Contentious Private Client Legal Assistant - Bath

Excellent opportunity for a Legal Assistant to join a UK Top 100 law firm.

Our client is an award-winning UK law firm with offices spread across the South of England. They are currently looking for a Legal Assistant to join their Contested Wills, Trusts and Inheritance Disputes team in Bath.

The role will involve managing an administrative workload. Duties will include:

* Providing administrative support to fee earners including file-opening, telephone management, document production (incl. audio-typing, managing voice recognition procedures and outsourcing providers), filing/ archiving, photocopying, email management, online portal management and dealing with post
* Drafting documents and bills, under supervision, using appropriate precedents and templates to accurately reflect fee earner instructions
* Undertaking basic legal processes, under supervision, such as assisting to process cases through portals, obtaining relevant documentation, arranging case meetings, arranging funding, liaising with the court, completing relevant forms and processing monies.
* Corresponding with clients as required through telephone, email, letter and face to face, etc.

To be considered, you must have some legal experience (ideally within a private client team).

On offer is a competitive salary of up to around £25,000 (depending on experience) and an attractive benefits package. The firm is also open to a mixture of office and remote working.

If you are interested or would like further details, please contact Emily at Chadwick Nott.

*Where a level of experience is indicated, this is a guideline only and represents the amount of time we would usually expect a candidate to accumulate the requisite level of experience. This does not preclude applications from candidates with more or less experience.

Chadwick Nott Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.