Blb Solicitors Will Cease Trading From Midday Thursday

blb solicitors will cease trading from midday on Thursday after being placed into administration, leaving clients across six offices to move urgent legal work elsewhere. The Trowbridge firm said in a letter sent to some clients on Tuesday that they should instruct another firm to continue acting for them.

Robert Clark Trowbridge Purchase

Robert Clark, who is buying a house in Trowbridge, said he could not access vital documents for the purchase of his new home. He told the: "I haven't got a clue at the moment" and "It's the lack of information from them," after trying to contact the firm.

He said: "It wasn't even them that contacted me, it was my agent." Clark added: "I'm very surprised, I wouldn't believe a company that big could go under so quickly."

BLB Solicitors Six Offices

BLB Solicitors is based in Trowbridge in Wiltshire and has offices in Bath, Bristol, Bradford-on-Avon, Swindon, Almondsbury and Trowbridge. It employs more than 40 lawyers across those six locations, and the closure follows a sale of the business that fell through at short notice.

The firm appeared in the London Gazette's insolvency notices on 13 April 2026, after five directors left the company within a three-day window from 30 March to 1 April, according to Companies House.

Mark Rhodes Paperwork

Mark Rhodes said the firm had his paperwork, his will and his lasting power of authority for his children. He said: "We've heard they're in administration. They've got our paperwork, my will and my lasting power of authority for my children," and added: "It's all registered but that's not the point really - you want the paperwork."

Rhodes said: "We didn't get the message. I was told by my daughter who works for one of the estate agents." Repeated calls to the firm went to voicemail, and a sign on the locked doors read "our reception is closed today" as clients sought answers before midday Thursday.