Contract Paralegal - Bristol
| Posting date: | 11 July 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | Competitive |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 09 August 2024 |
| Location: | Bristol, City of, BS1 5TR |
| Company: | TLT LLP |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 1717 |
Summary
We are recruiting for a Contract Paralegal with conveyancing experience to support our Lender Sales team in Bristol. Our Lender Sales team deals with the sales of those properties that have been taken into possession. This is traditional conveyancing with a twist due to the nature of the work undertaken.
This role will be a 3–6-month contract with the possibility of extension or more permanent contracts. You will be working on a day rate via an Umbrella company. This role if fully remote.
This Role
As a Contract Paralegal your day-to-day remit includes:
- Responsible for own caseload of sale files, referring all legal aspects to the Team Supervisor or Team Manager
- Preparation of communications, contracts and documents as instructed by senior Fee Earners
- Processing new matters using case management system
- Use case management system to action workflow entries on a daily basis and from the Schedule for individual files
- Regularly update clients and asset managers as to progress of matters.
- Ensure that all matters are billed promptly at exchange
Your Skills and Experience
- Previous administration experience
- Previous telephone handling experience
- To demonstrate a natural empathy/affinity with Clients and a good telephone manner, with a clear diction
- Proactivity and attention to detail
- Organisational and time management skills.
Your Team
Operating from our offices in Bristol, Manchester, Glasgow and Belfast, we have specialist expertise in each UK jurisdiction. We act for banks, building societies, other secured lenders and third party services. We support on repossession conveyancing for these clients, so that when a property is taken into possession the title checking process is carried out promptly, and a sale progressed proactively. We also provide advice and support to fixed charge receivers from validating their appointment through to dealing with non-paying tenants or those who remain in the property beyond the end of their tenancy.
About TLT
Fast paced, fast growing and forward thinking, TLT is the law firm that helps clients stay one step ahead, and we do the same for our people.
We work with high profile clients in innovative sectors. With local, national and international reach, we have over 1,200 people in offices across the UK and a network of partner firms across Europe, India and the US. In 2021 we were named The Lawyer’s Law Firm of the Year, recognising our incredible success story.
Our purpose is to protect, prepare and progress our clients for what comes next and it’s essential that we do the same for our people, our planet and our communities too. In our open and collaborative culture, we encourage everyone to be their whole self, to have a voice and to contribute.
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