Location: Darlington
Responsible to: Partner in Charge
Hours: 37.5 hours
Salary: £ Competitive salary – negotiable, dependent upon experience
Experience: 5 years + PQE
About us
Chadwick Lawrence is a leading local law firm with a successful and growing Probate team.
We provide a supportive environment for career development, offering exciting challenges and opportunities for personal and professional growth. We are looking to recruit and develop talented people to achieve their potential – and who will help us achieve ours in return.
About the role
An opportunity has arisen for an experienced Solicitor to work within the Wills and Probate Team at our Darlington office.
The successful candidate will work on a range of private client matters including the Wills, Lasting Powers of Attorney, grant only probates, estate administration and tax/trust advice. Applicants must demonstrate good team working skills and an ability to work with other fee earners within the team.
Candidates should be ambitious and enthusiastic and have experience of working in a busy Probate Department, as well as the ability to work independently.
The role also includes marketing of the firm’s services within the community and business generation. The ability to network and create business contacts is essential.
The successful candidate must be personable, demonstrating good communications skills and be flexible in their approach to work.
Additional Information
Chadwick Lawrence actively promotes a culture that supports a happy and enjoyable team working environment known internally as the Chadwick Lawrence Way. We offer excellent career progression opportunities through a structured fee-earner progression scheme. Having recently won several awards, this is an exciting opportunity to join a progressive firm who are well respected in the North of England.
Chadwick Lawrence is an equal opportunities employer. Selection criteria and procedures are regularly reviewed to ensure that individuals are treated on the basis of their relevant merits and abilities.
We would like to take this opportunity of thanking you for your application. Due to a high volume of applications for this role it is not possible to reply to each Applicant individually. If you do not therefore hear from the Firm within 2 weeks of your application please presume that you have been unsuccessful.
CV’s will only be considered and processed if submitted through our centralised People & Culture Team in response to a specific, written instruction or formal engagement from the Firm. Any speculative submissions sent directly to hiring managers or other employees will not be reviewed and will not attract any agency fees and such individuals do not have the authority to agree to introductions of candidates or to bind the Firm to any terms of business
