Private Client Solicitor
Posted 21 days 4 hours ago by Law Staff Legal Recruitment
Permanent
Full Time
Other
Essex, Chelmsford, United Kingdom, CM1 1
Job Description
Our client are seeking an experienced Private Client Solicitor 3+ Years' PQE or Chartered Legal Executive to join the Wills Trusts & Probate Team. They offerLife Assurance, Corporate Healthcare Plan, Flexible/Hybrid Working, Bonus Scheme, Opticians Scheme, Free Parking, Staff Discounts plus more.
The role may be based at their head office in Essex, on a full-time or part-time basis.
This Private Client Solicitor role offers the opportunity to manage a diverse caseload of private client matters matters and to havea hybrid-style, flexible working pattern, based between the office and home.
The Private Client Solicitor Role:
- Proven background and demonstrable enthusiasm for Private Client work
- Contentious Probate work to include but not limited to claims under Inheritance
- (Provision for Family and Dependants Act) 1975
- Preparation of Wills
- Administration of Estates for business and private clients
- Lifetime and Post-Death Tax Planning
- Lasting Powers of Attorney
- Court of Protection Orders
- Residential and Nursing Care Issues
- Trust formation and administration
- Participation in the firm's marketing, article drafting, PR, business development, social media and networking activities
- Circa 3 years + PQE
- The STEP or SFE qualification would be preferred but is not essential
- Knowledge of the law relating to Contested Wills and Inheritance Act claims
- Demonstrable experience of successfully having acted for clients in contentious Probate matters
- Ability to advise and progress claims on behalf of a dependent under IPFDA 1975
- Experience in a variety of different areas of dispute in Probate, including disputes over the validity of a Will, capacity of the testator and disputes as to an estate administration and costs charged by the person administering an estate
- Preparation of responses to a Larke v Nugus request
- Demonstrate an understanding of the preparation of Wills (including Wills incorporating measures aimed at asset protection and mitigation of tax)
- Fundamental principles of inheritance, capital gains and income tax and their application in an estate planning context
- Preparation and registration of Lasting Powers of Attorney; providing specialist advice for elderly clients
- Able to communicate very well in writing using correct grammar and plain English
- Possess strong organisational and inter-personal skills and be IT proficient
- Being part of an exciting, growing business who truly put clients first
- Hybrid-style, flexible working pattern, based between the office andhome
- Salary based on experience and the value you can bring the firm
- EmployeePension Scheme
- Internal and external training
- 24 days of annual leave plus Bank Holidays
- Life Assurance
- Corporate Healthcare Plan
- Bonus Scheme
- Opticians Scheme
- Free Parking
- Staff Discounts
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