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Ellisons Solicitors

01255 851000
4.9/5
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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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Ellisons Solicitors
have 6 other locations

The Bath House
Colchester
CO2 7NA

Stedman Chambers
Colchester
CO1 1NH

Wherstead Park
Ipswich
IP9 2BJ

115 New London Road
Chelmsford
CM2 0QT

Suite 1A Linden Square
Bury Saint Edmunds
IP33 3DJ

2-6 Arcade Street
Ipswich
IP1 1EL

The Bath House
Colchester
CO2 7NA

Stedman Chambers
Colchester
CO1 1NH

Wherstead Park
Ipswich
IP9 2BJ

115 New London Road
Chelmsford
CM2 0QT

Suite 1A Linden Square
Bury Saint Edmunds
IP33 3DJ

2-6 Arcade Street
Ipswich
IP1 1EL

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Available lawyers at Ellisons Solicitors

Anna Cross

5.0 out of 5
(73)
Solicitor

Lauren Hancock

4.9 out of 5
(51)
Solicitor

Michelle Lamm

4.9 out of 5
(38)
Solicitor

Carly Callaghan

5.0 out of 5
(35)
Solicitor

Claire Turner

4.9 out of 5
(19)
Solicitor

Abbie McKay

5.0 out of 5
(18)
Solicitor

Amy Burton

4.9 out of 5
(16)
Solicitor

Amanda Kelly

5.0 out of 5
(14)
Legal Assistant

Charlene Boyaram

4.8 out of 5
(12)
Solicitor

Elizabeth Burns

5.0 out of 5
(11)
Solicitor

Abigail Frawley

4.7 out of 5
(9)
Legal Assistant

MaryCarmel Wilson

5.0 out of 5
(5)
Senior Associate

Bethan Williams

5.0 out of 5
(4)
Solicitor

Catherine Duggan

5.0 out of 5
(3)
Solicitor

Cameron Cini

5.0 out of 5
(2)
Paralegal

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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  • 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 5%
About Right 94%

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Would recommend to
friends and family

This firm - 98%
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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 98%
No 2%

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Satisfied with
outcome of matter

This firm - 99%
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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 / 2
70th / 4645
Company & Commercial
1st / 11
24th / 4410
Housing & Property
1st / 11
16th / 4271
Family Law
1st / 12
16th / 3861
Wills, Trusts & Probate
1st / 10
7th / 3528
Commercial Property
1st / 9
26th / 3339
Employment
1st / 10
47th / 3126
Regulations
1st / 7
15th / 2599
Personal Injury
1st / 6
95th / 2396
Immigration
1st / 34
12th / 2013
Money & Tax
1st / 8
27th / 1853
IT & Intellectual Property
1st / 2
13th / 1062
Dispute Resolution
1st / 1
45th / 1036
Clinical Negligence
1st / 31
52nd / 946
Banking
1st / 13
4th / 708
Agriculture
1st / 4
38th / 598
Construction
1st / 3
13th / 581
Charities
1st / 4
9th / 570
Energy & Transport
1st / 6
3rd / 525

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

    1026

  • Very Good

    71

  • Average

    3

  • Poor

    5

  • Awful

    5

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Christopher
Wills, Trusts & Probate

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Probate

Christopher

December 20, 2024

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Thank you Ellisons

Michelle and Catherine dealt with both probate and the sale of a property for my late father. There were many difficulties to overcome along the way and Michelle and Catherine always kept me informed as well as working together. Thank you both

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Jane
Wills, Trusts & Probate

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Wills

Jane

December 20, 2024

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Good solicitors

Being unhappy with previous Solicitor in Colchester we asked Michelle Lamm to act for us as I had dealings with her before with my mother and found her to be excellent

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Mark
Wills, Trusts & Probate

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Wills

Mark

December 20, 2024

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Revision of Will

Lauren completed my first will and 10 months later completed my revision. Excellent services, communication and assistance with cost. Lauren is reason I use Ellisons and will use their services again for LPA.

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Patricia
Wills, Trusts & Probate

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Wills

Patricia

December 20, 2024

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First Class Service

Ellisons are very approachable, professional and efficient. Everything dealt with in a timely manner and no delays on their part. They have been our family solicitor for many years and would not consider using anyone else.

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Rachel
Wills, Trusts & Probate

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Probate

Rachel

December 20, 2024

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Truly excellent service!

Second to none service from Lauren Hancock. So very caring and compassionate! Thank you

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Anonymous
Wills, Trusts & Probate

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Wills

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December 20, 2024

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Not stuffy!

Everyone made it all so easy for me. LPA's look so complicated but once explained and dealt with it was a great relief. Super staff from reception onwards. Thank you.

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Hannah

Hannah

December 17, 2024

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Divorce

Excellent, experienced and compassionate advice.

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Sarah
Wills, Trusts & Probate

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Probate

Sarah

November 28, 2024

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Very Happy

I am delighted with the professional service Michelle Lamm and Megan gave. I would highly recommend them.

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Claire
Wills, Trusts & Probate

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Wills

Claire

November 28, 2024

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Excellent Service

We have dealt with Michelle Lamm at Ellisons Solicitors Frinton several times now and she has always been very professional, easy to approach and very kind. She has explained everything simply for us to understand and no doubt we will use Ellisons again in the future.

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Jonathan
Wills, Trusts & Probate

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Probate

Jonathan

November 28, 2024

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Very professional service

I was very pleased with the quality of, and professional service that I received. The solicitor was friendly , knowledgeable, honest and a pleasure to deal with. The costs were high but it proved to be a complex case so was perhaps to be expected. I would recommend Ellisons.

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June 04, 2024

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Louise

Catherine did an amazing job at conveyancing our new property purchase. From the start communication was excellent. As a first time buyer I was daunted by the conveyancing process but Catherine did an outstanding job at explaining things to me and progressing the sale exceptionally fast. Thank you for an exceptional service and making the whole buying process stress free!

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August 24, 2023

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Audrey McKenna and Ellisons were exemplary when it came to the sale of our house, from start to finish. Everything was dealt with efficiently and politely, and completely business-like. We would hapily recommend Ellisons, and Audrey in particular, for conveyancing purposes

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December 06, 2024

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I came to this law firm to seek advice and support throughout my divorce and issues with Child Maintenance court with my late husband.

Shortly after taking out ANOTHER mortgage in order to pay for this firms expenses, I couldn’t help but notice that my allocated solicitor had found her way into my husbands bed, resulting in more of my low income having to be spent not only on a new lawyer, but a very high-end ointment (not NHS insured🙄) for my crabs too.

Very disappointed, very itchy.

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Katie
Housing & Property

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Residential Conveyancing

Katie

November 12, 2024

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Katie

I was impressed with Shah's work helping us to redeem our Help to Buy loan. He dealt with the matter efficiently and was very helpful with the process. I would recommend his services to anyone!

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October 17, 2024

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Absolutely SHOCKING! My mental health is being brought to it's knee's! I feel like a parrot! Please avoid these solicitors like the plague! It's like they get enjoyment out of making people suffer and repeat themselves and ask them to do things they aren't legally allowed to do, they are utterly relentless!

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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. 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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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