Solicitor - Court of Protection Property & Affairs

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• A knowledge of Court of Protection property & affairs work including managing files prior to the settlement of personal injury litigation.
• Experience of statutory will and other relevant Court of Protection applications including drafting applications and all supporting documents.
• Experience of advising on LPA.
• An understanding of funding streams for packages of care including continuing health care and local authority funding.
• Knowledge of relevant personal taxes, benefits and other matters connected to personal finances.
• Experience of PI trust set up and management desirable
  
  So why should you be interested in joining Simpson Millar? Working within Simpson Millar offers you the chance to work in a welcoming friendly environment, a fun, vibrant atmosphere, with teams of highly rated people who enjoy working together to make a difference to their clients.
Our specialist Property & Affairs COP team actually falls within our renowned Public Law team, so you'll be working alongside Chambers and Legal 500 listed experts in their field. At Simpson Millar our Culture is key for us, it drives us and makes us who we are. We're lawyers who exist to help people with their legal needs today and to improve the way the law works for people in the future. We provide trusted expert legal advice, quickly and clearly, every time. There is change going on within the legal industry and in our firm too, so we need people who are adaptable to this, who embrace change and see the opportunity. The future of our business is one that is technology and data driven, so we need people who have the mindset and technological expertise to grow with us. But most of all we need team players who will be willing to work with others, but are accountable for their own work, and who want to achieve great results for both our firm and especially our clients., ResourceBank Recruitment Ltd RBR House, Hawksworth Road, Central Park, Telford, Shropshire TF29TU