Ellisons Solicitors is once again delighted to have been recommended within the Legal 500 directory.

The recommendations reflect the hard work from Ellisons’ team of excellent lawyers, who continue to be recognised for their expertise, their ability to put the needs of their clients first and gain long lasting relationships.

The results have been published towards the end of a particularly busy year for Ellisons; the recruitment of three new partners, expansion of the Ipswich office (for the third time in 3 years!) as well securing the Lexcel accreditation once again.

In total nine practice areas were recommended in this year’s edition, with two Partners noted as leading individuals, 26 lawyers recommended and six lawyers mentioned as next generation lawyers.

Clients of Ellisons praise the ‘incredibly good responses’ and single out lead partner (Head of Employment) Julian Outen [leading individual] for ‘the quality of his advice and the ability to ensure that any potential issues are pre-empted’; ‘he has great communication skills and credibility among senior HR professionals in East Anglia’.

The service from Ellisons is ‘highly attentive and competent’ and clients describe Robert Gair (Head of Personal Injury) [leading individual] and Bernice Spurgeon as ‘diligent, bright and careful’. Robert is described as ‘one of the most impressive solicitors around; extremely thorough and knowledgeable, he always considers every angle of a dispute before getting counsel involved’.

Recently promoted Partner, Paul Forsyth, is described as a next generation lawyer at the firm.

Meanwhile the ‘well-established and respected’ commercial litigation department delivers ‘excellent service and technically brilliant advice’, particularly in the banking and debt recovery space.

The Commercial Property department is noted within the directory once again, and has next generation lawyer, Philip Roberts, as a notable Partner. Guy Longhurst and Toby Kramers were also noted for their experience.

The Private Client team, led by Tim Logan, spans all branches in Essex as well as Ipswich, Suffolk.

Head of Insurance Litigation, Robert Jones is noted for his work in Personal Injury: Defendant, alongside follow Partners, Louise Bland and Natalie Simpkins.

To view the full results, click here.