Legal Secretary

The purpose of this successful secretary/Conveyancing Assistant role is to assist a Fee Earner on a caseload of residential conveyancing matters, including sales, purchases, and both freehold and leasehold, unregistered and new build properties from start to post-completion.

Duties including:

• To ensure that clients are kept up to date and dealt with efficiently and politely and that appropriate legal matters are raised with the Conveyancer.


• To attend to clients, taking instructions, and conducting letter and telephone enquiries as necessary


• To provide full support to the fee earner - collating, sending, checking documentation to all parties involved in transactions


• To use the correct Practice procedures and systems in order to manage cases effectively and in accordance with the firm's standards and legal requirements.


• Raise pre-contract enquiries
  
  Self motivated, highly organised and enthusiastic individual who can worm quickly and accurately, often within tight timescales


• Good written and verbal skills are essential, to deal with a broad range of clients, along with the willingness to provide the highest standard of client care


• Experience in a property context, would be an advantage