Ellen Dearsley

Chartered Legal Executive

Ellen is a Chartered Legal Executive in Ellisons' Dispute Resolution team. Ellen began her career with the firm in 2019 as a Legal Secretary in the Insolvency and Debt Recovery team, part of the Dispute Resolution department. She then worked as a Legal Advisor in the team while studying with CILEx in order to qualify as a Chartered Legal Executive

She has since qualified as a Chartered Legal Executive, continuing to support clients with a practical and solutions-focused approach.

Areas of Specialism

Corporate insolvency, including Winding Up Petitions, Creditors’ Voluntary Liquidations, Company Administration
Personal insolvency, including Bankruptcy Petitions, Annulment Applications
Debt recovery, including Statutory Demands, acting for both creditor and debtor advising on debt recovery
Enforcement matters including charging orders, third-party debt orders and attachment of earnings orders
Commercial disputes in an insolvency context, including contractual disputes
Officeholder remuneration applications

Areas of Expertise

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Thanks to you, Tracy and your team for all your help on this. Having never had to do anything like this before, we felt well looked after and thanks again for your patience.

I would like to just to say thank you for all that you have done through this process it has been a pleasure to meet and deal with you both all be it not in the best circumstances.

Thanks again for all of your help I would not have retrieved that money otherwise and I will certainly recommend you to others.