Ellisons Solicitors

01206 764477

4.9/5

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Address
115 New London Road
Chelmsford
Essex
CM2 0QT
01206 764477
www.ellisonssolicitors.com

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Available lawyers at Ellisons Solicitors

Anna Cross

Carly Callaghan

Harjot Grewal

Abbie McKay

Amy Burton

Sally Ward

Amanda Kelly

Abigail Frawley

Robyn Reid

Bethan Williams

Lauren Philpot

Cameron Cini

Shah Bakar

Siraat Rangari

Jonathan Insley

How Ellisons Solicitors Compares

Value for money

This firm - 93%

National Average

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Value for money (a rating of 1-5)
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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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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 87%

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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.

Consumer

1st / 15

70th / 4551

Company & Commercial

1st / 17

23rd / 4336

Housing & Property

1st / 129

4th / 4227

Family Law

1st / 116

4th / 3835

Wills, Trusts & Probate

1st / 44

8th / 3487

Commercial Property

1st / 106

15th / 3294

Employment

1st / 29

46th / 3083

Regulations

1st / 72

12th / 2538

Personal Injury

1st / 74

72nd / 2356

Immigration

1st / 33

14th / 2005

Money & Tax

1st / 12

22nd / 1837

IT & Intellectual Property

1st / 31

10th / 1050

Dispute Resolution

1st / 1

44th / 1035

Clinical Negligence

1st / 30

49th / 939

Banking

1st / 13

4th / 699

Agriculture

1st / 4

39th / 608

Construction

1st / 25

1st / 581

Charities

1st / 25

8th / 563

Energy & Transport

1st / 6

2nd / 514

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

1144
Very Good

77
Average

3
Poor

4
Awful

4

Overall experience

Value For Money
Communication
Initial Impressions
Approachability
Documentation Accuracy
Legal knowledge

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.

Lawyers named in this review:
Paul Forsyth Abigail Williamson

Paul Forsyth

Abigail Williamson

A representative from Ellisons Solicitors responded to this review on 16 April, 2025:

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Housing & Property

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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.

Lawyer named in this review:
Shah Bakar

Shah Bakar

A representative from Ellisons Solicitors responded to this review on 16 April, 2025:

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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!

Lawyer named in this review:
Harjot Grewal

Harjot Grewal

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

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Commercial Property

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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.

Lawyer named in this review:
Harjot Grewal

Harjot Grewal

A representative from Ellisons Solicitors responded to this review on 10 February, 2025:

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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.

Lawyer named in this review:
Sally Ward

Sally Ward

A representative from Ellisons Solicitors responded to this review on 27 January, 2025:

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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.

A representative from Ellisons Solicitors responded to this review on 27 January, 2025:

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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 .

Lawyer named in this review:
Robyn Reid

Robyn Reid

A representative from Ellisons Solicitors responded to this review on 27 January, 2025:

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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.

Lawyer named in this review:
Sally Ward

Sally Ward

A representative from Ellisons Solicitors responded to this review on 27 January, 2025:

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Charlotte

December 08, 2024

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Great advice!

Sally was lovely to talk too and very approachable. She made me feel comfortable and assured. I feel confident with legal advice she has given me, therefore would highly recommend.

Lawyer named in this review:
Sally Ward

Sally Ward

A representative from Ellisons Solicitors responded to this review on 18 December, 2024:

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Commercial Property

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Purchase and Sale Of Commercial Property

James Moran

November 07, 2024

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Excellent Commercial Property Transaction

My experience of working with Lauren and the team at Ellisons has been great. I know that once I hand them the property transaction they will guide me through the process to completion with little fuss. They are responsive and continue to apply pressure to the other solicitor to get things moving even when it seems all hope is lost. I cannot recommend them highly enough. Thank you.

Lawyer named in this review:
Lauren Philpot

Lauren Philpot

A representative from Ellisons Solicitors responded to this review on 19 November, 2024:

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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!

Lawyer named in this review:
Shah Bakar

Shah Bakar

A representative from Ellisons Solicitors responded to this review on 13 November, 2024:

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

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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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Cailum

June 02, 2022

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Lovely people really perennial and just really helpful

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Robert

February 13, 2022

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Robert

Nice people to do business with.

A representative from Ellisons Solicitors responded to this review on 14 February, 2022:

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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!

A representative from Ellisons Solicitors responded to this review on 07 June, 2024:

Hi Louise, thank you for taking the time to leave a review, we really appreciate your feedback and will pass this along to Catherine. Kind regards. Ellisons

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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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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

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Accreditations

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Available lawyers at Ellisons Solicitors

How Ellisons Solicitors Compares

Value for money

Would recommend tofriends and family

Satisfied withoutcome of matter

Rankings by area of expertise

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Reviews summary

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Awful

Overall experience

Lomax + Wood EOT

Excellent!

GP Premise Lease Re-assignment - thank you.

Quality Legal Service has to be valued

Non-Molestation Order

Patience is a virtue

House sale and purchase

Cohabitation Agreement

Great advice!

Excellent Commercial Property Transaction

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Katie

John

Cailum

Robert

Louise

Ellisons Solicitors are accredited by

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Practice areas

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Personal areas of law

Business areas of law

Would recommend to
friends and family

Satisfied with
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