Property Litigation - Solicitor

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About your new role PROPERTY LITIGATION – SOLICITOR 1 - 2 years PQE Locations – Leeds, Birmingham or Manchester Our Property Litigation team acts for organisations across the public, private and third sectors, which include landlords, landowners, tenants, developers, lenders, receivers, investors and local authorities. As a Property Litigation Solicitor, you will be joining a strong, fast-growing property litigation team, currently operating out of five offices: Birmingham, London, Leeds, Liverpool, and Manchester. Main duties and responsibilities You would be joining a busy team and would have the chance to be part of, and help shape, our ambitious growth plans. There are genuine promotion prospects for those with the ambition and skills to do so, plenty of variety in the work and support from both the property litigation team and the wider firm to help you develop your own practice. Day to day responsibilities include:
Managing your own heavy caseload of mixed (predominantly commercial) property litigation work; Effectively managing and delegating to junior colleagues; Working with and supporting partners and legal directors as part of a team on larger, complex cases; Leading and assisting with business development and profile-raising initiatives; Achieving set targets/key performance indicators; Ensuring relevant deadlines, compliance and quality measures are adhered to; Complying with relevant Weightmans and client policies and procedures; Working in accordance with Weightmans’ values.
About You You will have previous experience and a genuine and demonstrable interest in the above area of work. We also require you to have/be:
A genuine interest in business development; Strong communication skills with a professional and enthusiastic approach to work; Confidence in working directly with clients; An ability to build strong relationships with clients and intermediaries; An aptitude for drafting and legal analysis; A keenness to work collaboratively with colleagues at junior and senior levels; Excellent project management skills and the ability to work efficiently to meet deadlines; A practical and commercial approach to their work; Experience of dealing with the following types of property litigation work; Conditional contracts, option agreements and overage obligations and other property contracts; Enforcement/challenge of restrictive covenants and easements; Rights of light and nuisance; Injunctions and access rights for landlords and developers; Possession claims including eviction of squatters and protester actions; Title and boundary disputes; Commercial and residential leasehold; Breaches of covenant, including dilapidation's and reinstatement claims; Break clauses; Unopposed and contested lease renewals; Forfeiture; Rent review arbitration's and expert determinations.
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Location:
Manchester
Job Type:
FullTime

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