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Don’t take our word for it — check the registers
When an estate matters to your family, it matters who is actually handling it. We are one accountable lawyer on six public registers, in six countries — with a standing local team around him in each. Every register can be checked, by anyone, in about a minute — here is where.
The six registers
Each link opens the official register in a new tab. What you find there is the whole point.
Portugal
Ordem dos Advogados (the Portuguese Bar)
cédula n.º 90162L
Enter cédula 90162L in the Cédula field and press Pesquisar — there we are.
Open the Ordem dos Advogados register →
Spain
Ilustre Colegio de Abogados de Málaga
colegiado UE n.º 171
The Spanish Bar’s national census of lawyers covers every colegio, Málaga included.
Open the Abogacía Española census →
Italy
Ordine degli Avvocati di Imperia
n.º 658
The Ordine’s online albo — enter “Carroll” under cognome and press cerca.
Open the Ordine di Imperia →
France
Barreau de Nice
registered European lawyer
The Barreau de Nice's own public directory — type “Carroll” and press OK.
Open the Barreau de Nice annuaire →
England & Wales
Solicitors Regulation Authority
SRA n.º 533035 (overseas only)
Our entry on the Solicitors Register — one click, no search needed.
Open our SRA register entry →
Ireland
Law Society of Ireland
n.º S11940 — the home title
The Registrar’s Certificate of Attestation of the roll entry — 31 March 2026.
Open the Certificate of Attestation →
And the record behind the family history: the Law Society of Ireland’s letter confirming four generations of Carroll solicitors — since 1888, the fourth practising today.
The precise position
Colin Carroll qualified as a solicitor in Ireland (2007) and in England & Wales (2010), and remains on the Roll of Solicitors in both. His Irish admission — Solicitor, Law Society of Ireland — is his professional home title; in England & Wales he is a solicitor practising overseas only.
Colin is registered with, answerable to, and insured under the rules of four bars: the Ordem dos Advogados (cédula n.º 90162L), the Ilustre Colegio de Abogados de Málaga (colegiado UE n.º 171), the Ordine degli Avvocati di Imperia (n.º 658) and the Barreau de Nice — subject to the full professional, deontological and disciplinary rules of each, with professional-indemnity insurance in each country of practice. Each registration was granted by that country’s own bar, under EU law (Directive 98/5/EC), and appears on its public register — which is why every entry on this page can be checked at source.
The firm is non-contentious: it administers estates and gives written, signed opinions; it does not litigate.
Carroll Law is not an SRA-authorised firm and is not regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority or by the Law Society of Ireland. The practice is regulated by the four host bars listed above. The English admission (SRA n.º 533035, overseas only) is relevant in particular to our Certificate-of-English-Law work.
One lawyer — and the team around him
Carroll Law is deliberately the practice of one accountable lawyer — and deliberately not a one-man effort. In each of our four countries the firm works with its own standing team: established local professionals who attend the registries, notaries and bank counters under our power of attorney; partner notarial offices; sworn translators; and, where an estate reaches home, the client’s own solicitor, whom we brief and coordinate. Each is regulated in their own field, in their own country.
The team extends our reach; it never dilutes the accountability. Every step is directed from one desk, every piece of advice is signed by one name, and if anything on your file needs answering for, you know exactly whose door to knock on — and on which six registers to find him. Meet Colin →
