Commercial Litigation Solicitor

This position will see you manage a diverse array of litigation matters on behalf of business clients from instruction to conclusion. Current matters include

• Sale and purchase of goods and services
• Landlord and tenant claims for rent, dilapidations and possession
• Claims for breach of warranty
• Breach of copyright, design rights, and patents
• Shareholders disputes
• Building and construction disputes
• Professional negligence
• Beach of contracts for the supply of services
• Boundary and party wall disputes
• Regulatory and planning disputes
• Contentious probate
• Negligence
• Injunctions
It is expected that you will manage the dispute resolution team with the support of a senior experienced paralegal and a director. The role has arisen owing to the firm's considerable success, and its longer-term planning. Succession is very much an option for an ambitious solicitor. Salary and benefits will be competitive and in line with experience.

We are willing to consider consultants who would like to work part time and for flexible hours but we are primarily looking for a candidate with drive, ambition and legal ability, who has the aptitude to progress to equity partnership level. Any candidate is expected to have the intellectual ability to tackle a wide range of work and the interest and willingness to explore and develop new skills.

Founded in 1990, we are niche practice concentrating exclusively on commercial and business law. About a third of the work is dispute resolution. We aim is to provide all the legal services needed by small and medium sized businesses. Clients vary in size from individuals and family companies to UK subsidiaries of multinational and off shore companies. Our offices are in a modern air conditioned building with on-site parking, located in a business park overlooking woodlands. Several industrial estates are nearby. While much of the work is local, the practice attracts clients from all over the UK and abroad. The practice has the experience and ability to deal with, and does deal with, high value, complex commercial litigation. Any candidate is expected to have the intellectual ability to tackle a wide range of work and the interest and willingness to explore and develop new skills., The Practice concentrates exclusively on commercial and business law. About a quarter of the work is dispute resolution. Its aim is to provide all the legal services needed by small and medium sized businesses.