Ellisons Solicitors

01206 764477

4.8/5

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Address
Headgate Court
Head Street
Essex
CO1 1NP
01206 764477
www.ellisonssolicitors.com

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Available lawyers at Ellisons Solicitors

Lauren Hancock

Abbie McKay

Claire Turner

Lisa Dawson

Meenal Goyal

Amanda Kelly

Amy Burton

Amy Taylor

Gina Hobrough

Ann Coutts

Gemma Wright

Samantha Chase

Cameron Cini

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How Ellisons Solicitors Compares

Value for money

This firm - 91%

National Average

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Excellent does not necessarily mean ‘cheap’. It means that clients thought that the level of service received was Excellent for what they paid.

This score has been calculated using up to the last 300 reviews left by clients of Ellisons Solicitors on ReviewSolicitors.

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?
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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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Satisfied with
outcome of matter

This firm - 97%

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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.

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"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 97%

No 3%

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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.

Wills, Trusts & Probate

IT & Intellectual Property

Banking

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

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4.8/5

Reviews summary

Excellent

679
Very Good

58
Average

2
Poor

3
Awful

13

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Value For Money
Communication
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Sarah McKee-Harris

November 27, 2023

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Excellent support and service

I worked with Abigail during the share sales of my business which completed in early 2023. Abigail was extremely supportive and thorough throughout the whole process where she worked with me to ensure I had the best advice and guidance during the sale.
Having not carried out a share sale before I knew very little about the process and contracts. Abigail recognised this and was there 24/7 to answer my many questions and didn't make me feel silly at all.
I would highly recommend working with Abigail.

Solicitor named in this review:
Abigail Williamson

Abigail Williamson

A representative from Ellisons Solicitors responded to this review on 28 November, 2023:

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Linda Walder

November 21, 2023

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My will

I had to revise my will. It was done very professionally and I highly recommend Sarah Lee.

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Sarah Lee

Sarah Lee

A representative from Ellisons Solicitors responded to this review on 28 November, 2023:

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Immigration

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Applications to extend leave to remain or for settlement

Harminder

November 21, 2023

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Immigration services

Excellent customer service throughout the entire process to file visa extensions, ILR for my family. Meenal is knowledgeable and goes above and beyond at every turn. Without any reservations, I'd recommend Ellisons services, i have been reaching them since last few years and every time it has been pleasure.

Solicitor named in this review:
Meenal Goyal

Meenal Goyal

A representative from Ellisons Solicitors responded to this review on 28 November, 2023:

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Commercial Leases

Dan Aldworth

November 15, 2023

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Lease renewal

Great to work with a solicitor that takes time to understand the situation and the personalities behind the transaction.

Solicitor named in this review:
Philip Roberts

Philip Roberts

A representative from Ellisons Solicitors responded to this review on 15 November, 2023:

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Applications to extend leave to remain or for settlement

Murtaza

November 14, 2023

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Quality and Speed all around

Wonderful experience with Graeme and Meenal. They gave me invaluable guidance and were quick to handle the case, given the time crunch I was in. I'll definitely recommend them every chance I get.

Solicitors named in this review:
Graeme Kirk Meenal Goyal

Graeme Kirk

Meenal Goyal

A representative from Ellisons Solicitors responded to this review on 15 November, 2023:

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Neil Moye

November 02, 2023

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Separation of multiple Businesses

Paul was great from start to finish and back room staff like wise - informative through out and this was quite a complex situation.

Solicitor named in this review:
Paul Forsyth

Paul Forsyth

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November 01, 2023

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Excellent service, advice and support

I recently engaged Paul and his team at Ellisons to represent me and support me in the sale of my business. From the very beginning of the process through to the completion date and post-care, their service and advice has been second to none.
I will definitely continue to work with the firm in the future.

Solicitor named in this review:
Paul Forsyth

Paul Forsyth

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Housing & Property

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Residential Conveyancing

Teresa

October 31, 2023

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Use these solicitors

Excellent and professional service from start to finish.
Highly recommend.

Solicitor named in this review:
Gemma Wright

Gemma Wright

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Wills, Trusts & Probate

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Wills

Sharon

October 31, 2023

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Very friendly made you feel welcome

Great service
Friendly was told what to expect
All went smoothly

Solicitor named in this review:
Amy Burton

Amy Burton

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Wills, Trusts & Probate

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Wills

Anonymous

October 31, 2023

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Will Review

I was put at ease straight away. I attended Ellisons Solicitors to review and rewrite my will. Everything was explained in detail and all questions were answered. I walked away understanding everything, nothing was left unanswered. I would recommend Ellisons.

Solicitor named in this review:
Lauren Hancock

Lauren Hancock

Very poor communication, left in the dark always until pressured to give an answer and when you get one it’s vague and very unhelpful. Got all information needed from other parties. Took 2x longer than need be with no explanation.

A representative from Ellisons Solicitors responded to this review on 17 November, 2022:

Dear Rosie, we are sorry to read your review and would like to look into this further. Please could you get in touch with us by emailing enquiries@ellisonssolicitors.com Kind regards. Ellisons

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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
Welfare & Benefits
- Benefits
- Housing
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

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Available lawyers at Ellisons Solicitors

How Ellisons Solicitors Compares

Value for money

Would recommend tofriends and family

Satisfied withoutcome of matter

Rankings by area of expertise

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Reviews summary

Excellent

Very Good

Average

Poor

Awful

Overall experience

Excellent support and service

My will

Immigration services

Lease renewal

Quality and Speed all around

Separation of multiple Businesses

Excellent service, advice and support

Use these solicitors

Very friendly made you feel welcome

Will Review

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John

Dane

Rob

rosie

Ellisons Solicitors are accredited by

About this branch

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Practice areas

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Personal areas of law

Business areas of law

Would recommend to
friends and family

Satisfied with
outcome of matter