Job Title: Landlord and Tenant Litigation Assistant – Route To Training Contract
Location: Northenden, Manchester
Salary: £19,000 per annum
Job type: Full time, Permanent
Hours: 8:30am-5:30pm Monday-Thursday and 8:30am to 5pm Friday
Express Solicitors is a top 200 Law firm that specialises in all areas of personal injury including public liability, occupier’s liability, road traffic accidents, employer’s liability, industrial disease, serious injuries and clinical negligence. We pride ourselves in the work we do helping injured people.
We are Law Society accredited and are a Legal 500 Leading Firm for both Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence. Six of our Partners are members of the Law Society Specialist Personal Injury Panel.
Our employees are our most important asset and have been instrumental in helping us recover millions of pounds each year for injured people. No doubt at Express Solicitors we rate skill and ability above all else and our recruitment policy encourages applications from all.
About the role
At Express, we pride ourselves in the work we do helping injured people. We are a top 200 Law Company that specialises in personal injury and consumer claims. One of our specialist areas within our consumer claims team are landlord and tenant disputes.
We see the Litigation Assistant role as a steppingstone towards even greater things – to Litigation Executive where, after sufficient tenure (usually circa 12 months), you may apply for the period of recognised training, subject to the application criteria i.e. demonstrable success and commitment in the role. Some of our graduate team may begin the role as a Litigation Executives, handling their own files. We are looking for people who – with further investment by us – will make excellent litigation lawyers. At any one time we have up to 20 trainee solicitors.
Job Duties
- Chasing by telephone
- Detail checking. Making sure the initial attendance is accurate. Keeping the case management file fully up to date.
- Client care.
- Document analysis. Research, drafting letters of claim, drafting of court documentation, attending applications, attending conferences, instructing counsel, collating bundles, taking notes.
- Witness statements
- Weekly reviews with supervisors
- Four monthly appraisals to discuss you and your career
- Task management. You will be supporting a lawyer and their clients
- Case progression
Key Requirements
We are looking for people who have strong legal academic achievement (LLB, LLM, LPC, GDL). Usually this will be in tandem with relevant work experience, to show a desire for litigation as well as strong commercial acumen. Experience of landlord and tenant disputes is desirable.
We are looking for people with the right attitude, who want to learn and progress
We are looking for people who show professionalism, maturity and aptitude for client handling and ability to deal with pressure. This is an autonomous role and you will be expected to take responsibility for the tasks in your remit.
We are looking for our Trainee Solicitors of the future, so we need to see the correct skills. We offer an uncapped number of Trainee Solicitors, and we offer rolling admittance dates throughout the year.
Benefits Package
We always endeavour to recruit and retain the best staff around. To do so we offer competitive remuneration packages, ongoing training and development opportunities and a wide variety of interesting and challenging work.
- The starting salary is £19,000
- Our standard working hours are 8:30am to 5:30am Monday-Thursday and 8:30am to 5pm Friday.
- 23 days holiday, rising 1 day per year to a max of 26 days, plus bank/public hols. Please note, the office is closed between Christmas and New Year and 3 holidays are reserved for this period
- 3 holiday buy backs per year after 1 year of service
- Private medical insurance available after 2 years’ service
- Death in Service – 2 x salary based on annual salary only – eligibility commences when you join the company
- Active social committee, firm pays for trips to e.g. Bowling, Chester Races, Christmas party, Summer Barbecue
- Active training culture and various groups and events such as Diversity & Inclusion
- Netball / Football team, 10km Manchester team and more
- Usual ancillary benefits including Employee Assistance Programme etc.
Please click on the APPLY button to send your CV and Cover Letter for this role.
Candidates with the relevant experience or job titles of; Training Plan, Junior Paralegal, Trainee Solicitor, Legal Assistant, Litigation Assistant, Legal Executive, Legal Support Assistant, Paralegal, Legal Executive, Legal Handler, Legal Secretary, Legal Aid will also be considered for this role.
