LITIGATION & DISPUTE RESOLUTION ASSISTANT
SOUTHAMPTON
Our well established client has a new position in their Southampton-based Litigation and Dispute Resolution team. The assistant role is essential in providing administrative and secretarial support directly to fee earners and managing all administrative aspects of the litigation process.
If you are looking to kickstart or advance your career in law, this role offers a unique opportunity to gain essential experience and deepen your legal knowledge.
Specific Litigation Duties
- Dealing with calls from clients, solicitors, agents and other parties
where possible
- Dealing with new enquiries and taking client's initial instructions,
arranging meetings with fee earner and dealing with the opening of
files. Maintaining excel spreadsheets of new enquiries
- Assisting with drafting of documents, when required
- Dealing with the return of client's initial instruction form, monies on
account and making further enquiries with clients where necessary
- Typing of attendance notes and some general typing
- Obtaining title documentation from Land Registry
- Carrying out searches at Land Registry and Companies House
- Compiling bundles for court and counsel and indexing
- Some basic research
- File closure and archiving
- Take minutes of team meetings
- To assist with the team's marketing and drafting articles
- Filing documents at Court and at Land Registry