Court of Protection Fee Earner

Court of Protection Fee Earner required for new role within established and highly-regarded Manchester based firm's Private Client team.

THE FIRM:

Highly-regarded full-service commercial law firm.

Private Client team has been recognised with many awards and accolades and enjoys a brilliant reputation for quality of work and as a great place to work.

Role to be based in Manchester

THE ROLE:

The team are multi-disciplinary and are looking to appoint someone with significant experience of Court of Protection matters.

The Court of Protection (CoP) team has further established itself over the past couple of years and is now looking to recruit an experienced CoP Solicitor to help manage existing deputyships, service relationships with various Local Authorities and to help further develop the team.

You will be running CoP matters independently, managing own caseload of Court of Protection matters including Deputyships, applications for lifetime gifting/IHT planning, applications for statutory wills and expert witness reports for deputyship costs in litigation matters. You will also supervise and help develop skills of junior colleagues.

THE CANDIDATE:

Qualified Solicitor or Legal Executive, likely with a minimum of 2PQE, with a keen interest and demonstrable experience in all areas of Court of Protection matters.

This is a great opportunity to join a truly collegiate team and firm with a great culture and reputation. Excellent remuneration package on offer.

WHAT NEXT:

If you believe you have the skills and technical ability for this role then please don’t hesitate to contact Craig Heywood for a confidential discussion.