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Ellisons Solicitors

01206 764477
4.9/5
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Ellisons Solicitors is a full service top 200 UK law firm, and one of the region’s oldest, most established and fastest growing firms. With a team of over 270 colleagues, the firm has offices located across Essex and Suffolk, alongside an office in London: Colchester, Chelmsford, Ipswich, Bury St Edmunds and Tendring. Read more...

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Ellisons Solicitors

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Ellisons Solicitors
have 6 other locations

The Octagon
Colchester
CO1 1TG

The Bath House
Colchester
CO2 7NA

Suite 1A Linden Square
Bury Saint Edmunds
IP33 3DJ

First Floor Connexions
Ipswich
IP1 1QJ

143 Connaught Avenue
Frinton-on-Sea
CO13 9PS

115 New London Road
Chelmsford
CM2 0QT

The Octagon
Colchester
CO1 1TG

The Bath House
Colchester
CO2 7NA

Suite 1A Linden Square
Bury Saint Edmunds
IP33 3DJ

First Floor Connexions
Ipswich
IP1 1QJ

143 Connaught Avenue
Frinton-on-Sea
CO13 9PS

115 New London Road
Chelmsford
CM2 0QT

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Available lawyers at Ellisons Solicitors

Anna Cross

5.0 out of 5
(74)
Solicitor

Carly Callaghan

5.0 out of 5
(37)
Solicitor

Claire Turner

4.9 out of 5
(23)
Solicitor

Meenal Goyal

5.0 out of 5
(19)
Solicitor

Abbie McKay

5.0 out of 5
(18)
Solicitor

Amy Burton

4.9 out of 5
(18)
Solicitor

Amanda Kelly

5.0 out of 5
(15)
Legal Assistant

Gemma Wright

5.0 out of 5
(13)
Senior Associate

Philip Roberts

5.0 out of 5
(12)
Solicitor

Kate Theobald

5.0 out of 5
(10)
Legal Assistant

Abigail Frawley

4.8 out of 5
(8)
Legal Assistant

Bethan Williams

5.0 out of 5
(8)
Solicitor

Catherine Duggan

5.0 out of 5
(3)
Solicitor

Marion Knocker

5.0 out of 5
(3)
Legal Director, CLE

Cameron Cini

5.0 out of 5
(2)
Paralegal

How Ellisons Solicitors Compares

Value for money

This firm - 93%
National Average
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As part of our review questionnaire we ask reviewer questions about the value for money they felt they received by using Ellisons Solicitors. These questions include:

  • Value for money (a rating of 1-5)
  • How much were you initially quoted or how much did you expect to pay?
  • Approximately how much did you end up spending for the legal services provided (ignoring disbursements and court fees)
  • Did you think this was underpriced, overpriced or about right?
  • Overall experience

We use data science to amalgamate the answers to these questions and create a ‘ReviewSolicitors score’ out of 100. The above chart representation score is a simple percentage representation of the averaged score across those who have reviewed this law firm.

Underpriced 0%
Overpriced 6%
About Right 93%

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Would recommend to
friends and family

This firm - 99%
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You can use this data to see how Ellisons Solicitors performs against other law firms nationally. A score close to 100% indicates that this firm is highly valued by their clients.

As part of our review questionnaire we ask the question:

"Would you recommend this firm to somebody else?"

The reviewer can select either “Yes” or “No”.

The above score is a simple percentage representation of the total amount of clients who selected the “Yes” option:

Yes 99%
No 1%

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Satisfied with
outcome of matter

This firm - 99%
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You can use this data to see how Ellisons Solicitors compares to the national average of clients being satisfied with the outcome of their matter after instructing a solicitor.

As part of our review questionnaire we ask the question:

"Were you satisfied with the outcome of your case?"

The reviewer can select either “Yes” or “No”.

The above score is a simple percentage representation of the total amount of clients who selected the “Yes” option:

Yes 99%
No 1%

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Rankings by area of expertise

The rankings below show the areas of expertise that Ellisons Solicitors offers to clients. You can see how good the service offered is in comparison to all other law firms nationally.

