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This is an administrative role supporting and working with partners and lawyers across the Wills, Trusts, Probate, and Court of Protection team, each of whom has a caseload including both routine and more complex legal work in this area. Key Responsibilities 1. Legal tasks as required including: (a) Drafting documents including wills, lasting powers of attorney, witness statements, oaths, estate accounts (b) Loading information onto and using the probate tool (c) Recording chargeable and investment time (d) Preparing standard correspondence and documents on matters (e) Liaising with clients by email, telephone, and in person (f) Assisting solicitors and other fee earners (g) Conducting legal research using tools such as LexisNexis and Lawtel Westlaw (h) Checking lengthy documentation and proofreading as required (i) Completing legal forms. 2. Administrative tasks to include: (a) File opening in accordance with IBB...

Ramsdens are an award-winning Legal 500 recommended full-service law firm with offices across Yorkshire. We enjoy a reputation for the highest quality of staff, and the Firm's record of achievement results from the efforts of excellent staff, both legal and support. Due to investment and growth, we are looking to recruit a number of Graduate Paralegals to work with our award-winning Private Client team. These are full-time positions but consideration will be given to part-time applications alongside GDL/LPC studies but a minimum of four days is required. We are looking for law graduates with an interest in wills and probate who want to develop their career within a busy, friendly, highly experienced team. The role is to primarily assist with the preparation of wills, powers of attorney, codicils, and the administration of estates. Ramsdens are committed to the progression of our staff, and this is a fantastic opportunity to start a long-term career with the firm. Key...

We are looking for a Paralegal/Legal assistant for our busy PI and Abuse Department based in Leeds. We are looking for someone who can apply themselves to assist with a busy caseload. You will have a minimum of 12 months of experience within a paralegal role. Ramsdens are committed to the progression of our staff, and this is a fantastic opportunity to start a long-term career with the firm. Key Responsibilities Assisting fee earners with case progression and helping them manage their caseloads by dealing with specific delegated tasks. Preparing Hearing and Trial bundles Drafting documents including instructions to counsel Dealing with new telephone inquiries. Dealing with correspondence and liaising directly with clients and third parties. Attend to clients, both in person and on the telephone, to provide support in a professional and friendly manner in keeping with the firm’s standards for client care. Ensuring compliance with...

Roythornes Solicitors is a top 150 national law firm with five strategically located offices across the Midlands and East Anglia. We adopt a one-team ethos across all offices, with trusted advice being given by our recognized experts on a national spread. We pride ourselves on building longstanding relationships with our clients and bringing commercial know-how and lateral thinking to each case. We are looking to recruit additional support for our growing Court of Protection team. The successful candidate will be tasked primarily with work that justifies a grade D rate for day-to-day Court of Protection administration. The recruit will also be expected to assist with other general team duties for the Private Client Team.

A vacancy has become available for a Legal Assistant to join our Vehicle Damage Department. The successful candidate will join our Client Support Team and assist in the preparation of claims for litigation, ensuring all evidential information is on file and making initial contact with our client to take full instructions on the initiation of their claim.   The ideal candidate will naturally represent Winns Values of Integrity, Respect, Loyalty, and Reliability which underpin our mission to be the best one-stop shop for accident management and rehabilitation.   Employee Benefits Competitive base salary plus great OTE Annual salary review and bonus schemes (subject to performance) 22 days holiday pro rata, plus bank holidays, and an additional birthday holiday Three-day bonus holiday for full attendance Option to buy and sell three holidays per year Additional...

Do you have experience working within a Property Team and looking for your next challenge? We have an exciting opportunity for a Legal Assistant to join our Commercial Property Team in Southport. Working closely with the lawyers advising clients in respect of their often complex casework, you will be required to assist in the day-to-day progression of files, office administration, and management of lawyers' diaries’, calls, and internal administration.  Your role will require an ability to speak with clients and other professionals, a high level of organization and initiative, and the ability to work on multiple matters. You will benefit from:- Competitive salary Hybrid working 28 days holiday plus bank holidays Life Assurance of x2 annual salary (facility to increase at employee's own cost) Pension scheme Voluntary Cash Plan Scheme – to assist with dental & optical bills Eye Care Vouchers Continued development and...

The Vacancy We are currently looking for a Conveyancing Assistant to join our team in Marlborough/Swindon. The ideal candidate will be able to provide an efficient and effective administrative support to the conveyancing team in which you work, enabling the team to function effectively and achieve its objectives.  We would also consider an Apprentice for this role, in which you will be required to complete a Level 3 apprenticeship in Legal Administration within 18 months of commencing your employment.  Key Responsibilities Manage an administrative workload under the guidance of fee earners Provide administrative support to fee earners including file-opening, telephone management, document production (incl. audio-typing, managing voice recognition procedures and outsourcing providers), filing/ archiving, photocopying, email management, online portal management and dealing with post Draft documents and bills, under...

