Job Description
A position has become available for a Paralegal to work in this award winning Law firm in their property Litigation Department.
The firm was established over 44 years ago and offers a range of legal services including wills and probate, residential and commercial conveyancing, Family law, Property Finance and Property Litigation.
Please note that this role is based in Elstree, Hertfordshire.
Main responsibilities will include:
- Support fee earners in handling client matters and with client liaison
- Deal with initial enquiries
- Draft client care documents and costs estimates
- Attend client meetings alongside other fee earners and produced attendance notes as requested
- Draft and proofread legal documents and prepare written reports as requested
- File and kept electronic and paper files in good order
- Liaised with courts/counsel/other third parties/legal contacts
- Brief/instruct and prepare document bundles for counsel
- Prepare court bundles
- Draft legal documents and correspondence
- Attend at court with fee earner and/or counsel
- Arrange appointments
- Liaise with counsel's clerk and other experts and negotiated fees
- Undertake legal research using a variety of online and other reference sources
- Maintain and ensured the highest standard of client care
Person specification:
- Previous experience of working within a legal environment
- Must have Property Litigation experience
- Highly organised
- Excellent communication skills
- Be highly accurate with strong attention to detail
- Technologically proficient
- Capable of working on your own as well as part of a team
- Confident and analytical