Locally

Nationally

Consumer
1st / 9
69th / 4565
Company & Commercial
1st / 17
26th / 4350
Housing & Property
1st / 15
15th / 4234
Family Law
1st / 118
4th / 3839
Wills, Trusts & Probate
1st / 14
8th / 3492
Commercial Property
1st / 14
15th / 3303
Employment
1st / 15
45th / 3091
Regulations
1st / 73
14th / 2556
Personal Injury
1st / 75
77th / 2360
Immigration
1st / 33
15th / 2004
Money & Tax
1st / 9
27th / 1837
IT & Intellectual Property
1st / 31
12th / 1055
Dispute Resolution
1st / 1
42nd / 1034
Clinical Negligence
1st / 31
49th / 938
Banking
1st / 13
5th / 699
Agriculture
1st / 4
39th / 600
Construction
1st / 25
13th / 582
Charities
1st / 25
10th / 564
Energy & Transport
1st / 6
4th / 516

Data shown above is based on the reviews and client feedback collected by ReviewSolicitors over the last 12 months.

Review Sources

Client Reviews

4.9/5

Reviews summary

  • Excellent

    1098

  • Very Good

    75

  • Average

    3

  • Poor

    4

  • Awful

    4

Overall experience

  • Value For Money
  • Communication
  • Initial Impressions
  • Approachability
  • Documentation Accuracy
  • Legal knowledge
Frances Leonard
Housing & Property

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Matter Type:

New home purchases and sales

Frances Leonard

March 21, 2025

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Professional Service

Marion, my solicitor with Ellison's, dealt with me professionally at all times. I had the upmost trust in her expertise and diligence in dealing with the purchase of my leasehold property. Her direction was concise and forthright, and I received regular updates. I am now looking forward to my new life in my new home. Thank you so much

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Andriy Yatluk
Housing & Property

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Matter Type:

Buying at auction

Andriy Yatluk

March 14, 2025

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Very happy

Amanda provided for us very good and professional service. Great communication, Ellisons must be proud of her.
Thank you.

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Matthew Mason
Housing & Property

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Matter Type:

Residential Conveyancing

Matthew Mason

March 13, 2025

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Professional, quality service

We were extremely pleased with the service provided. Our house completion took much longer than usual, and our solicitor dealt with all parties professionally. We would highly recommend.

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James
Employment

Matter Type:

Settlement Agreements

James

March 01, 2025

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Highly recommend for Employment Settlement support

I had suddenly and unexpectedly entered into a settlement situation with my previous employer. Tina Maxey of Ellisons represented my negotiations excellently and l have also had the opportunity to recommend Tina to a friend who was equally impressed with the outcome

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Arian
Housing & Property

Matter Type:

Residential Conveyancing

Arian

February 28, 2025

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First time home purchase with two LISA's

We worked with Claire Turner who we found to be very professional and helpful throughout the whole process. The process itself was very smooth, Claire had us ready for exchange and completion much quicker than what we anticipated. Would 100% use again and would recommend. Great value

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Philip
Wills, Trusts & Probate

Matter Type:

Probate

Philip

February 20, 2025

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Very helpful

Ellisons quickly retrieved documents relating to my fathers death that a predessor firm had handled in 1992, and sent them to me. Very helpful in phone calls and email correspondence. No charge was made

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Liz
Housing & Property

Matter Type:

Residential Conveyancing

Liz

February 17, 2025

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Leasehold flat purchase

Marion is an exceptional solicitor and a pleasure to deal with. She ensured the conveyancing process was smooth and quick through pragmatic guidance and swift resolutions. I felt at ease every step of the way. I will definitely be calling on her again for future property moves.

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Anonymous
Housing & Property

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Matter Type:

Residential Conveyancing

Anonymous

February 15, 2025

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Purchase of a flat

Marion and the team, were very efficient with all of our questions and made the process as easy as it could be.