The Vacancy The asbestos disease team at RWK Goodman was established in 2013 and has grown significantly to a team of 20 – led by Helen Childs and 3 other partners. Praised for their “compassion and excellent technical knowledge and tremendous commitment” and with a reputation for achieving results on complex and difficult claims, the team has pursued several landmark cases to Judgment.  With teams based in London, Oxford, and Bath RWK Goodman are members of the Mesothelioma UK Legal panel and is also on the legal panels for several support groups. The team specializes in mesothelioma and other asbestos-related claims, all of which are issued in the High Court in London. Due to continued expansion, the team is recruiting for a Legal Assistant based in Bath, Oxford, London, or Swindon. The successful candidate will provide efficient and effective administrative support to the team in which you work, enabling the...

So, what makes a Legal Assistant role with Stowe so different? Well, that would be; The responsibility of being involved in a wide range of fee earning duties, developing your competencies and managing legal tasks alongside a family law specialist lawyer. It is an opportunity to be part of a firm which only specialises in family law and holds exceptional client care at the heart of everything they do. Who ‘is Stowe Family Law? We’re the country's largest specialist family law firm with over 90 Lawyers across 49 offices. We all come to work every day and pull together; the way we help our clients is exceptional because Family Law is all we do. In the last few years we’ve grown our business by over 150% and laid the groundwork to build something really special, so now is a great time to join us. Ideally, you will be: Personable, friendly and driven in the pursuit of excellent client care. Either currently working as a...

So, what makes a Legal Assistant role with Stowe so different? Well, that would be; The responsibility of being involved in a wide range of fee earning duties, developing your competencies and managing legal tasks alongside a family law specialist lawyer. It is an opportunity to be part of a firm which only specialises in family law and holds exceptional client care at the heart of everything they do. Who ‘is Stowe Family Law? We’re the country's largest specialist family law firm with over 90 Lawyers across 49 offices. We all come to work every day and pull together; the way we help our clients is exceptional because Family Law is all we do. In the last few years we’ve grown our business by over 150% and laid the groundwork to build something really special, so now is a great time to join us. Ideally, you will be: Personable, friendly and driven in the pursuit of excellent client care. Either currently working as a legal...

We are seeking a Senior Legal Assistant to join our team in Stamford. Whilst the Senior Legal Assistant will form part of the document production team, they will be assigned to the Commercial Property Department to support the Commercial Property Fee Earners. The Senior Legal Assistant will be required to work closely with the other Senior Legal Assistants within the team and provide cover as necessary.  They will be supported by the document production team, who produce letters and documents through manual transcription, digital dictation, and voice recognition.  They will have client contact and should be able to deal with client inquiries in the first instance, therefore need to keep themselves up-to-date with matters in their area(s). KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: To perform all necessary typing/word-processing, accurately and to the deadline. Maintain high levels of client and company confidentiality. Transcribe information from manual...

Due to continued expansion, we have a vacancy at our Stamford office for a Legal Support Assistant within our Document Production Team. Although this is a support role, we are proud of our track record of allowing secretarial and support team members to progress into more senior secretarial roles and fee-earning roles.  The ideal candidate will be a positive, friendly, and enthusiastic individual with good attention to detail and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment. KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE LEGAL SUPPORT ASSISTANT: Scanning of daily incoming posts and photocopying as directed by the Team Leader/Partner in Charge. Closing files using the standard office procedure. Carry out miscellaneous general office duties during the course of the day as reasonably requested. Ensure all photocopiers are stocked/supplied with paper. Check regularly and maintain stock levels of stationery. Project work includes: ensuring our wills,...

As an award-winning and leading Yorkshire law firm our reputation is built upon offering our clients an excellent tailored service, which provides them with clear, pragmatic advice. Our Residential Conveyancing team provides an efficient, personal service that offers great value to our clients, who have the added reassurance that as members of the Law Society’s Conveyancing Quality Scheme (CQS), we take the quality of our services very seriously. In addition to working with private individuals, we also work with estate agents and other intermediaries locally and nationally, as well as being a Panel law firm for most high street banks and secondary lenders. The role We now have a new vacancy for an experienced Conveyancing Assistant to provide administrative support to the Conveyancing lawyers in our Huddersfield office. Duties include: Processing tasks and correspondence on the case management system. Using the land registry portal to request title...

