Civil / Property Litigation Solicitor

CIVIL/PROPERTY LITIGATION SOLICITOR
Location: Hertford
Employment Type: Full time permanent
Salary: £42,000
NT47016

This is an exciting opportunity for a Civil / Property Litigation Solicitor to work within a growing litigation firm within a Legal 500 practice. The role will involve supporting the director in the litigation team and will ideally suit a candidate who wishes to work with an ambitious team focused on service delivery. The candidate should have experience of Property, Civil Litigation and ADR. Experience of contentious probate would also be advantageous. The candidate will ideally have trained in a strong regional or city firm.

Ideally you should be a good team player, commercially savvy and able to communicate with clients in a clear and concise fashion both in terms of legal merits and the costs of proceeding.

The main responsibilities of a Civil/Property Litigation Solicitor:-

– To assist with the development and management of a full caseload of general litigation work, build a solid client base, develop strong client relations and promote the litigation services of the firm in the local market.
– To conduct legal matters on behalf of clients and to assist Directors to conduct matters. To generally carry on the business of the firm.
– To become progressively aware of all aspects of the business and its products in order to act constructively when dealing with legal work.
– To use and promote existing Case Management software for controlling required legal processes.
– To respond to client enquiries in a manner conducive to the promotion of business and personal relationships and ensure that their needs are catered for.
– To ensure that all client work is progressed expeditiously and that the client is kept regularly informed on progress and on costs.
– Achieve billing targets set and produce bills in a timely fashion each month to assist with effective income generation, supporting business cash flows. Ensure that your team is profitable and implement changes where profitability falls below the firms expected target.
– Record hours worked so that client bills can be produced effectively, even in your absence. The firm expects no less than 5.5 chargeable hours to be recorded per day.
– To have conduct of such matters as are allocated to you within your own skills and experience.
– To deal promptly and effectively with all telephone calls in a diplomatic, efficient and polite manner.
– To maintain a business diary detailing all client appointments and Court appointments. To ensure that the diary is consistent with any central diary system the Firm may maintain and is kept up to date on a daily basis.
– To ensure that an effective filing system is maintained so that files of which you have conduct are readily retrievable.
– To comply with quality standards in place and follow procedures including those defined in the firm`s handbook.
– To co-operate with the Directors and carry out work as directed by them, including confidential assignments.
– To be flexible in terms of working hours and be in attendance as required, catering for the needs of clients and the practice as a whole.

As a Civil/ Property Litigation Solicitor you will require the following:-

– 2:1 degree at least and LPC of a commendation or higher
– A minimum of 4 years PQE and experience in property litigation.

If you are an experienced Civil/Property Litigation Solicitor and you think you have what is required for this Civil/Property Litigation Solicitor vacancy and you`re ready for a challenging yet very rewarding role, than please send your CV and covering letter to Niamh.