Legal Jobs in West Yorkshire

Temporary Legal Secretary required for week commencing 11th June 2012 until 16th June 2012.

Duties will include all tasks related to Legal Secretary - typing, answering telephone calls, opening and closing files.

This based in the Civil Department and you must have previous working experience in this department.

Please call Angela or Wendy on 0113 2429966.

Office Angels is an equal opportunities employer.
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This is a great opportunity to join a Firm investing in it's future! My Client is one of the largest conveyancing practices in West Yorkshire.
Due to a continued increase in instructions, brought about by comprehensive marketing strategies, my Client is seeking a Residential Conveyancer (Solicitor/Licensed Conveyancer or Filex) to join them at their friendly and professional office in the heart of Leeds city centre.

The successful Candidate will be very experienced (circa 5pqe plus) and will be able to run a full caseload of residential property matters, including complex matters, without supervision. In addition, the role requires...

My client is a leading firm with multiple offices regionally and are currently looking for a 1-2 year PQE Clinical Negligence Solicitor to join their thriving department.

The successful candidate will possess strong technical skills and must have Defendant experience having dealt with a broad range of medical negligence matters for bodies such as the NHSLA and private healthcare providers.

You will be joining a successful department with a broad nationwide client base who pride themselves for the expert advice that they provide.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a well established firm which delivers and expects the...

LEGAL SECRETARY

LOCATION: Pontefract

SALARY AND BENEFITS: £15.000 - £15,500

SUMMARY:

My client is currently recruiting for an experienced Legal Secretary for their Personal Injury and Industrial Disease department. The secretary will be based in their Pontefract office and will work for one of the partners on the business.

COMPANY INFORMATION:

- Established in the 1930's
- The company have 4 Yorkshire based offices
- Hold traditional yet very professional values.

YOU MUST HAVE THE FOLLOWING:

- Sold background as a Legal Secretary
- Experience in Personal Injury
- Experience...

THE ROLE
Reporting to the Secretarial Co-ordinator/Resources Manager, the role delivers administration services to a variety of fee earners and secretaries by providing assistance in areas such as scanning, filing, photocopying and other administrative tasks.

SKILLS REQUIRED
Any successful applicant will need the following skills:
- A knowledge of IT skills including Windows, Outlook and Excel with a minimum of 45wpm audio and copy typing;
- Good communication skills;
- Flexible and adaptable approach;
- Be able to utilise the firm's resources effectively e.g. Word Processing, Travel Centre and Helpdesks;
In addition...

Conveyancing Assistant
16k

Job Purpose:

To assist Fee Earners dealing with enquiries from clients, estate agents, law firms, mortgage advisors and referrers.

Key Responsibilities

1. Dealing with Clients, agents, law firms etc in a professional manner either on the telephone or face to face
2. Updating referrer websites.
3. Acknowledging agents particulars, drafting contracts dealing with enquiries raised by solicitors where able to, applying for searches, exchange letters and dealing with the completion matters on the day that completion takes place (involving all correspondence, release of keys, updating...

Legal Secretary - Leeds City Centre - £17k-£19k dependant upon experience

Adecco have a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Administrator/ Secretary to be based in one of our large clients based in Leeds.

We are looking to recruit a secretary/administrator to join a busy in-house Legal Services Team to provide secretarial and administrative support to the Legal Services Team (currently 4 full-time members of staff including the Head of Legal) and Chief Risk Officer.

Specifically the role will involve:
*Providing administrative support to the Legal Services Team, Head of Legal and Chief Risk Officer including diary...

Project Manager - 6 month FTC Leeds / Bradford

Following recent structural changes within the business and a merger, our client is looking for an experienced Project Manager.

The main purpose of the job is to be responsible for the planning, implementation and control of corporate projects.

An important part of the role will be to work with Heads of departments, therefore, experience working at this level is required.

A number of duties are listed below, however, this is not an exhaustive list:

Facilitate definition of project scope

Prepare project business cases and manage budgets

Carry out...

Market leaders in their field are looking for all levels of costs candidates considered. To deal with preparation of bills, schedules, statements of costs for listing and trial detailed assessments. Salary will depend upon experience. ...

Great opportunity to join these market leaders within the personal injury field. You will ideally have around 2-3PQE and be dealing mainly with RTA personal injury claims and Employers Liability claims. Must be a team player, hard working and enthusiastic. ...

Traditional firm servicing most of Yorkshire is looking for a private client solicitor to join the team. You will have over 1PQE and will be dealing with the full remit of private client work. Salary dependant on experience. ...

