Court of Protection & PI Trusts Legal Executive/Solicitor

at  Elite Touch Group

Our well established client is looking for a Court of Protection specialist with a minimum of 3 years relevant experience to join their well-established and fast growing team based in their Leighton Buzzard office.
Their dedicated teams offer specialist legal advice in the areas of Court of Protection, Lasting Powers of Attorney, Medical Negligence, Personal Injury, Personal Injury Trusts, Probate, Residential Conveyancing and Wills.
The Role
Their Court of Protection and PI Trusts team has seen significant growth and quality in instructions due to the firm’s commitment to exceptional standards in client care and in their quest to maintain high standards, they have an opening for an excellent fee earner who is as passionate as they are about protecting their clients’ interests. The team’s niche focus is to act for clients who have suffered an acquired brain injury and who have then received a high level of damages to fund their extensive needs. This is a great opportunity for an experienced practitioner who wishes to progress their career further and to grow with this firm.
The successful candidate will be working closely with the heads of department and other members of the team. Prior experience within the general private client areas of work would be an advantage.

QUALIFICATIONS

Candidates must be qualified Solicitors or Legal Executives – Minimum 3 years PQE with proven track record of extensive and relevant experience.

SKILLS

• Confident communicator, persuasive and commercially astute.
• Excellent Client Care skills and a Team player in a professionally diverse team.
• Computer literate with experience of case management systems and Microsoft Office.
• Ability to work autonomously, producing high quality work with minimum supervision.
• Excellent time management and strong prioritisation skills.
• Efficient fee earner, able to manage own caseload with minimum supervision.
• Good business development skills and comfortable with networking.
• Efficient time recording and file management skills.
• Good mentor and ability to delegate to more junior team members.
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• Day to day running of the Professional Deputyship matters with minimal supervision
• Day to day running of the Personal Injury Trusts matters with minimal supervision
• Contributing to marketing our services and the firm’s corporate objectives
• Undertaking any relevant and associated duties as directed
• Keeping skill set up-to-date and continually improving knowledge base required for Court of Protection and Personal Injury Trusts, and remaining Lexcel compliant.