Legal Assistant in Litigation

Peterborough

Final Application Date 09/01/2025

Legal Assistant in Litigation Trusts and Probate Senior Fee Earner Commercial Property Fee Earner (3 to 5 years PQE) Head of Employment Residential Property Conveyancing Fee Earner Trusts and Probate Fee Earner Oakham and Stamford

Hegarty, one of the region’s leading law firms, are recruiting a full time Legal Assistant to support our busy Litigation department in Peterborough.

Legal Assistants at Hegarty provide support to our fee earners and assist with proactively progressing matters.

Excellent communication and client care skills are essential, as is the proactive desire to support with tasks to achieve team and business objectives.

We invest in the development of our people and can offer long term career options.

Key Responsibilities:

Preparation of first draft documents, including Court documents and trial bundles for review by Fee Earners.
Proof reading and correction of documents.
Research and reporting.
To deal with telephone enquiries on Department related matters and to provide routine advice where appropriate and to refer any other queries to the Fee Earners within the Department.
To deal with routine correspondence as delegated by a Fee Earner within the Department and to reply to incoming correspondence as appropriate.
To assist the Fee Earners within the Department regarding the review of the Departmental files in order to ensure that progress is made on a timely basis and to chase up outstanding issues where appropriate.

Person Specification:

Seeking to qualify as a Solicitor via the SQE route with either a law degree or non-law degree with the Postgraduate Diploma in Law (PDGL).
Great attention to detail and organisational skills.
Excellent use of Microsoft Office products.
The ability to work in a fast-paced environment and ensure that challenging deadlines are met.
Maintains a positive attitude, self-motivated and enthusiastic.
Take opportunities to develop and stretch yourself and be passionate about developing your career in the legal environment.

In return we are offering:

A competitive salary in line with your previous experience
25 days holiday year in addition to Bank Holidays, rising to 27 days after 5 years service
Additional paid time off at Christmas
Birthday off as paid holiday each year
Ability to buy and sell holiday
Pension scheme
Death in service benefit of twice the annual salary
Bonus scheme
Long service awards
Salary sacrifice electric vehicle scheme

For further information please contact Jo Hepplewhite on 01733 295 651 or to apply, please email your CV to jo.hepplewhite@hegarty.co.uk

Please note we are unable to accept unsolicited applications via agencies for this role.

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