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Approximately how much did you end up spending for the legal services provided (ignoring disbursements and court fees)
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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 1%

Overpriced 0%

About Right 98%

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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 offers to clients. You can see how good the service offered is in comparison to all other law firms 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 / 37

15th / 3265

Employment

1st / 16

56th / 3047

Regulations

1st / 14

20th / 2488

Personal Injury

1st / 13

48th / 2327

Immigration

1st / 11

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 / 11

8th / 693

Agriculture

1st / 9

40th / 617

Construction

1st / 12

1st / 578

Charities

1st / 6

12th / 556

Energy & Transport

1st / 14

7th / 506

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

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4.9/5

Reviews summary

Excellent

1226
Very Good

80
Average

3
Poor

5
Awful

4

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Personal Injury

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No Win No Fee

Helen Rachel

August 07, 2025

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Stevan has handled my case from day 1 and although the other side has dragged their feet, he has given me clear and concise information. Stevan has always responded to my emails regarding updates, even though a lot of the times there was no update and even going out of his way to reach out and let me know there was no news prior to lieu time so that I feel reassured he was working hard to get a resolve from the other side l.

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Stevan Stratton

Stevan Stratton

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Divorce

Amanda Folley

August 06, 2025

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Excellent professional service

Due to the courts dragging out the process I have had Samantha engaged as my solicitor for two years now, I followed her from her previous company due to her professionalism, knowledge and commitment. I felt that she was great at communicating with me and gave me some sound advice.
I would recommend Samantha 100% to represent you if you need divorce advice.

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Samantha Markham

Samantha Markham

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Asa Gilbert

July 23, 2025

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Divorce

Extremely helpful & honest. Samantha gave the guidance I needed and now feel I’m going the right direction.

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Samantha Markham

Samantha Markham

A representative from Ellisons responded to this review on 25 July, 2025:

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July 17, 2025

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Would not recommend.

Reflecting after a very long, exhausting and expensive divorce with this solicitor, originally whilst she was with Gotelee. I have come to realise that some advice was at best unhelpful and I did not feel supported through the protracted process. Mention needs to be made of the recommended Barrister who seemed ill prepared at an expensive detriment to my case. In the end I did end up in a much better position once the case was settled however, this was much due to actions I took independently.

A representative from Ellisons responded to this review on 21 July, 2025:

Thank you for taking the time to leave your review. Unfortunately, we are unable to identify which case this relates to. We would be grateful if you could reach out directly to Samantha to discuss the content of your review to see if we can resolve matters for you.

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Kirsty

July 01, 2025

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Helpful and put me at ease

This is my first time using a solicitor and I know I made the right choice. Samantha was so knowledgeable, professional and helpful. I'm so happy with the advice and service I received and will continue to use Samantha going forward.

Lawyer named in this review:
Samantha Markham

Samantha Markham

A representative from Ellisons responded to this review on 25 July, 2025:

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Wills

John

June 30, 2025

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Advice re mother's will

My mother's will was difficult to understand because it involved a life interest trust and property. Lorna, our solicitor, explained and recommended how we should approach sorting it out very well.

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Lorna Denton-Cardew

Lorna Denton-Cardew

A representative from Ellisons responded to this review on 30 June, 2025:

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Annulment

Anonymous

June 30, 2025

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Cohabiting separation

Samantha was easy to talk to and covered everything asked in first one hour appointment, which was quickly confirmed in writing.
I will now be engaging her to deal with separation.

Lawyer named in this review:
Samantha Markham

Samantha Markham

A representative from Ellisons responded to this review on 30 June, 2025:

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Family law

Selina

June 28, 2025

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Informative and professional

Francesca was extremely professional and welcoming.
I left the meeting with a greater understanding of my case and which direction to forward with.

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Francesca Easter

Francesca Easter

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Personal Injury Law

Seyi Daniels

June 11, 2025

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Highly recommended: Excellent service rendered & amazing communication

Injury damages claim to the big toe, I had an accident and the company refused to pay out. A friend put me in touch with one of the partners at Ellisons Solicitors (Stevan Stratton) and within a short while, they decided to take up my case on a no win no fee basis. I was assigned to Thomas and he was completely patient and communicated well to me on the timelines and possible expectations.

The communication line was really good and even when there was no update due to the other party's fault, Thomas always sent me an update on a regular basis. I have now received my pay out and I am super grateful to the team at Ellisons and especially to Thomas for a fantastic job.

Lawyer named in this review:
Thomas Randall

Thomas Randall

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Residential Conveyancing

Sara

May 30, 2025

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Fantastic, hands on solicitor

In all our years dealing with solicitors for various things, we have never been so impressed as with Ellisons, but Carly in particular. She went the extra mile to ensure everything was dealt with correctly and we are so appreciative of that! Thank you!

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Carly Callaghan

Carly Callaghan

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Residential Conveyancing

Katie

November 12, 2024

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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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Shah Bakar

Shah Bakar

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Louise

June 04, 2024

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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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Oliver

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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Jim

January 11, 2024

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Jim

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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David

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

A representative from Ellisons responded to this review on 24 August, 2023:

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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. 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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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

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Top solicitors

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Divorce

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Helpful and put me at ease

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Cohabiting separation

Informative and professional

Highly recommended: Excellent service rendered & amazing communication

Fantastic, hands on solicitor

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