Ellisons Solicitors

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Established for more than 250 years. Ellisons Solicitors is a top 200 UK firm, and one of the region’s oldest, most established and fastest growing firms. With a team of over 250 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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Suite 1A Linden Square
146 Kings Road
Bury St. Edmunds
Suffolk
IP33 3DJ
01284 763 333
www.ellisonssolicitors.com

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Available lawyers at Ellisons Solicitors

Anna Cross

Sohan Sidhu

Audrey McKenna

Senior Associate, Licensed Conveyancer

Abbie McKay

Amy Burton

Amanda Kelly

Legal Assistant

Charlene Boyaram

Grace Tweddell

Associate Member of CILEx

Ria Dexter

Legal Secretary

Abigail Frawley

Legal Assistant

Bethan Williams

Jessica Jacobs

Rosalyn Jacobs

Cameron Cini

Mark Beaton

How Ellisons Solicitors Compares

Value for money

This firm - 93%

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outcome of matter

This firm - 99%

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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.

Company & Commercial

Housing & Property

Wills, Trusts & Probate

Commercial Property

Personal Injury

IT & Intellectual Property

Dispute Resolution

Clinical Negligence

Energy & Transport

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

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Client Reviews

4.9/5

Reviews summary

Excellent

945
Very Good

68
Average

2
Poor

3
Awful

3

Overall experience

Value For Money
Communication
Initial Impressions
Approachability
Documentation Accuracy
Legal knowledge

Housing & Property

Matter Type:

Residential Conveyancing

Louise

September 23, 2024

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Sale and purchase of property

I am so grateful to Mark Beaton for his calm wisdom. He guided me through what could have been a difficult sale with sensitivity and care. He enabled us to meet what was by any measure an unreasonable deadline with such efficiency. In addition, Mark was always so accessible: responding to any contact readily even when it was outside of proper working hours. He had such an understanding of my personal situation and always managed to make me feel that the detail of my business was completely known and that nothing was too much trouble. I have already recommended him to others.

Lawyer named in this review:
Mark Beaton

Mark Beaton

A representative from Ellisons Solicitors responded to this review on 25 September, 2024:

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Housing & Property

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Residential Conveyancing

Victoria

September 02, 2024

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House Sale

Charlene Boyaram was outstanding, she was so thorough and communicated brilliantly with us throughout the process. I would highly recommend Charlene.

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Charlene Boyaram

Charlene Boyaram

A representative from Ellisons Solicitors responded to this review on 25 September, 2024:

Thank you for taking the time to leave a review. We really appreciate your feedback and we will pass the comments onto the team. Best wishes.

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Family law

Chris Forsdyke

September 02, 2024

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First Contact Advice Meeting

Jessica was very helpful to me when meeting of the first time to discuss my needs.
She was efficient at answering the questions and very knowledgable about the process / proceedings we needed to take
I would be more than happy to recommend her to anybody that needs some advice

Lawyer named in this review:
Jessica Jacobs

Jessica Jacobs

A representative from Ellisons Solicitors responded to this review on 25 September, 2024:

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Housing & Property

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Residential Conveyancing

Chris

July 19, 2024

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Conveyancing

The team were helpful from start to finish in handling the legal side of selling my late father's property was kept informed at all times

Lawyer named in this review:
Charlene Boyaram

Charlene Boyaram

A representative from Ellisons Solicitors responded to this review on 08 August, 2024:

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Wills, Trusts & Probate

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Probate

Anonymous

July 10, 2024

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Late Wife's Estate

Everything went very smoothly with no bad issues.
Now all completed to my satisfaction

A representative from Ellisons Solicitors responded to this review on 10 July, 2024:

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Immigration Law

David

June 27, 2024

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A Smooth and Informative Sponsorship Experience with Sohan Sidhu

I recently went through the process of becoming a sponsor, and I must say, the experience was incredibly smooth thanks to Sohan Sidhu and his team. Sohan's extensive knowledge of the process was evident from the start. He kept me informed every step of the way, providing clear and concise updates on the progress.

One of the aspects I appreciated most was Sohan's proactive approach to handling all the necessary paperwork. He ensured everything was completed in a timely manner, relieving me of much stress and anxiety. This allowed me to focus on other aspects of the process without worrying about deadlines or potential delays.

