Ellisons Solicitors

01206764477

4.9/5

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Address
The Bath House
Le Cateau Road
Colchester
Essex
CO2 7NA
01206764477
www.ellisonssolicitors.com

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Anna Cross

Carly Callaghan

Abbie McKay

Lisa Dawson

Amy Burton

Amanda Kelly

Elizabeth Burns

Charlene Boyaram

Abigail Frawley

Samantha Chase

Bethan Williams

Leigh Gonella

Chartered Legal Executive

Cameron Cini

Catherine Duggan

Molly Frankham

How Ellisons Solicitors Compares

Value for money

This firm - 93%

National Average

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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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As part of our review questionnaire we ask reviewer questions about the value for money they felt they received by using Ellisons Solicitors. 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 6%

About Right 92%

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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 Solicitors compares to the national average of clients being satisfied with the outcome of their matter after instructing a solicitor.

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

Consumer

1st / 9

76th / 4527

Company & Commercial

1st / 17

26th / 4303

Housing & Property

1st / 15

7th / 4220

Family Law

1st / 16

4th / 3827

Wills, Trusts & Probate

1st / 14

7th / 3472

Commercial Property

1st / 14

16th / 3278

Employment

1st / 15

49th / 3068

Regulations

1st / 13

14th / 2517

Personal Injury

1st / 12

74th / 2351

Immigration

1st / 32

20th / 1995

Money & Tax

1st / 9

25th / 1834

IT & Intellectual Property

1st / 6

11th / 1041

Dispute Resolution

1st / 1

47th / 1032

Clinical Negligence

1st / 30

49th / 937

Banking

1st / 12

6th / 693

Agriculture

1st / 4

41st / 610

Construction

1st / 25

1st / 579

Charities

1st / 5

9th / 562

Energy & Transport

1st / 6

3rd / 511

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

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Client Reviews

4.9/5

Reviews summary

Excellent

1169
Very Good

78
Average

3
Poor

4
Awful

4

Overall experience

Value For Money
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Initial Impressions
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Wills, Trusts & Probate

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Wills

Anonymous

May 30, 2025

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Linda provided professional advice whilst remaining personable & approachable at all times. The process was smooth from start to end and completed sooner than expected. I would not hesitate to recommend Ellisons.

Lawyer named in this review:
Linda Osborne

Linda Osborne

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

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Wills, Trusts & Probate

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Wills

David

May 30, 2025

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Ellisons Solicitors Colchester

Very good and quick service. Satisfied with end product.

Lawyer named in this review:
Leigh Gonella

Leigh Gonella

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

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Wills, Trusts & Probate

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Wills

Lorna

May 30, 2025

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Change of personal will

Overall an excellent service, Kate really understood my circumstances and acted with compassion and acted accordingly to my changes. I was able to talk through what was necessary.

Lawyer named in this review:
Kate Theobald

Kate Theobald

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

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Wills, Trusts & Probate

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Probate

Alan

May 30, 2025

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Estate of Late Mother

I would like to express my thanks to Leigh and Vikki for the smooth handling of the Estate. It was dealt with in a very efficient manner, keeping me and my sister aware of progress the whole time. In addition, when it got complicated they were happy to explain the details. Thanks for your help.

Lawyer named in this review:
Leigh Gonella

Leigh Gonella

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

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Housing & Property

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Matrimonial transfers

Mark B

May 17, 2025

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Lisa Dawson

Lisa was very professional and gave me good clear advice.

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Lisa Dawson

Lisa Dawson

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

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Family Law

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Family law

david bliss

April 17, 2025

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introductory meeting LLB

clear understanding by solicitor and excellent follow up summary and instructions

Lawyer named in this review:
Elizabeth Burns

Elizabeth Burns

A representative from Ellisons Solicitors responded to this review on 28 April, 2025:

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Wills, Trusts & Probate

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Wills

Smart Clifford

April 17, 2025

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Wills + LPAs

Excellent service from start to finish

Lawyer named in this review:
Chloe Baldwin

Chloe Baldwin

A representative from Ellisons Solicitors responded to this review on 28 April, 2025:

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Wills, Trusts & Probate

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Wills

Francesca

April 17, 2025

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Production of wills

Very happy with treatment, outcome and cost.

Lawyer named in this review:
Linda Osborne

Linda Osborne

A representative from Ellisons Solicitors responded to this review on 28 April, 2025:

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Wills, Trusts & Probate

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Probate

Michael

April 17, 2025

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Handling of my father's estate

Was happy with the service provided. From start to finish we were impressed with how the estate was managed.

Lawyer named in this review:
Leigh Gonella

Leigh Gonella

A representative from Ellisons Solicitors responded to this review on 28 April, 2025:

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Family law

Natasha woodward-williams

April 11, 2025

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Efficient, caring, professional

Anna made me feel at ease at a very hard time, left feeling I had the best support going forward. Thankyou Anna.

Lawyer named in this review:
Anna Cross

Anna Cross

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

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Julie

September 14, 2021

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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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February 17, 2020

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A client

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

November 11, 2019

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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

February 26, 2019

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The service provides unmatched excellence and satisfaction. Depth of knowledge and the results are a testimony. Thank you for your exceptional service.

A representative from Ellisons Solicitors responded to this review on 25 November, 2020:

thanks so much

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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!

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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Description

Ellisons Solicitors 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

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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Ellisons Solicitors

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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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Overall experience

LPA Guidance

Ellisons Solicitors Colchester

Change of personal will

Estate of Late Mother

Lisa Dawson

introductory meeting LLB

Wills + LPAs

Production of wills

Handling of my father's estate

Efficient, caring, professional

Reviews collected from

Julie

A client

Sandy

Stan

Katie

Ellisons Solicitors are accredited by

About this branch

Description

Practice areas

Regulated by

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Personal areas of law

Business areas of law

Would recommend to
friends and family

Satisfied with
outcome of matter