Conveyancing Paralegal

Conveyancing Paralegal

A new opportunity has opened for a Conveyancing Paralegal to work within the Residential Conveyancing team of our multi-office, multi-discipline legal practice in North London. The firm has conveyancing practices that operate across a number of sites and with this in the mind are now looking for someone who can support fee earners within a Conveyancing environment at our Chingford Office.

Required Skills:

The successful candidate should have:

• Previous Paralegal experience in Conveyancing, ideally gained within a busy property environment - Essential
• Education to Degree level in Law - Desirable
• Experience in working with a case management system - Desirable

Daily responsibilities will include:

• To provide written, telephone and office costs estimates to Prospective clients/ Introducers with a full breakdown of costs and disbursements as requested
• To develop and maintain good client contact relationships and enhance the firm’s client base by effective liaison with existing clients
• To use the correct procedures and systems in order to manage cases effectively and in accordance with the firm’s standards and legal requirements
• Providing quotes to new clients
• Opening client files on our accounting system and dealing with any monies coming in from the clients
• Dealing with matters and legally preparing the files
• To assist Fee Earners and or Partners with the gathering of information with regard to working on conveyancing matters such as sales, purchases and re-mortgages
• Assisting the Office Managing Partner by gathering information for cases and attending clients
• Completing specific legal forms and documents that must be filed with the Court
• Deal with research, document drafting and client interviews as per the Office Managing Partners instructions
• Dealing with registration of client documents
• Dealing with requisitions raised by HM Land Registry and extending priority periods whenever necessary
• Submitting HMRC Stamp duty online and carrying out the necessary payments
• Sending completed Title deeds to the clients and the lenders
• Dealing with consent order forms as directed by the Office Managing Partner
• Preparation of correspondence and documents through typing and word processing
• To administer daily filing which includes the opening, closing, storage and retrieval of client files in accordance with the detailed procedures contained in the office manual
• Preparation of mail for despatch
• Dealing with ledger balances by checking the system and then if the balances are zero sending the files to the stored by following this firms protocol

About you:

• Excellent communication Skills,
• Good IT skills with the ability to prepare completion statements and accounts,
• Good time management skills,
• Self-motivated,
• Organise own workload with minimum supervision, 
• Cope effectively in demanding circumstances,
• Work to a pace without errors,
• Flexible approach to work,
• Accuracy and attention to detail.

Due to the volume of enquiries that we receive, we are not always able to respond to all CVs. If you have not received a response within two weeks, please assume that your application has been unsuccessful in this instance. Thank you for your interest in Barnes and Partners Solicitors.