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Ellisons

01206 764477
4.9/5
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Ellisons 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
have 6 other locations

Suite 1A Linden Square
Bury Saint Edmunds
IP33 3DJ

The Octagon
Colchester
CO1 1TG

143 Connaught Avenue
Frinton-on-Sea
CO13 9PS

The Bath House
Colchester
CO2 7NA

First Floor Connexions
Ipswich
IP1 1QJ

Stedman Chambers
Colchester
CO1 1NH

Suite 1A Linden Square
Bury Saint Edmunds
IP33 3DJ

The Octagon
Colchester
CO1 1TG

143 Connaught Avenue
Frinton-on-Sea
CO13 9PS

The Bath House
Colchester
CO2 7NA

First Floor Connexions
Ipswich
IP1 1QJ

Stedman Chambers
Colchester
CO1 1NH

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Available lawyers at Ellisons

Anna Cross

5.0 out of 5
(76)
Solicitor

Harjot Grewal

4.9 out of 5
(22)
Solicitor

Amy Burton

4.9 out of 5
(21)
Solicitor

Abbie McKay

5.0 out of 5
(20)
Solicitor

Sally Ward

4.7 out of 5
(19)
Solicitor

Amanda Kelly

5.0 out of 5
(17)
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Abigail Frawley

4.8 out of 5
(9)
Legal Assistant

Robyn Reid

5.0 out of 5
(9)
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Bethan Williams

5.0 out of 5
(8)
Solicitor

Lauren Philpot

5.0 out of 5
(7)
Solicitor

Cameron Cini

5.0 out of 5
(3)
Paralegal

Shah Bakar

5.0 out of 5
(2)
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Ian Johnston

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Jonathan Insley

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Nicola Healy

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How Ellisons Compares

Value for money

This firm - 93%
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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. 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 12%
About Right 88%

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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 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 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 offers to clients. You can see how good the service offered is in comparison to all other law firms nationally.

Locally

Nationally

Consumer
1st / 16
60th / 4479
Company & Commercial
1st / 18
19th / 4265
Housing & Property
1st / 16
9th / 4207
Family Law
1st / 17
5th / 3800
Wills, Trusts & Probate
1st / 15
10th / 3457
Commercial Property
1st / 107
15th / 3265
Employment
1st / 16
56th / 3047
Regulations
1st / 14
20th / 2488
Personal Injury
1st / 13
48th / 2327
Immigration
1st / 32
28th / 1987
Money & Tax
1st / 10
27th / 1824
IT & Intellectual Property
1st / 7
14th / 1035
Dispute Resolution
1st / 1
43rd / 1032
Clinical Negligence
1st / 31
54th / 938
Banking
1st / 13
8th / 693
Agriculture
1st / 9
40th / 617
Construction
1st / 27
1st / 578
Charities
1st / 6
12th / 556
Energy & Transport
1st / 7
7th / 506

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

    1226

  • Very Good

    80

  • Average

    3

  • Poor

    5

  • Awful

    4

Overall experience

  • Value For Money
  • Communication
  • Initial Impressions
  • Approachability
  • Documentation Accuracy
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Michelle
Commercial Property

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Matter Type:

Commercial Leases

Michelle

August 13, 2025

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Excellent Support

We used Ellisons to assist us with a lease on an existing property, whilst also taking on an additional floor. A slightly different agreement to what we're used to, but Lauren Philpot explained everything clearly to us.

Lauren was a fantastic support. She worked fast and efficiently, kept us updated every step of the way and explained things clearly to us.

We also had fantastic help from other colleagues within the firm, such as Callum Baker, who stepped up whilst Lauren was out of office.

We're very happy with the quick, professional advice and support we gained and would highly recommend both Lauren and Ellisons to anyone looking for assistance with a lease. We'll certainly use them again in the future.

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Jeffry Odinigweh
Family Law

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Matter Type:

Family law

Jeffry Odinigweh

July 09, 2025

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Jeff's review

Clear professional advice , great value for money

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Chris
Company & Commercial

Matter Type:

Corporate Law

Chris

March 27, 2025

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Lomax + Wood EOT

Paul and Abigail were excellent, providing a superb service at a competitive rate. They guided us through the complexity of an EOT and provided the correct balance of technical advice and plain speaking. All in all my best legal experience to date, this was my third deal but my first EOT.

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Grainne
Housing & Property

Matter Type:

Residential Conveyancing

Grainne

March 19, 2025

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Excellent!

Shah Baker helped us with the sale of our house and redemption of our help to buy loan. He was very proactive and efficient. Everything went very smoothly, he kept us updated at all times. I would highly recommend Shah and Ellisons.

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Dolon

Dolon

February 18, 2025

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GP Premise Lease Re-assignment - thank you.

My husband and I had an excellent service from Harjot, our assigned solicitor by Ellisons Solicitors. She was very professional, put us at ease, and very reassuring on all matters related to the case she was handling for us. She was knowledgeable in her field and explained matters to us both in writing and verbally as appropriate, keeping us informed on progress. She showed very good communication skills and took ownership of her dealings. She met all our requests in a timely manner and to the best of her ability. We would ask for her if Ellisons took on any further work for us in the future. Thank you Harjot!

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Anurag
Commercial Property

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Matter Type:

Purchase and Sale Of Commercial Property

Anurag

February 06, 2025

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Quality Legal Service has to be valued

Being a first-time buyer of a commercial property can be a very daunting process.

Throughout the process, Ellison Solicitors kept me informed about the transaction's progress and technicalities. This helped me make informed decisions at various stages. You indeed get what you pay for. This couldn't apply more to legal services than to anything else in this world.

Thank you all, who were part of the team. My special thanks to Ms Harjot for such a professional service.

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Barrett Hart

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Barrett Hart

January 17, 2025

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Non-Molestation Order

I have received excellent advice and guidance from Sally at all times. It has been concise and delivered promptly.

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Michael Coffey

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Michael Coffey

January 10, 2025

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Patience is a virtue

Over a protracted period of time all Ellsions staff and in particular Rosanna Sayers, showed great professionalism, knowledge and above all patience with our extremely complicated transaction. For which all concerned are very grateful.

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Diane

Diane

January 09, 2025

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House sale and purchase

Robyn kept us well informed every step of the way . Prompt to answer all our questions . Would highly recommend .

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Anonymous

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Anonymous

December 22, 2024

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Cohabitation Agreement

Sally was very professional and knowledgable and answered all questions with great detail. Everything was explained very well and any concerns we had were met with appropriate answers. All in all the service was excellent and I would recommend to anyone else.

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Katie
Housing & Property

Matter Type:

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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John

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.

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Cailum

Cailum

June 02, 2022

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Cailum

Lovely people really perennial and just really helpful

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Robert

Robert

February 13, 2022

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Nice people to do business with.

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Louise

Louise

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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Description

Ellisons 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 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