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Property Litigation - Solicitor

WeightmansManchester Spinningfields, Birmingham, Glasgow, Leicester, Liverpool, London Hallmark, Guildford

30+ days ago

Salary

£90,000.00–£100,000.00 yearly

Job description

About your new role

Our Property Litigation team acts for public and private sector landlords, tenants and real estate developers, and our client base includes local authorities, NHS Trusts, housing associations, social landlords, blue chip retailers and owner managed businesses. We use bespoke case management systems to ensure that all documents are accurate and consistent, court procedures are followed and deadlines met.

As a Property Litigation Solicitor you will be joining a strong, fast-growing, national property litigation team, currently operating out of four offices : Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool, and Manchester. The team has more than doubled in size over the last five years and is expected to continue to expand.

Main duties and responsibilities

Manage own caseload of mixed property litigation work, which, currently, will predominantly be defendant housing disrepair work .
Caseload may include commercial cases such as estate management work, possession actions, business lease renewals, injunctions etc.
Caseload may also include residential cases such as possessions, rent recovery, disrepair etc. for both housing association and other residential landlords
Assist other case handlers with their caseloads
Support and develop more junior members of the team
Assist with business development and profile raising initiatives including networking events
Complete MI procedures as required
Achieve set targets / KPIs
Ensure relevant deadlines, compliance and quality measures are adhered to
Comply with relevant Weightmans and client policies and procedures
Work in accordance with Weightmans’ values

This list is not intended to be exhaustive and you will be expected to perform other duties and have other responsibilities that fall within the wider remit of the role.

About You

As a property Litigation Solicitor we would expect you to :

Have knowledge of property litigation work

Have a flexible approach

Be motivated and highly-driven

Have excellent IT and typing skills

Have excellent communication skills

To have excellent time management and organisation skills

Have the ability to multi-task and prioritise

Be able to work to strict deadlines and targets

Have the ability to work as part of a team and on own initiative

We are able to consider applicants that are 0 - 3 years PQE for this position.