Litigation Lawyer
£50,000 - £60,000
Ashford
Permanent - Full Time

Company Benefits:

• Established, Reputable Law Firm
• Personal Development is key with this firm
• Up to 30 days holiday plus paid bank holiday
• Additional (discretionary) holiday at Christmas
• Discretionary bonus scheme
• Private Medical Insurance
• Pension Scheme (salary sacrifice)
• Staff concessions for Conveyancing and Private Client work
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
• Childcare Vouchers
• Eye Care Vouchers
• Parking Permits (payroll deduction)

Are you a Litigation Lawyer with 1 year + PQE?

Would you like to work for an established, growing law firm who put their employees first?

Are you a hardworking, capable individual with the ambition to do well and progress?

If you are a Litigation Lawyer thinking of relocating to the heart of the Kentish countryside but still want easy access to London, there could be no better law firm to work for than this well-established, growing business based in central Ashford, just 30 minutes from the Capital!
Due to business expansion our client, based in Ashford (just 28 minutes from Central London by high-speed train!), is looking for an additional Litigation Lawyer.

You’ll be responsible for dealing with matters of contentious probate and providing general litigation services to the firm’s clients.

KEY DUTIES OF THE LITIGATION LAWYER:

• To undertake a wide variety of general litigation services including:
• Commercial and residential landlord and tenant
• Professional negligence
• Building disputes
• General contract
• Partnership disputes
• Debt recovery
• Insolvency (Corporate and personal)
• Inheritance claims
• Challenging /Contesting a will (claiming and defending) – ACTAPS membership an advantage
• Inheritance Act Claims
• Rules of Intestacy
• Financial Provision for Dependants
• Invalid Wills
• Probate Disputes
• Removal of Executors
• Property Issues
• Compliance with the firm's routine time recording, accounts and administrative disciplines;
• Attending Litigation department meetings and such training as necessary and approved by the Head of Department, in order to deliver a proper standard of service to the clients
• Play an active role in sustaining and developing the Litigation department by networking and participating in the Firm’s marketing events.

Westin Par values diversity and promotes equality.

No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010.

Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.

For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies, we are acting as an Employment Agency

Due to the high volume of applicants applying for all roles, we can only reply to candidates with the most relevant skills and experience.

If you have not heard back from us within 48 hours of your application, please assume that you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.

Do not hesitate to contact us about this or any other roles.