firm's own site states "In each case a partner does the work; nothing is delegated," meaning no bench depth or named cover if he is unavailable. (Companies House officers/PSC filing (sole director/PSC) plus the firm's own about-page statement that work is never delegated.)
  • No professional indemnity insurance details (insurer, level or type of cover) are published on the firm's website, in its SRA register entry, or in its Companies House filings, despite the firm being an SRA-regulated licensed body. (Reviewed bratby.law (about, how-we-work, direct-legal-advice pages), the SRA register entry, and Companies House filing history; none disclose PII cover specifics.)
Six criteria, each scored 1 to 5, with the evidence for each.
CriterionScoreEvidence
Help when things go wrong 2/5 Firm advertises enforcement defence and breach response as service lines, but no independently verifiable case outcome, ICO matter, or incident result is published anywhere found.
Qualifications of the people who do the work 4/5 SRA-authorised since 2020 (no. 801942); Chambers UK Band 2 for Telecoms (2026); Legal 500 Leading Partner listing on firm's own site.
What it publishes about fees 4/5 Firm's own site states fixed-or-capped pricing agreed in writing before work begins, with scope changes discussed before extra cost.
Knowledge of your sector 5/5 Dedicated 8-line data-protection practice page, named specialist partner, and a real named-client case study covering AI-product data protection.
Independence from what it sells 5/5 Independent SRA-regulated law firm selling legal advice directly; no compliance software product, tool, or audit-to-sale funnel identified.
Who carries the risk if the advice is wrong 3/5 As a solicitor the named partner bears personal professional liability under SRA rules, but no published PII cover details were found to verify the level of financial backing.

Sources for Bratby Law

  • Bratby Law Ltd is an active UK private limited company (SIC 69102, solicitors), incorporated on 30 March 2020, registered office 167-169 Great Portland Street, 5th Floor, London W1W 5PF. (Company no. 12539220, status: active, incorporated 30/03/2020) (Companies House, checked 19 September 2026)
  • Bratby Law Ltd is authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority as a licensed body for all legal services, including reserved legal activities. (SRA no. 801942, licensed body since 01/09/2020, no disciplinary decisions published) (sra.org.uk, checked 19 September 2026)
  • Companies House officer and PSC filings show Robert Benjamin Crandon Bratby as the sole active director and sole person with significant control; a second director, Lisa Crandon Bratby, resigned on 2 August 2025. (1 active director/PSC (Robert Bratby); 1 resigned director) (Companies House, checked 19 September 2026)
  • Chambers UK 2026 ranks Robert Bratby Band 2 for Telecommunications, with editorial commentary citing his data-protection knowledge in the telecoms sector. (Chambers UK Band 2, Telecommunications, 2026 edition) (chambers.com, checked 19 September 2026)
  • The firm publishes a dedicated data-protection practice-area page listing UK GDPR compliance, DPIAs, data governance/transfers, AI and automated decision-making, breach response/ICO notification, and PECR/ePrivacy as service lines. (8 named data-protection service lines on one practice page) (bratby.law, checked 19 September 2026)
  • The firm states its direct-advice fee model is fixed or capped and agreed in writing before work begins, with scope changes discussed before extra cost is incurred. (Fixed/capped fee, agreed before work begins) (bratby.law, checked 19 September 2026)
  • A fractional-general-counsel case study on the firm's own site describes its TelXL Limited engagement as covering "data protection for AI-enabled products including conversation intelligence and sentiment analysis". (Named client engagement citing AI-product data protection work) (bratby.law, checked 19 September 2026)

SRA-authorised licensed body, reference 801942, since 1 September 2020 (stated on sra.org.uk) Chambers UK Band 2 for Telecommunications, 2026 edition (stated on chambers.com)

After a breach or ICO contactExposed to the EU AI ActRegulated sectors

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