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Abbas Kara
Commercial Property

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Matter Type:

Purchase and Sale Of Commercial Property

Abbas Kara

February 14, 2025

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Chris and Ellisons Team

I have been working with Ellisons for several years - On this occasions, I worked with Chris who was great from the start to the end - Chris was fully invested in ensuring my queries and understanding was provided - would recommend to all
Fantastic firm

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Freddie Swift
Housing & Property

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Matter Type:

Residential Conveyancing

Freddie Swift

February 13, 2025

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Great Experience

We were very impressed with Claire and the Ellisions team. Claire guided us through the process and supported us in trying to push the sale through as quickly as possible. We will definetly use her again when we come to buying a property again.

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Oliver

April 17, 2024

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Oliver

We have worked with Ellisons for a number of years now, specifically Ross Wiltshire and Devon, however we have used many other departments of Ellisons and always received a fantastic level of service. Very approachable, professional and friendly and would not hesitate to recommend them to others.

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Jim

Jim

January 11, 2024

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Jim

Working with Ellisons, specifically Julian Outen and Joanne Banthorpe, I felt confident in the service and cared for during the process.

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Alan

Alan

June 28, 2023

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Alan

Friendly I was helping my partner to sort will out quite expensive but you do get quality service

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John

John

May 18, 2023

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John

Audrey McKenna helped us with our recent property sale and purchase.
The purchase turned out to be a difficult affair mainly because the vendors had chosen a large conveyancing firm who frankly were not good at all.
Audrey handled everything with infinite patience and professionalism and helped get the case over the line in spite of the vendors side.
Her service was exceptional, and I wouldn't go anywhere else for my conveyancing needs.

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michael

michael

November 08, 2022

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michael

Our new Wills were handled by Amy Burton and she was brilliant throughout.A very good understanding of client service with quick response,good advice and a pragmatic approach to issues.
Perfect

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Description

Ellisons Solicitors is a full service top 200 UK law firm, and one of the region’s oldest, most established and fastest growing firms. With a team of over 270 colleagues, the firm has offices located across Essex and Suffolk, alongside an office in London: Colchester, Chelmsford, Ipswich, Bury St Edmunds and Tendring. Ellisons offer comprehensive range of services to businesses and individuals across the UK and beyond - aided by our membership of the Alliott Global Alliance (a worldwide alliance of professional firms).

Practice areas

For you and your family: Wills, Trusts and Probate Family and Divorce Residential Conveyancing Insolvency Personal Injury Immigration Employment Dispute Resolution For your business: Corporate and Commercial Commercial Property Rural and Agriculture Insurance Litigation Insolvency Immigration Employment Dispute Resolution Construction and Regulatory

