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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
have 6 other locations

First Floor Connexions
Ipswich
IP1 1QJ

The Bath House
Colchester
CO2 7NA

The Octagon
Colchester
CO1 1TG

Suite 1A Linden Square
Bury Saint Edmunds
IP33 3DJ

143 Connaught Avenue
Frinton-on-Sea
CO13 9PS

115 New London Road
Chelmsford
CM2 0QT

First Floor Connexions
Ipswich
IP1 1QJ

The Bath House
Colchester
CO2 7NA

The Octagon
Colchester
CO1 1TG

Suite 1A Linden Square
Bury Saint Edmunds
IP33 3DJ

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
(75)
Solicitor

Carly Callaghan

5.0 out of 5
(42)
Solicitor

Claire Turner

4.9 out of 5
(25)
Solicitor

Meenal Goyal

5.0 out of 5
(21)
Solicitor

Abbie McKay

5.0 out of 5
(20)
Solicitor

Amy Burton

4.9 out of 5
(18)
Solicitor

Amanda Kelly

5.0 out of 5
(16)
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
(9)
Legal Assistant

Bethan Williams

5.0 out of 5
(8)
Solicitor

Marion Knocker

5.0 out of 5
(7)
Legal Director, CLE

Cameron Cini

5.0 out of 5
(3)
Paralegal

Catherine Duggan

5.0 out of 5
(3)
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How Ellisons Solicitors Compares

Value for money

This firm - 93%
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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.

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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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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.

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Nationally

Consumer
1st / 15
71st / 4549
Company & Commercial
1st / 17
22nd / 4334
Housing & Property
1st / 129
5th / 4225
Family Law
1st / 116
4th / 3834
Wills, Trusts & Probate
1st / 14
9th / 3484
Commercial Property
1st / 106
15th / 3293
Employment
1st / 15
46th / 3083
Regulations
1st / 72
13th / 2536
Personal Injury
1st / 74
73rd / 2355
Immigration
1st / 33
14th / 2003
Money & Tax
1st / 9
24th / 1837
IT & Intellectual Property
1st / 31
10th / 1049
Dispute Resolution
1st / 1
44th / 1035
Clinical Negligence
1st / 30
50th / 940
Banking
1st / 13
5th / 699
Agriculture
1st / 4
41st / 609
Construction
1st / 25
1st / 581
Charities
1st / 25
9th / 563
Energy & Transport
1st / 6
3rd / 514

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

    1144

  • Very Good

    77

  • Average

    3

  • Poor

    4

  • Awful

    4

Overall experience

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Family Law

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Family law

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April 17, 2025

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Reassuringly brilliant!

Sally has been helping me with a matter and has been a real pleasure to work with. She's very knowledgable, has an excellent ability to cut through the noise and focus on the real issues. Her pragmatic - and kind - approach is one that I particularly valued.

A special mention should go to her Solicitor Apprentice Kieran Knight, who has demonstrated exceptional insight beyond what might ordinarily be expected of someone in his position. He's a real asset to the team!

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Julian Lamb
Housing & Property

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Matter Type:

Residential Conveyancing

Julian Lamb

April 14, 2025

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2 Poppy Field Purchase

I had dealings with Marion before at her pervious firm and wanted to renew that relationship. I wasn't disappointed

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Michael Grove
Housing & Property

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Residential Conveyancing

Michael Grove

April 09, 2025

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Sale and Purchase

Very impressed with the whole service and team.

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Savitry Jha
Immigration

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Immigration Law

Savitry Jha

April 04, 2025

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Professional service

All legal practitioners and staffs are very friendly and professional.

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Heather
Housing & Property

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Residential Conveyancing

Heather

April 03, 2025

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Outstanding

I cannot recommend Marion enough, I would go so far to say had it not been for Marion and her determination I would never have moved into my new home in time to meet my moving in date. Should I ever need to use the services of a solicitor again, I would think twice about contasting Marion.

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Helen Allen
Housing & Property

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Residential Conveyancing

Helen Allen

March 31, 2025

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Amanda Kelly

I couldn't have wished for a better solicitor. Amanda had everything under control throughout the whole process. She went above & beyond even when times became tough for me.
Thank you so much

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Brenda
Housing & Property

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Residential Conveyancing

Brenda

March 29, 2025

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Excellent Service

From start to finish, my experience was excellent. Friendly, helpful and professional. The goal to sell my property and purchase my new home was achieved in a timely and efficient manner. I'm delighted with the service received. Tip top 100%.

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Achraf Kallel
Housing & Property

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Achraf Kallel

March 28, 2025

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Brilliant service

I would like to thank Claire and Cameron for their excellent job that allowed me to purchase my first house. I really appreciated their reactivity, their profesionnalism and their kindness from the beginning of the process. I have received a great legal advice along with an efficient and friendly service, which allowed us to be ready to exchange contracts before anyons in the chain. I highly recommend this firm and I would definetely use their services in the future.

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Stephen Robertson
Housing & Property

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Residential Conveyancing

Stephen Robertson

March 28, 2025

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House sale

Excellent service smoth fast professional stress free outcome highly recommend Ellisons thank you Marion
Knocker

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Tea Cousins
Immigration

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Applications to extend leave to remain or for settlement

Tea Cousins

March 27, 2025

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Appplication for the EU Settlement Scheme

I previously made consultation with various legal advisors in order to reinstate my Indefinate Leave to Remain status in the UK. I left for family reasons but returned. The advise and information provided did not satisfy my requirements. I contacted Ellisons solicitors. I explained my situation to Meenal . I was informed that the advice I had been given was inaccurate. Meenal explained a clear legal path to resolve my situation providing a positive result within 4 weeks after consultation. I was impressed by Meenal's legal knowledge of my situation and the efforts that was made to resolve it.

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April 17, 2024

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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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January 11, 2024

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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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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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May 18, 2023

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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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November 08, 2022

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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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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