Litigation Lawyer

2 to 6 years, PQE 30 to 60K - Our client a leading law firm based in central Cornwall seek to appoint a Dispute Resolution Lawyer. The position will involve the resolution of commercial and civil disputes.

Job - Specification requirements include:

- Assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of client claims.
- Advising on the conduct of negotiations and carrying out negotiations on behalf of clients during all stages of the claim.
- Issuing and defending court proceedings and advising clients on each step of proceedings to the conclusion of or settlement of claim.
- Debt recovery and re-payment plans.
- Advising on partnership disputes, insolvency advice, including presenting of statutory demands, presenting and winding up petitions and advising on voluntary arrangements.
- Professional negligence litigation work, advising on all contractual disputes, non contract - employment matters, commercial and personal cross-border theft and finally, consultation regarding any other breach of law or infringement of rights within the civil and commercial legal parameters.

Our client offers a competitive remuneration package accompanied by the lifestyle benefits scheme.

Probate - Private Client Lawyer / FILEX

Contentious Probate – Private Client Lawyer 30 to 80K
Probate FILEX – 25 to 40K

The client an established Cornish law firm seeks to find both of the above professionals. The positions involve:

– Meeting with clients to discuss all aspects of the case or family legal action they are pursuing. Advising clients on all legal options available with regard of the case.

- Ensuring that the client understands which options are in their best interest.

- Mediating and negotiating with other lawyers, to resolve issues with regards to the pending legal case. Preparation and overseeing legal proceeding.

- Filing court documents and completing paperwork as it pertains to the case. Attending court proceedings to represent clients on legal issues.

- Networking with other lawyers and legal executives to expand customer base.

Ideally candidates will or could have both onshore and offshore experience.

Work experience should include some of the following: Tax planning, capital gains tax, income tax, trust estate planning, nil rate band planning and all loan arrangements, lasting powers of attorney, power of attorney issues, trust and IHT planning, migration, deeds of variation, EPA’s, receivership issues, administration of estates – “taxable and non taxable”. Setting up of wills and advising, contesting of unfair wills, care for the elderly, avoiding home care fees, local authority funding. Membership of STEP fantastic but not essential.

50% of clients are HNI’s – partnerships, LLP’s, entrepreneurs and farmers. Partnership prospects are available for the right applicant.

Agricultural Lawyer Jobs Devon and Cornwall

2 years+ PQE, 30 to 50K - We have just taken instruction from major law firm clients based in both Devon and Cornwall. We seek agricultural –rural business lawyers, looking for the best and most prestigious law firms in the West Country.

Your clients will be farmers, landowners, landed estates and agricultural businesses finally businesses linked into the agricultural world. Work will consist of general commercial, credit, trade, finance, employment, livestock, quotas, bloodstock, grants, debts, environmental issues, land use, change of land use, use of buildings, building consent, change of usage of buildings, purchase of land and buildings, rights of way, succession, family, taxation, intellectual property, and maybe some personal injury.

Clients will be based in Cornwall, Devon, and Somerset and beyond. Our clients advise city law firms based throughout the West Country and southern counties.

We now have two large law firms in Devon and one in Cornwall seeking the above professional!


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Private Client Lawyer - Devon

2 years + PQE 30 to 90K - We have just taken a new instruction from one of the major law firms based in Devon. They seek a private client’s lawyer and are open to the level of seniority of this appointment.

Ideally we seek a professional with high skill levels regarding contentious probate and asset protection work incorporating trusts, powers of attorney and estate planning. Good knowledge of pensions, tax, financial planning, drafting of complex wills, winding up of high-net-worth-estates, valuations of chattels, property, farmlands and landed estates, preparation of estate accounts, estate planning in relation to inheritance possibly incorporating trusts, capital tax planning using trusts. Thus, you will be offering your clients a “seamless” service as private client lawyer and trust advisor.

Your portfolio of clients will range from small business owners to generations of high-net-worth-families. A pro-active approach is required for marketing, acquisition and retention of HNC’s. Member of STEP and Care for the elderly is ideal.

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Utilities & Energy Corporate Lawyer

50 to 100K (Associate 200K +) - We seek a specialist utilities / energy corporate lawyer that is interested in relocating to Cornwall. You should have established contacts in the utilities and energy sectors. Possess in-depth expert knowledge of the European-world-wide eco, utilities and energy corporate landscape. Excell at meeting and winning new clients, marketing also business capture opportunities.