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Personal areas of law

  • Consumer
    • Consumer Disputes
    • Dispute resolution - civil mediation
    • Litigation - Breach of contract
    • Litigation - Insurance disputes
    • Litigation - M&A and warranty disputes
    • Litigation - Product liability claims
    • Litigation - Property litigation claims
    • Litigation - Trust and pension issues
    • Litigation Law
    • Travel - Airlines going out of business
    • Travel - Falsely advertised accommodation
    • Travel - Holiday Sickness
    • Travel - Travel agents going out of business
    • Travel - Trip cancellation
    • Travel - Unsanitary hotel conditions
    • Travel - Volcanic ash disruption
  • Employment
    • Agency Staff / Temp Workers
    • Constructive/Unfair Dismissal
    • Disciplinary Hearings
    • Discrimination at Work
    • Employee Team Moves
    • Employment Contracts
    • Employment Law
    • Equal Pay Disputes
    • Family Leave
    • Flexible Working
    • Gardening Leave
    • Harassment/Bullying at Work
    • Holiday Pay Issues
    • Maternity and Paternity
    • Media and Sports
    • Military
    • Part Time Workers
    • Pay Issue
    • Privacy and Data Protection
    • Professional Discipline
    • Redundancy
    • Restrictive Covenants
    • Senior Executives
    • Settlement Agreements
    • Stress at Work
    • TUPE
    • Tribunal Claims
    • UK Employment Laws
    • Unfair Dismissal Claims
    • Whistleblower Protection
  • Family Law
    • Adoption, Surrogacy, Care and Special Guardianship
    • Asset protection and tax mitigation
    • Child Arrangements Following Divorce
    • Child Law
    • Child Relocation After Divorce
    • Child contact
    • Children
    • Children Act proceedings
    • Civil Partnership Dissolution
    • Civil partnerships
    • Cohabitation agreements and disputes
    • Cohabitation and Unmarried Relationships
    • Collaborative Law
    • Divorce After A Brain Or Other Serious Injury
    • Domestic Abuse
    • Family Mediation
    • Family law
    • Financial Matters
    • Grandparents' Rights
    • Inheritance Act claims
    • Injunctions
    • Lasting power of attorney
    • Matrimonial finance
    • Out Of Court Divorce
    • Parental responsibility, paternity disputes, surrogacy
    • Pension and property advice
    • Pre and Post Nuptial Agreements
    • Separation
    • Separation Agreement
    • Social Services
    • Unmarried Couples' Rights
  • Housing & Property
    • Anti-social Behaviour
    • Boundary Disputes
    • Buying at auction
    • Declarations of trusts
    • Deeds of Gifts
    • Deeds of easements, variation, deeds of rectifications
    • Dilapidation Claims
    • Evicting Squatters and Trespassers
    • Exclusivity and lock-out agreements
    • Extending your Lease
    • Freehold Enfranchisement
    • Housing Associations
    • Housing Management
    • Housing disputes
    • Injunctions
    • Investment and buy to let properties
    • Landlord and Tenant
    • Lease Extensions
    • Leasehold properties
    • Matrimonial transfers
    • Neighbour Disputes
    • New home purchases and sales
    • Option agreements and conditional contracts
    • Planning
    • Possession and repossession proceedings
    • Property Disputes
    • Purchase and Sale
    • Remortgaging
    • Renting and Tenancy Agreements
    • Repossessions
    • Residential Conveyancing
    • Restrictive Covenants, Easements and Wayleaves
    • Right of First Refusal
    • Right of Way and Rights to Light
    • Right to Manage
    • Service Charge Disputes
    • Service Charge Recovery
    • Tenancy Breaches, Injunctions and Forfeiture Claims
    • Tenant Eviction
    • Transfer of title
    • Transfers of equity
    • Transfers of parts of land
    • Unpaid Rent, Service or Ground Charges
  • Immigration
    • Administrative reviews, appeals and judicial reviews
    • Ancestry visas
    • Applications for British citizenship
    • Applications for discretionary leave
    • Applications to extend leave to remain or for settlement
    • Citizenship
    • Deportation appeals
    • EEA Family Permits
    • EEA Registration Cards
    • EEA Residence Permits
    • Entry clearance applications and appeals
    • Family Based Visas
    • Family Reunion Applications / Appeals
    • Family Visit Visa Applications /Appeals
    • Further leave to remain applications
    • General Visit Visa Applications / Appeals
    • Illegal Workers and Civil Penalties
    • Immigration Law
    • Indefinite leave to remain applications
    • Marriage Applications/Appeals
    • Nationality, Citizenship, Registration application
    • Partner and family visas
    • Re-entry bans
    • Settlement Applications and indefinite leave to remain appeals
    • Tier 1 (investors, entrepreneurs and exceptional talent)
    • Tier 2 (sponsored skilled workers)
    • Tier 4 (students)
    • Tier 5 (temporary workers)
    • UK ancestry
    • Visas
  • Money & Tax
    • Debt and Bankruptcy
    • HMRC Tax Investigations and Disputes
    • Inheritance Tax
    • Insolvency and bankruptcy
    • Property Holding Structures
    • Trusts
  • Personal Injury
    • Accident Abroad
    • Accident At Work
    • Accidents At Sea And Cruise Injury
    • Accidents In Public Places
    • Against The Council
    • Amputation
    • Asbestos Compensation
    • Asbestos Lung Cancer
    • Asbestosis
    • Back Injury At Work
    • Benefits Available To Asbestos Victims
    • Broken Bone Or Fracture
    • Burns, Scars and Lacerations At Work
    • Bus and Coach Accident
    • Car Accident
    • Car Passenger
    • Children's Accident
    • Children's Serious Injury
    • Defective Work Equipment
    • Fatal Accident
    • Fatal Asbestos
    • Head Injury At Work
    • Head and Brain Injury
    • Holiday Accidents and Illness
    • Holiday Sickness and Illness Compensation
    • Motor Insurance Policy
    • Personal Injury Law
    • Pleural Thickening
    • Repetitive Strain Injury
    • Road Traffic Accident
    • Road Traffic Accident Abroad
    • Serious Injury
    • Spinal Injury Compensation
    • Sports Injury
    • Tinnitus
    • Vibration White Finger
    • Welfare Issues After Serious Injury
    • Whiplash
    • Workplace Slip and Trip
  • Wills, Trusts & Probate
    • Disputed Probate
    • Disputed Trusts
    • Disputed Wills
    • International
    • Probate
    • Trusts
    • Wills

