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Matter Type:
Wills
Anonymous
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Preparation of Wills
Friendly, relaxed atmosphere - very approachable
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Ellisons
01206764477
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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Value for money
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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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.
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Matter Type:
Wills
Sharon
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Very good Wills + LPA service
My husband and I had our wills redrafted after a recent inheritance, and had LPAs set up at the same time. The service we received was excellent, the advice given was first class and the whole process completed in a timely fashion
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Wills
Emma
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Excellent Service
Very knowledgeable. Explain things well. Extremely accommodating, friendly and helpful. Family have been using Ellisons for years and would recommend.
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Matter Type:
Probate
Anonymous
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Probate
Very kind and helpful at a difficult time.
Professional
Quick service
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Matter Type:
Wills
Louise
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Will writing services
Leigh & her assistant Vikki were very knowledgeable and got back to me in a timely manner when I had questions of queries regarding mine & my husbands wills. Leigh made the whole experience simple as we both felt overwhelmed with the information& decision making process for this. I would definitely recommend her for any will writing services.
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Wills
David
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Will renunciation
I never met the solicitor at all but Danielle and Megan forwarded all information as it happened. Everything was relayed to me perfectly and they were extremely polite and happy to help.
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Gary Buxton
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The Late Pamela Buxton Estate
Leigh, was extremely professional in her dealings with my mother’s estate.
I was extremely impressed and satisfied with the service I received.
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Matter Type:
Family law
Lisa Cunnigham
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Divorce translated
Very good and honest service . I would highly recommend Sam chase . X
A representative from Ellisons responded to this review on 25 July, 2025:
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
Hannah
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Amazing meeting
Elizabeth was so incredibly helpful and clear. She answered my questions and I felt listened to and taken seriously. Elizabeth is professional but I felt at ease as she was so friendly and made me feel supported in the process. I would not hesitate to recommend Elizabeth for advice and her expertise. The information I received after our meeting was so helpful and thorough.
A representative from Ellisons responded to this review on 25 July, 2025:
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Wills
Jane Gardner
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Great service
Used Ellisons when a relative died without leaving a will. As we live at the other end of the country had to leave everything to them. They were very professional kept us up to date with progress and we are very happy with their performance.
A representative from Ellisons responded to this review on 25 July, 2025:
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Julie
A very professional company, they dealt with a sale of property very efficiently and always returned calls or emails promptly. Would highly recommend.
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On a recommendation I engaged Matthew Preston-Bloom in the purchase of a holiday let property in Southwold.
Matthew was efficient timely and helpful. I have no hesitation in recommending Matthew and will be using his services again in the future.
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Sandy
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Sandy
I am writing this review on behalf of a friend. My friend was put in a position where he had to sell his house because of a divorce and engaged the services of Matthew Preston-Bloom of Ellisons in Ipswich.
Matthew was very well informed on all matters pertaining to house sales and guided my friend smoothly through what was a very traumatic experience for him. A consummate professional in every way, Matthew showed empathy for my friend’s position and guided him through all the pitfalls that can arise in these situations.
He took charge of the situation and always had time to put my friend at ease when problems arose.
Matthew is a credit to Ellisons and my friend would not hesitate to recommend him to anyone selling or buying a property.
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Stan
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Stan
The service provides unmatched excellence and satisfaction. Depth of knowledge and the results are a testimony. Thank you for your exceptional service.
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Matter Type:
Residential Conveyancing
Katie
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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!
A representative from Ellisons 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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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 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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Personal areas of law
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Money & Tax
- Debt and Bankruptcy
- HMRC Tax Investigations and Disputes
- Inheritance Tax
- Insolvency and bankruptcy
- Property Holding Structures
- Trusts
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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
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Wills, Trusts & Probate
- Disputed Probate
- Disputed Trusts
- Disputed Wills
- International
- Probate
- Trusts
- Wills
Business areas of law
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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
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Banking
- Banking
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Charities
- Charities
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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
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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
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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
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Dispute Resolution
- Mediation
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Energy & Transport
- Aviation
- Energy
- Maritime and Shipping
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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
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Regulations
- Environment
- Health and Safety
- Licensing