Two experienced Business Development Managers are urgently required for these 3 month contracts for a leading law firm in Leeds city centre. The successful candidates will have experience of analyzing business plans and the business environments (using tools such as PESTEL & Porter’s 5 Forces) and devising marketing strategies and campaigns to take the fullest advantage possible of the opportunities through the complete planning and implementation of successful marketing campaigns. You will have experience of working alongside Business Development colleagues to identify leads to feed into sales pipelines for pursuit and conversion. You will...

Our client based in the Leeds area is actively seeking a strong legal candidate to work within a Paralegal/Fee Earner capacity within Employment and Public liability claims

Ideally you should have a minimum of 2-3 years experience within a similar role dealing with all aspects of your own case management from start to finish.

You should have experience of managing your own caseloads and be able to communicate with people at all levels. A knowledge of Proclaim would be an advantage. Working within this growing business your main responsibilities would be to ensure cases are dealt with from initial met to completion and all legal...

Our client is one of the UK’s leading national law firms with coverage throughout Europe.

An exciting opportunity is available for a Business Development Executive to join the Business Development & Communications Team in the Newcastle office. The Business Development team provide a full range of business development support to the Personal Legal Services division and its consumer clients on a regional and national level.
The Business Development Executive will be responsible for managing the Business Development programme and strategy for the Personal Legal Services teams in the Newcastle and Glasgow offices as well as assisting...

SOLICITOR/LEGAL ASSISTANT - LEEDS

We are currently looking to appoint an experienced Fee Earner/ Solicitor for our established team in Leeds City Centre. Parabis Ltd is part of the Parabis Group, a vibrant national law firm which provides legal and support services to the insurance industry. Ranked at position 29 in the UK 200, the £130 million turnover Parabis Group has a head count of over 3,000 staff across the UK and handles major projects for some of the largest blue chip insurer clients.

This is a fantastic opportunity to work with a well respected defendant firm, which will give you the opportunity to handle a complex...

Spring Personnel are currently recruiting for an experienced Legal Cost Draftsman to work with our client in Central Leeds.
The ideal candidates will be an experienced costs draftsman and looking to develop their career with a progressive, ambitious solicitor's costs practice
Duties will include:
*Drafting bills in PI litigation, including serious injury and clinical negligence
*Drafting Points of Dispute
*Drafting Replies
*CLS Claim 1
*Negotiation
You will join a professional working environment, with regular opportunities to develop your experience through interesting and challenging casework. Our client provides...

This is a great opportunity to get your foot in the door at one of the leading regional PI specialist Firms.

The Firm is extremely forward thinking and progressive in their approach and they are now looking to recruit two locums (one for maternity cover and one for a fixed term contract of six months which may become a permanent role) to handle a caseload of Fast Track litigated RTA matters.

The successful Candidates will be au fait with modern case management and have experience (minimum 2 years) of handling a caseloads of RTA litigated matters. An ability to work on own initiative is essential together with an excellent understanding...

SOLICITOR/TEAM LEADER - Halifax, West Yorkshire

The Parabis group offers a comprehensive range of practical advice and consultancy services to the insurance industry and we are now seeking to recruit a solicitor with managerial/supervisory experience.

We assist insurers with streamlining their claims handling processes. We employ in excess of 400 Claims Handlers and Lawyers who specialise in managing long term outsourced and co-sourced contracts on behalf of major organisations.
Our claims handling solutions include: Motor Damage, Personal Injury, Uninsured Loss Recovery, Employers' and Public Liability, Property Damage...

We are looking for an experienced Personal Injury fee earners. Working closely under the supervision of a Senior Solicitor the ideal candidate would be expected to manage a large volume caseloads on the MOJ - ministry of justice portal, must have lots of experience on this. Mainly multi track and a mixture of pre and post issue cases. Must have lots and lots of previous and up to date PI experience and Credit Hire experience. Excellent bonus scheme in place and chance for progression within the company. OTE £19k ...

My Client, a leading Personal Injury Law Firm based in Leeds, have an urgent requirement for Personal Injury Fee Earners to join their expanding team.

You will be an experienced Claimant RTA Personal Injury Fee Earner with a minimum of at least 2 years running your own caseload of both pre litigated MOJ and litigated files.

To be considered for this exciting opportunity please contact Michael Knowles of Search Legal in the first instance to discuss further.

Salary dependent upon experience.

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