ESSENTIAL SKILLS/COMPETENCIES AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

• Excellent communication skills;
• Excellent organisational skills;
• Intellectual curiosity, commerciality and common sense;
• A proactive approach to your work and a willingness and ability to use your own initiative;
• Ability to deal flexibly with different work types, work sources and clients;
• Confidence to take responsibility for a caseload (with supervisor & Group support);
• Team Player;
• Capable of working with a case management system.

EDUCATION REQUIRED

Candidates will need to have a law degree as a minimum or equivalent qualification.
Lyons Davidson is a national law firm providing legal services to businesses and individuals.
We pride ourselves on the level of service our experts offer. Our ability to deliver a consistent and high-quality service has allowed us to develop strong relationships with a number of business partners such as insurers, banks and membership organisations that rely on us to give their customers and members the help and advice they need

PURPOSE:

We are seeking a paralegal with a desire to progress their career within our growing Landlord and Tenant disputes team, part of the Civil Litigation Division. The group handles all aspects of Landlord and Tenant aspects of litigation. The work is mainly LEI funded. The work is challenging but rewarding and the team places a high value on mutual support and co-operation.

DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:

Reporting to a supervisor in the team and through them to the partner in charge of the Dispute Resolution Group, the role will involve personal management (with supervisory support) of your own caseload of varied cases. It may also involve assisting senior lawyers on larger cases.