Business areas of law

  • Agriculture
    • Agricultural land for sale or development
    • Buying and selling a farm
    • Commercial contracts for farming businesses
    • Employment of farm workers
    • Equestrian property
    • Farm partnerships and corporate structures
    • Farming disputes
  • Banking
    • Banking
  • Charities
    • Charities
  • Commercial Property
    • Commercial Leases
    • Commercial mortgages
    • Developer disputes
    • Development plot sales
    • Environmental policy law
    • Finance
    • Investment purchases and Buy to Let
    • Landlord and tenant
    • Planning law
    • Purchase and Sale Of Commercial Property
    • Purchase of development land
    • Rights of way issues
    • Sales or purchases of shops, factories, warehouses, offices and licensed premises
  • Company & Commercial
    • Agency agreements
    • Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
    • Asset Tracing
    • Business structures and joint ventures
    • Commercial Contracts and Agreements
    • Commercial Law
    • Commercial Litigation Matters
    • Competition law
    • Contract law
    • Contractual Disputes
    • Corporate Law
    • Corporate finance
    • Credit Control
    • Data Protection
    • Debt Recovery
    • Employment - business
    • Franchising
    • Insolvency and Bankruptcy
    • Intellectual Property
    • Management buyouts
    • Merchandising and sponsorship
    • Mergers and Acquisitions
    • Mis-sold Interest Rate Swap Agreements
    • Outsourcing agreements
    • Partnership and LLP law
    • Sales and Purchases
    • Setting up a business
    • Share option schemes
    • Shareholder Agreements
    • Shareholder and Partnership Disputes
    • Statutory Demands
    • Summary Judgment
    • Tax
    • Unfair Loan Charges
  • Construction
    • Building contracts and professional appointments
    • Construction
    • Construction and engineering dispute resolution
    • Contracts for the supply, installation and maintenance of specialist mechanical and electrical plant
    • Crane oversailing and scaffolding licences
    • Development agreements
    • Development loan facilities
    • Due diligence audits for banks and other financial institutions
    • Engineering contracts
    • Facility maintenance agreements
    • Framework agreements
    • Guarantees and bonds
    • In-house training
    • Warranties, third party rights and reliance letters
  • Dispute Resolution
    • Mediation
  • Energy & Transport
    • Aviation
    • Energy
    • Maritime and Shipping
  • IT & Intellectual Property
    • Advertising and Marketing Compliance
    • Anti-Counterfeiting and Anti-Piracy
    • Computer and IT Law
    • Confidential Information, Know-How and Trade Secrets
    • Copyright
    • Dealing with intellectual property infringements
    • Design rights and product designs
    • Domain Names
    • GDPR
    • Intellectual Property Litigation and Dispute Resolution
    • Patents
    • Personality and Image Rights
    • Trade Marks and Designs
  • Regulations
    • Environment
    • Health and Safety
    • Licensing