Paralegal, Residential Conveyancing

EC Appointments Ltd; Milton Keynes; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000

Job description

My client, an Award winning B Corp Certified Law Practice are recruiting a Paralegal to join their Residential Conveyancing Team. The successful candidate is likely to have a Professional Legal Qualification ( Law Degree / Paralegal / CILEX). Residential property experience with freehold and leasehold residential property and plot sales is desirable.

Responsibilities include:

1. Review and advise on title, searches and supporting documents
2. Raising and replying to enquiries and liaising with more senior lawyers where required.
3. Preparing contract documentation including obtaining title documents from the Land Registry; you will not need to deal with substantive drafting, but you should have an understanding of the documentation and be able to deal with minor amendments and enquiries thereupon and liaise with more senior lawyers on substantive amendments.
4. Preparing Reports on Title and Searches to clients (including bank clients).
5. Preparing Mortgage Reports.
6. Ability to prepare SDLT/LTT, AP1/FR1, MR01/MR04 forms.
7. Ability to identify and obtain quotes for relevant indemnity policies.
8. Dealing with exchange of contracts, completions and ancillary documents.
9. Providing a professional and proactive service to clients, to include updating trackers (in the form, manner and timescales prescribed by them) and occasional client meetings and training.
10. Working collaboratively with team members, so that team absence can be handled seamlessly without affecting clients and ensuring that the applicable relationship minder is kept broadly appraised of progress and any issues.
11. Compose clear and concise day to day correspondence (telephone, emails and letter) with clients and lawyers.
12. Time recording (on select matters), reviewing monthly accounts reports and matters budgets and discussing with the client relationship minder where it might be appropriate to request fee uplift.
13. Preparing completion statements and billing.
14. Attend and participate in marketing events as required.

Successful, expanding, forward thinking organisation. Contact Liz for more information and to apply.