Our client is interested in building up a small team focusing in this wide-ranging area of business. Experience in corporate and commercial work associated with this specialist business region will include: Negotiating, drafting and reviewing contracts, joint ventures, mergers, acquisitions, reviewing detailed engineering reports, business proposals, construction and development plans, sale - purchase contracts - agreements of medium - big ticket equipment, distribution agreements, general services, loans, finance and credit agreements, commercial contracts and industry-specific contracts, reviewing exploration and new product development plans.

As well as being a first rate lawyer, you should possibly have an interest in engineering and design.

Agricultural - Rural Lawyer / Associate

30 to 60K (Associate 60-80K) - Our client, a forward thinking and very busy firm, seek an agricultural or rural lawyer / associate. Ideally, you will have contacts in both Devon, Cornwall possibly Somerset too, and would like to work for a firm where your progression will not be hindered.

Your clients will be: farmers, landowners, eco-commercials, green labels, energy utilities, agr-business, business clients linked to agri-business, city law firm clients with no rural agri-expertise, owner clients based overseas, Work involves, farm - land acquisitions and disposals, business structures, succession, taxation issues, diversification, bloodstock, public rights of way, access to land, purchases of estates and farms by overseas clients, estate management for landed estates, land use, environmental issues, intellectual property, trade issues, finance, credit and general commercial transactions.

Ideally, we seek a lawyer that has an interest in locating and marketing the firm to eco-clients on a nationwide basis.

Partner - Clinical Negligence

300K package - “Partner – with team of lawyers – 1.5m + budget” - Our client, a large law business with offices based throughout the West Country, have appointed our firm to locate Clinical Negligence Partners - Lawyers with expertise, knowledge and contacts within the vast and complex region of Clinical Negligence and Personal Injury. We hope to identify either a Partner or Partner with a focused team - entourage of highly skilled CN/PI lawyers.

The future Equity Partner should have knowledge and experience of the following: Highly skilled in administrative law and judicial review inquests regarding clinical negligence and personal injury disaster law. When death is related to medical treatment, catastrophic birth, pursuing claims against the legal profession arising out of the mishandling of clinical negligence claims against NHS, private hospitals, health trusts and medical institutions, actions against government departments and human rights act litigation and employment law. Work experience in extremely severe cases resulting in High Court and County claims.

A new Clinical Negligence and Personal Injury legal team is under current construction. The business will cover - Cornwall, Devon, Somerset and other selected regions of the UK.

Employment Lawyer

£40 to 60K - Large local prestigious law firm seek an employment lawyer to deal with both contentious and non-contentious employment-civil associated types of work.

Experience of Tribunal advocacy associated with employment proceedings is desirable as well as drafting and correcting general and complex employment contracts.

Working knowledge and experience of general civil litigation - dispute resolution would also be highly desirable, combined with case knowledge of the following types of employment work: Redundancy, discrimination, unfair dismissal, compromise agreements, disability discrimination, race discrimination, locality discrimination, sex discrimination, discrimination on grounds of religion or belief, grounds of sexual orientation, equal pay, breach of contract, working times, minimum national wage, whistle blowing, health and safety, restrictive covenants, TUPE, maternity, paternity, adoption, flexible working, employment appeal, tribunal and court of appeal, victimisation for trade union activity, disciplinary matters at the nursing and midwife council or the health provisions council.

The position is based mid county in an expanding team that can offer realistic career and promotion prospects to partner and equity-buy-in stage.


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Insolvency Lawyer

£50 to 70K - "Partner or Training Option!"

Two positions are available, one within a small-medium law practice group, offering superb equity-partner prospects. The other in a major local law firm offering managerial prospects within a medium sized business team.

This firm will also consider training promising candidates - 2 years plus PQE; "any discipline will be considered for this training role".

For the future partner role a background in contentious work involving a high degree of experience in insolvency work. Experience is also desired in non-contentious insolvency commercial work, residential and commercial property transactions and CDDA 1986.


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Private Client Lawyer - Partner / Assistant Partner

£100K+ salary - Busy law firm with private client department housing over 16,000 wills, plenty of contentious and non contentious probate work.

Additionally will drafting, inheritance tax planning, estate administration, power of attorney, court of protection and deputyship applications, issues affecting the elderly, trust law and administration including disabled beneficiaries, personal injury, continuing care, compensation trusts, membership of STEP, probate section of the law society and solutions for the elderly ideal.

Clinical Negligence and PI Lawyer

40 to 80K - Cornish Law firm seeks CN-PI lawyer experience ranging from 2-8 PQE or a professional who covered these specialist areas during training. The current position is working with panel member who is running a large caseload of complex claims.

You will become a member in a large team where management/leadership needs to be addressed-strengthened. Assist develop the caseload by marketing to clients and other professionals.