Beyond the efficient handling, the experience also proved to be highly educational. Sohan 's expertise and guidance provided me with valuable insights into the sponsorship process, empowering me with a greater understanding of the complexities involved.

I am truly grateful for the positive experience I had with Sohan Sidhu and his team. Their professionalism, knowledge, and commitment made the entire process stress-free and ultimately successful. I highly recommend Sohan to anyone looking for assistance with sponsorship matters.

Lawyer named in this review:
Sohan Sidhu

Sohan Sidhu

A representative from Ellisons Solicitors responded to this review on 27 June, 2024:

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Housing & Property

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Residential Conveyancing

Bernadette

June 27, 2024

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Excellent Experience - Smooth & Professional

Catherine did a fantastic job conveyancing the purchase of my first property. Communication was excellent with regular updates and any questions I had were answered quickly and clearly. Overall my buying experience was stress free, handled professionally and went smoothly. I am so happy with the service.

Lawyer named in this review:
Catherine Olubodun

Catherine Olubodun

A representative from Ellisons Solicitors responded to this review on 27 June, 2024:

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Kirsty

June 12, 2024

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Jessica Jacobs - Very impressed

My daughter wanted to change her surname after waiting patiently for 18 years to do so and she wanted to do it on her 18th birthday. Jessica wasn't due to be working that day, but changed her diary to accommodate the request. Both Jessica and her assistant were amazing and couldn't do any more to make the experience very special. Thank you so much and I will be considering using Ellison's for all of my legal matters.

Lawyer named in this review:
Jessica Jacobs

Jessica Jacobs

A representative from Ellisons Solicitors responded to this review on 27 June, 2024:

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Housing & Property

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Residential Conveyancing

Asher

May 19, 2024

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Extremely Quick

Charlene was extremely quick and translated important points into layman's terms so that we understood the whole process; it was clear to see why Ellisons are rated one of the best solicitors in the country. The entire process went smoothly and culminated in completion around noon on the day. The only issue we had was knowing when to to pay. However, all in all, we were happy with the service we received.

Lawyer named in this review:
Charlene Boyaram

Charlene Boyaram

A representative from Ellisons Solicitors responded to this review on 24 May, 2024:

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Wills, Trusts & Probate

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Probate

Chris

May 09, 2024

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Probate

At a time when you have lost a loved one, they made the process of probate a worry free concern. Many thanks to all who were involved, it took the pressure off in sorting matters out.

A representative from Ellisons Solicitors responded to this review on 24 May, 2024:

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Family law

debs

July 15, 2023

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debs

The Solicitor looking after my Mum's affairs is really good. Everyone is very professional and welcoming. I would definitely recommend Ellison's. Thank you.

A representative from Ellisons Solicitors responded to this review on 17 July, 2023:

Hi Debs, thank you for taking the time to leave a review, your feedback is greatly appreciated. Kind regards, Ellisons.

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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

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

Hi Alan, thank you for taking the time to leave a review. We really appreciate your feedback and we will pass the comments on to the team. Kind regards. Ellisons

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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.

A representative from Ellisons Solicitors responded to this review on 18 May, 2023:

Hi John, thank you for taking the time to leave a review. We really appreciate your feedback and we will pass the comments on to Audrey. Kind regards. Ellisons

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John

March 10, 2023

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John

I worked with Robyn Reid recently and I would certainly recommend her. Robyn provided a professional and speedy service, keeping me advised at every stage of the transaction. A real credit to Ellisons.

A representative from Ellisons Solicitors responded to this review on 14 March, 2023:

Hi John, thank you for taking the time to leave a review. We really appreciate your feedback and we will pass the comments on to Robyn. Best wishes.

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Sid

July 05, 2022

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Sid

Very helpful and friendly nothing is to much trouble, can recommend to anybody Good value for money on

A representative from Ellisons Solicitors responded to this review on 13 July, 2022:

Hi Sid, thank you for taking the time to leave us a kind review, we really appreciate it.

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Description

Established for more than 250 years. Ellisons Solicitors is a top 200 UK firm, and one of the region’s oldest, most established and fastest growing firms. With a team of over 250 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 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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Legal services

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