Our full-service legal practice offers a comprehensive range of expert corporate, property and private legal services. Our philosophy is simple; we put our clients at the centre of everything we do and bring clarity to the most complex problems.
We have fantastic people at Field Seymour Parkes and know that every single one of them is key to our success. Our Family FSP ethos ensures that there are opportunities for all. In the same way that we build lasting relationships to support our clients through their personal and business lives, we aim to do the same for our employees.
We now have an exceptional opportunity within our Real Estate team, for a graduate looking to develop a legal career with a focus on litigation work. Previous legal experience is not essential for this role.
Our Real Estate team is the largest in Reading and prides itself on providing city quality work outside London. Our Property Litigation team is looking for someone to support them on a permanent basis. In our team, property litigation work is varied. The team acts for a range of commercial clients, organisations and individuals with disputes concerning property. The cases they manage include:
* Disputes on restrictive covenants and minor land rights affecting development including easements, drainage, rights of way and profits a prendre
* The recovery of land from trespassers, tenants and persons unknown, including boundary disputes and adverse possession claims
* Contentious landlord and tenant issues, including the termination, surrender and renewal of commercial leases, rent reviews, break notices, lease forfeiture; rent and service charge arrears; service charge disputes
* The enforcement of securities on behalf of mortgagees and more
They may also be involved in advising on property issues to other teams within the firm in relation to corporate deals and insolvency issues, agricultural disputes, construction disputes and more.
As a paralegal in the team you will support the other lawyers with a wide variety of tasks, giving you plenty of interesting experience across this varied caseload. This is an opportunity with real development potential so while initially you may have a lot of administrative work to do, as you grow in experience you will take on increasing amounts of responsibility and client contact – how far you can go depends on your talent and ability.
We think it’s a great starting point to build a quality legal career. We expect you to have a strong academic record, including a qualifying law degree or Graduate Diploma in Law, with good grades in land law and dispute resolution (ideally with electives or additional modules in at least one of those areas), together with excellent communication skills, initiative, drive, perseverance and a ‘can do’ attitude. Those qualities are more important to us than relevant paralegal experience, but some experience would be considered an advantage. If these attributes shine out from your CV and covering letter, we would like to hear from you.
Recruitment at FSP
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