Ideally we seek strong CN/PI work experience, additionally grounding in civil litigation or dispute resolution work procedures and CPR. Also NHS complaints, publicly funded civil work and LSC procedures.

Private Client Lawyer

£40-60K: Prestigious local law firm seek to appoint an ambitious PC lawyer. Good technical knowledge inc. - Private client general litigation and civil procedures work.

Will drafting, inheritance tax planning, estate administration, trust law, non contentious probate rules, claims against personal representations, family provision claims, equities trust law, IHT, CGT, personal tax planning, life term settlement, initiating powers of attorney, membership of the probate section of the law society, STEPS and ACTAPS desirable.

Private Client Lawyer - Wills Trust & Probate

Central Cornwall - £30-80K: We have been retained by one of Cornwall's most prestigious law firms who have a private client lawyer job vacancy for wills, trust and probate work.

Listed below is experience that our client requires. There is a future partnership opportunity for the right senior candidate. The salary listed above is only an indication of what could be offered; for the right senior candidate, the figures above can be doubled. Our client is the law firm that all local ambitious professionals would like to work for.

Experience required includes:
Estate planning in relation to inheritance tax, advanced computations and all administration regarding inheritance tax liabilities, enduring powers of attorney, cross-border taxation, trusts, pension issues, EPA's, codicils, letters of wishes, drafting wills, nil-rate-band discretionary trusts and trust wills, wills containing life interests. Drafting deeds of variation, deeds of appointed trustees, deed of disclaimer and indemnity for a retiring trustee, settled land act trusts, heritage property, gifts with reservation of benefit and pre-owned asset provisions, lifetime giving and inheritance, drafting executors oaths, grant of probate - preparation of IH200 accounts, winding up of high-net-worth estates, valuation of chattels, property and farmland, auction of property, distribution of estates, preparation of estate accounts, deeds of valuation to sever joint tenancies, registering powers of attorney with courts, running power of attorney and declaration of trust files, drafting and registering LPA's, drafting settlements, loan agreements, entering restrictions on property registers, testimony capacity issues, intestate estate files, cross-selling and marketing technical services to other law firms. IFA's and HNI's regarding probate tax and trust services.

Running evening seminars at IFA's and firms of Chartered Accountants, promoting and cross-selling employing law firm and all of its departments. Additionally the sort and complexity of work that the departments can complete for chartered accountants or IFA's clients.

This position is open to all candidates with the right experience both locally and on a nationwide basis.


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Company and Commercial Lawyer - Partner

40-250K: We currently have two clients that seek a very senior company and commercial law practitioner. In both cases our clients would consider a partner from another law firm based either in Cornwall or from an outside county.

The fee earning work would include a mixture of M@A, MBO, MBI related transactional work, shareholder agreements, corporate finance, agency & distribution, franchise work, terms of trade, commercial property, joint ventures, setting up of unincorporated businesses, employment issues, agency and distribution work, advice on new business structures, drafting complicated non standard contracts and partnership law. Company sales and acquisitions.

This position is open to candidates on a nationwide bases. Additionally lawyers working in the City within merchant banking may also apply.

Family Lawyer

Family Panel Member - Partner Potential
4-10 years PQE. 30-50K plus bonus. 60-120K for a Partner.

The client, a dynamic Cornish law firm, is looking to strengthen its family department with the appointment of a senior matrimonial lawyer.

Duties involve running your own wide-ranging large and complex caseload, incorporating the full spectrum of family law matrimonial work including "children's act 1989" cases and assisted advocacy.
- Administer new and existing client files from initial instruction through to final completion.
- Take a proactive approach to obtaining new work and promoting/cross-marketing services of the department and firm to new clients.
- Marketing the firm when regularly attending social and business parties, PR events, press releases, and general adhoc meetings.
- Additionally write articles for the local press and inform the public and clients of new regulations and happenings in family law.
- Assist in managing the family department within the firm, including future strategies, recruitment and expansion plans. Client's work is both private and publicly funded.

The clients and their work varies greatly in description and content. Experience in children's work is most desirable with emphasis on HNI ancillary relief and initial family break-up, financial solutions. Membership of "Resolution" or involvement in/with collaborative law will be viewed as a positive aspect.

Past/present involvement with mediation; managing/arranging/chairing mediation including communication and giving fair advice between the parties. Administration and preparation of all details for court hearings for divorce, civil partnership and dissolution, article 8 checks, child abduction, domestic violence, non-molestation orders, injunctions, co-habituation disputes, financial provisions for initial family unit break-up, inheritance disputes, co-habitation disputes, domestic violence injunctions, co-habitation injunctions, keeping an open door policy to all other members of the firm and it's partners regarding family work knowledge.