Our Residential Conveyancing team provides an efficient, personal service that offers great value to our clients, who have the added reassurance that as members of the Law Society’s Conveyancing Quality Scheme (CQS), we take the quality of our services very seriously. In addition to working with private individuals, we also work with estate agents and other intermediaries locally and nationally, as well as being a Panel law firm for most high street banks and secondary lenders. We now have a new vacancy for an experienced Conveyancing Secretary to provide support to the lawyers in our Bradford office. The role You must be a confident legal secretary, with previous experience in providing secretarial support to others who have had a mixed caseload of property files, including freehold and leasehold sales and purchases. You must be familiar with: The land registry website requests title documents and submits applications for registrations. LMS and...

Owen Reed are recruiting for a Legal PA to join a top London law firm near St Pauls.  The Legal PA will work within the Disputes team.  This role is a 12 month contract with 50/50 hybrid working. • Secretarial qualification and/or MOS certification (desirable). Skills and Experience • Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint; • Prior experience of working in a fast paced corporate environment; • Efficient organisation skills, with a high degree of accuracy and an ability to prioritise an often conflicting workload; • Able to work calmly and efficiently under pressure; • First-rate inter-personal and communication skills; • Ability to develop and utilise good working relationships across teams; • Demonstrate flexibility and dependability; • Evidence of having used initiative and an understanding of process; and • Able to build confidence and earn the trust and respect of others.

Owen Reed are recruiting for a Legal PA to join a top London law firm.  The Legal PA will work within the Corporate Team. Purpose Of The Role To provide high quality, proactive and experienced PA support to a team of partners and fee earners within our Corporate team.  Duties Work collaboratively with all Finance teams to proactively support fee earners' financial performance including client billing and reports, management of matter balances and working capitalWork closely with Business Development to support fee earners on organisation and attendance of events and conferences; CRM administration; production of and updating fee earner CV's; using the Business Development hub and credentials database; assisting with bids, tenders and pilots Where your allocated fee earner is a Client Relationship Partner (CRP) for a Client Universe Client, assist the Business Development team with organising and attending core team and relationship meetings; organisation and...

Owen Reed are recruiting for a Legal Personal Assistant to join a top law firm in London.  Our Real Estate practice comprises over 90 fee-earning legal staff and is the largest within the firm. We advise developers, house builders and property investors, as well as national and international retail and leisure clients and other property occupiers. Our advice extends to all stages of the real estate life cycle. This is an exciting opportunity to provide first class professional legal PA and administrative support to the fee earners in the Residential Development and the Construction and Planning teams. This role will be an integral member of the team. PAs work principally for named fee earners, however all PAs work as part of a team with shared responsibilities.  Team members will be expected to prioritise and share tasks when appropriate in order to meet business needs. Role responsibility Main responsibilities; Maintaining Fee Earners' inboxes and diary...

About Ashurst: Ashurst is a leading progressive global law firm with a rich history, celebrating it's bicentenary in 2022. We are proud of our history and future-focused, having expanded into new technologies through our NewLaw division, Ashurst Advance, and our consulting arm. Our in-depth understanding of our clients and commitment to providing excellent standards of service have seen us become a trusted adviser to local and global corporates, financial institutions and governments in all areas of commercial law. To find out more please visit www.ashurst.com. In order to comply with regulatory and client requirements, Ashurst will undertake appropriate vetting of staff. When applicants accept a job offer, Ashurst, alongside a specialist provider, will undertake professional verification and background checks. These checks are only undertaken with consent, and in accordance with our legal and regulatory obligations.   Department/Role overview: This role will...

You will be expected to provide high quality, comprehensive personal assistant/secretarial support to lawyers in the Real Estate department. You will proactively contribute to the department, and ultimately, the Firm's success by actively seeking to improve working processes, anticipating the needs of clients and colleagues, and facilitating flexible and efficient workflow management. As a PA at Travers Smith the expectation is that you will demonstrate the key characteristics described below. These areas of focus are aligned with the needs of those supported by every PA in the Firm. While the descriptions are not exhaustive, they provide an overview of the fundamental expectations that the Firm places on its PA population. Real Estate With a team of pure real estate lawyers focusing on the full life-cycle of any real estate project and a wider cross-practice team, we have a deep understanding of the commercial challenges. A range of high-calibre and high-profile...

We are currently recruiting for a Legal PA role to join our Restructuring Team within the Banking Department on a 1 year FTC. This role will support a Partner and a team of Fee Earners working within a friendly PA team.  This role requires an experienced, highly organised, proactive and client focused Legal PA. Closing date for applications will be 1 April 2022. Role purpose To provide fee earners with effective high-quality PA support that appropriately meets their requirements, enabling them to focus on providing legal services and client development. In particular, support with effective diary management; all matters with regard to finance; travel arrangements; communication control (telephone, email and post); and preparation of confidential, and often complex documents and presentations. Role and responsibilities General PA Duties – PA support, diary management, management of calls, emails and post etc. Daily maintenance of diary events and...