Additionally, general partnership prospects are available after six-twelve months for the right candidate.


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Commercial Lawyer

4 / 5 years plus PQE: Our client is a top-tier local law firm with an established reputation for balancing the needs of a professional and innovative commercial organisation with the culture of being a great and creative place to work. The Company and Commercial team advise SME, PLC and international corporates, with a focus on government agencies, fishing, retail, internet boutiques, ISP, manufactures, scientific, agricultural, engineering, mining, property and tourism specialities.

This commercial lawyer job in Cornwall will involve: Company sale and purchases, intellectual property advice, corporate finance, business contracts, corporate governance, partnership law, company formations, company dissolutions, banking, finance and commercial agency.

We seek an energetic and focused lawyer, with a good track record; enthusiasm and the flare for business development and marketing. Additionally, they will have an open door policy, for helping and advising other staff members with technical issues.

Duty Solicitor

£30-40K: Our client, located in central Cornwall, seeks an ambitious Duty Solicitor. Working for a progressive Category 1 Criminal Department in a law firm that currently is very busy in all of its business-legal-functions.

Ideally you will have two years plus PQE and be based locally or wanting to relocate to this beautiful county in the UK. Please contact us direct via telephone 01872 274227 or email your CV. This position is open to candidates nationwide. Relocation assistance may be available with this position.

Barrister

£30-50K Cornwall Executive has been retained by one of the top law firms in the county. We have been asked to locate and speak to Barristers who operate from chambers and work for clients covering a variety of disciplines.

Whether your career experience and work is within military, civil litigation, family, commercial property, commercial business, crime, e-commerce, employment, mergers and acquisitions or international finance etc.

Our client may well have a career opening that ideally suits your requirements. This recruitment programme is open to candidates on a nationwide basis. Help with finding new accommodation in Cornwall is available. Career - work re-training is also an available option.

Property Lawyer / Conveyancer

c 40-80K - 3 to 10+ Years PQE, Partner Potential
Both Commercial and Residential Conveyancing knowledge
Commercial and Residential property contentious experience.

Our client, a prominent law firm based in Cornwall, seek a property lawyer / conveyancer. You will head up the small current conveyancing team that administers work in both commercial and residential business regions.

Advise the practise on any new changes in property law. Keep an open door policy regarding know how and be responsible for editorial property content to the firms monthly client magazine. The law firm has an excellent and growing range of clients that include private individuals, trustees, developers, entrepreneurs, companies, landowners, and farmers.

Contentious work involves a real mix of property related disputes that you would expect from a county that houses an economic landscape consisting of tourism, agriculture, small industry, retail, scientific and research and development businesses. Corporate and Government property and road development projects are to be included.

Our client could be described as a medium sized firm with planned growth aspirations, including a future strategy to open an office in Mid-Devon. Your responsibilities will then extend to running and developing the property departments in both offices.

This is an excellent opportunity to work for a clever firm that can technically achieve and have a prominent ability to market services and win mandates. They currently act for three of Cornwall's large major tourist attractions, as well as major hotels and some of the key industrial corporate mechanisms. This position is open to candidates on a nationwide basis. There are a variety of candidate profiles that our client would be interested in. Firstly, an experienced property lawyer looking for a challenging job in Cornwall offering real career growth opportunities. A property partner looking to relocate to the county or who is currently working in Cornwall. Finally a very bright, highly academic lawyer with an excellent academic background and above average communication skills, who is seeking a fast track corridor to a designate partner career opportunity.


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Commercial Property Lawyer

£20-50K - Local firm of lawyers seek a commercial property lawyer.

Working in a team you will be involved with aquisitions & disposals, property investments, estate management, urban regeneration - "series one funding", landlord and tenant issues, joint ventures, partnerships, property finance, town and country planning, compulsory purchase, environmental issues, public utilities, leases, drafting agreements, negotiating, finalising amendments, advising - clauses, granting, selling and assigning, renewing, subletting and buying and selling of property. Its working for a fab local firm in a small team.

Lots of scope for advancement.


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Barrister / Litigation Professional / Solicitor

Salary: 30-50K - "Commercial Business"

Our client, a local firm with great status in the local legal community, seek to find and employ the above professional fee earner. Personal dynamics should encompass economic awareness, an entrepreneurial spirit and above all a will to win and assist in building a premiership law firm.

We seek a professional with five-ten years plus PQE. General commercial litigation, trust, crime and insolvency experience would interest our client as well as possible internet and e-commerce work. Good advocacy experience are a must as well as having good client facing communication and negotiating skills.

The recruitment campaign welcomes applicants on a nationwide basis. Commercial business, E Commerce, Insurance and Commercial Property are all fee earning areas and experience that is of interest to our client.

Employment Lawyer

1-2 PQE - in Cornwall

Our client a titanic player in the Law Firm constituency with extensive expansion plans currently in action seek an employment lawyer. Possessing excellent academics and a wide-ranging knowledge of employment law.

Our client would be keen to meet with you to discuss future career possibilities. The work will focus on both contentious and non-contentious problems. Resolving both case sensitive and complex issues; Client's will see you as the main technical point for referral and consultation. You will deal with employment tribunal applications on behalf of clients resolving - unfair and constructive dismissal, harassment, redundancy and other areas of employment conflict. Your clients will include private individuals, corporates, financial institutions, government agencies and public sector vehicles.


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Remuneration will be in-line with the current market, but additionally includes bonus payments at financial year end. Our client endorses the "life-style" corporate benefits scheme which is quite unique.

Conveyancing Solicitor

An experienced, licensed conveyancer is sought by our client, a busy two partner law firm in Cornwall with a modern approach and several years accreditation in both Lexcel and Investors in People. The ideal professional for the job will be a residential conveyancing solicitor, licensed conveyancer or someone part-qualified, possessing time-served-experience.

The partnership was established in 1981 and carries out high profile work on multi million pound projects. Additional specialist work is carried out by the clinical negligence, personal injury and general litigation team. The firm also holds a Legal Services Commission Franchise in Family and Clinical Negligence. In addition to the above the firm also specialises in Residential Conveyancing, Wills & Probate, Tax Planning and Family.

Our client's offices are in new state-of-the-art surroundings on the outskirts of a popular coastal town with the facility of ample parking for both staff and clients.

The Role: They are looking for a highly motivated lawyer / legal executive or licensed conveyancer with sufficient work experience in residential conveyancing to be able to conduct their work with minimum supervision, although Lexcel does impose a structure for a broad supervision of fee earners.

As part of the Residential Conveyancing team, the successful candidate will be assisted by a conveyancing executive who has considerable experience in dealing with sales, purchases, remortgages and transfers of equity. In addition, the team also consists of a legal secretary and administration assistant who together make the process proactive by sales chasing client / estate agent contacts etc. This firm's Residential Conveyancing Department has built up and continues to achieve a reputation in the town for a quality service as well as a constructive rapport with local estate agents. It is their aim that the Residential Conveyancer and his or her team persist in this approach.

The successful candidate will have: - The ability to oversee and supervise the team - The enthusiasm to drive the case management system and expand the Department. They are a progressive legal practice and the position will ideally suit a lawyer who will relish the prospect of working for a small firm where you can "make a difference". All the fee earners and other senior personnel also take an active role in the business development of the firm. The salary will be commensurate with experience and expertise.

Company and Commercial Lawyer

Salary: £30-50K

Our client - a leading Cornish law firm seek to appoint a company and commercial lawyer. Possibly you are working in one of the larger cities in the UK and wish to relocate. A relocation package is on offer and can be discussed at the inception meeting.

The role is based within a team that have a rapidly expanding client base. Clients range from small to medium sized companies all based here in the South West. Businesses are trading as tourism, farming, retail, and services, industrial and manufacturing entities.

The mix is what you would expect from a coastal region flavoured with an agricultural ingredient.

Dispute Resolution Solicitor

Salary: £30-50K

Our client a leading Cornish law firm seek to appoint two experienced litigators to join the very busy and expanding Dispute Resolution Team. Work experience in commercial litigation, with a focus on problem solving and working closely with and for clients; giving a high standard of care and showing good attention to detail.

Our client requires two professionals one with 2 years plus PQE. The other candidate should possess 6 years plus PQE. The more senior lawyer will provide a management function acting as mentor and assisting the two junior members of the DR. team.

Company & Commercial Lawyer

Partner Potential - very interesting position for someone new to the county or a lawyer with real ambition. This position offers a route to partnership and the chance to build a new division within the firm.

The company is based mid-county and has six partners, busy in all usual business / work activities of a country law firm. This position could suit three types of candidate: Firstly, an ambitious Company and Commercial Lawyer with just over two years PQE looking for a fast track route into the partnership arena. Secondly, a well seasoned professional with over 6-8 years PQE, again a Company and Commercial specialist who is going to make partner at their current firm but has ambitions of assuming the prestigious role of Managing Partner. This Managing Partner opportunity is also a possibility due to the current flexible structure of the law firm client. Finally, a Commercial Litigator 2-4 years PQE who has had previous Company and Commercial work experience.

The professional who is successful in this newly created opportunity. Has a real chance of securing a career position offering challenging prospects and an excellent remuneration package.

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