Reading Time: 3 minutesLaw Firms for Sale 15051610 South Coast Specialist Elderly Client Practice. Small law firm based in England with owner looking to retire. Clean break or consultancy possible, well established, strong local links generating work. Bolt on, office expansion or new area of law all very suitable options. 25061553 West Yorkshire Licensed conveyancer looking to sell…
Reading Time: 2 minutesInterview Question – Are you a leader? What a horrible question! Some would argue that it is too formulaic – would “yes” or “no” suffice depending on the job? Would you want to recruit a junior paralegal who said “yes”? Advice This is a very difficult question to respond to if you have not prepared…
Reading Time: 2 minutesTo read Legal Recruitment News for September 2018 please click here: http://www.legal-recruitment.co.uk/september-2018-legal-recruitment-news/ Summary In recent months there has been a lot of political uncertainty and we were curious to see whether this had been reflected in the legal job market. So this month we have undertaken a comparison with the same time period last year…
Reading Time: 3 minutesNew Locum Solicitors & ILEX – from £25 per hour Contact InterimLawyers.co.uk with your requirements (we have over 700 active locums registered with us covering the UK – CVs usually sent within 60 mins). CAN-27687 5 year PQE Property Solicitor available for locum assignments in Greater London and Kent region. Residential and commercial work covered.…
Reading Time: 3 minutesNew Locum Solicitors & ILEX – from £25 per hour Contact InterimLawyers.co.uk with your requirements (we have over 700 active locums registered with us covering the UK – CVs usually sent within 60 mins). CAN 27127 30 year PQE Private Client Solicitor dealing with wills & probate, LPA, COP and elderly client matters. Further residential…
Reading Time: 2 minutesNew Locum Solicitors & ILEX – from £25 per hour Contact InterimLawyers.co.uk with your requirements (we have over 700 active locums registered with us covering the UK – CVs usually sent within 60 mins). CAN-27626 15 year PQE Property and Commercial Solicitor available for locum assignments nationwide but ideally in Yorkshire and the North of…
Reading Time: 3 minutesNew Locum Solicitors & ILEX – from £25 per hour Contact InterimLawyers.co.uk with your requirements (we have over 700 active locums registered with us covering the UK – CVs usually sent within 60 mins). 24072049 Legal Cashier available for part time locum roles around London. Ongoing contracts considered also. 25071027 Commercial Contracts, Compliance and General…
Reading Time: 3 minutesNew Locum Solicitors & ILEX – from £25 per hour Contact InterimLawyers.co.uk with your requirements (we have over 700 active locums registered with us covering the UK – CVs usually sent within 60 mins). CAN-27552 8 year PQE Property Solicitor available for locum assignments in the Cheshire and Greater Manchester region. Residential and commercial work…
Reading Time: < 1 minuteA well-established South Essex solicitors firm based on Canvey Island within easy travel of Southend-on-Sea, require an experienced and reliable legal secretary to assist the fee earner with residential conveyancing matters. The firm are looking for candidates with previous conveyancing experience who want to develop a long term career with the firm. The firm uses…
Reading Time: 2 minutesWe have had a query this week from a Year 13 student awaiting A level grades – can poor A Level Results affect any chances of a legal career? The quick and honest answer, and something perhaps relevant to qualified solicitors with many years PQE even, and an answer you will rarely hear from HR…
Reading Time: 2 minutesLegal Job Market Report Summary June has been a mixed month, but generally quiet in comparison with other years. The World Cup and uncertainty over Brexit have both contributed but by far we think the largest effect on the job market has been GDPR legislation coming into place in May. In House legal roles have…
Reading Time: 4 minutesCV Review for a Paralegal – as usual personal data removed. Feedback at the bottom of the CV. Reviewee has consented to this review being published. On these reviews please ignore the layout – this is due to our cut and paste operation! ——————————————————————– CANDIDATE NAME Address: Email: Telephone (Mob): Telephone (Home): EDUCATION September 2018…
Reading Time: 2 minutesNew Locum Solicitors & ILEX – from £25 per hour Contact InterimLawyers.co.uk with your requirements (we have over 700 active locums registered with us covering the UK – CVs usually sent within 60 mins). CAN-27511 3 year PQE Commercial Property Solicitor, available for locum assignments in the West Midlands. CAN-27497 15 year PQE Conveyancing Solicitor…
Reading Time: 3 minutesExtracting yourself from the business We are involved in the buying and selling of solicitors’ firms and accountancy practices across the UK and further afield. Sellers can be anybody from a sole practitioner through to a very large partnership or company, but the usual aim of owners selling up is to get out of the…
Reading Time: 3 minutesNew Locum Solicitors & ILEX – from £25 per hour Contact InterimLawyers.co.uk with your requirements (we have over 700 active locums registered with us covering the UK – CVs usually sent within 60 mins). CAN-27469 2 year PQE Property Solicitor, available for locum assignments in the Greater London region. Residential and commercial property work covered.…
Reading Time: 2 minutesHourly Rates of Pay for Locum Solicitors and Legal Executives Rates are now starting to go up as we approach the summer. Up to £35 per hour in Conveyancing is still the norm for most locums, although the current competitive level for longer term assignments is £30. Very rare to see locums working for less…
Reading Time: 2 minutesSummary April has been a very busy month, surprisingly busy really because traditionally it is the quietest month in the year after December. However locum and permanent roles are both up and we have seen an increase in demand on the property side – property market seems to be quite active at the moment. In…
Reading Time: 3 minutesNew Locum Solicitors & ILEX – from £25 per hour Contact InterimLawyers.co.uk with your requirements (we have over 700 active locums registered with us covering the UK – CVs usually sent within 60 mins). Looking for summer 2018 annual leave cover? Book now. CAN-27458 13 year PQE Company Commercial and Commercial Property Solicitor available for…
Reading Time: 3 minutesNew Locum Solicitors & ILEX – from £25 per hour Contact InterimLawyers.co.uk with your requirements (we have over 700 active locums registered with us covering the UK – CVs usually sent within 60 mins). Looking for summer 2018 annual leave cover? Book now. CAN-27412 30 years PQE qualified Commercial Property Solicitor looking for locum posts…
Reading Time: 3 minutesNew Locum Solicitors & ILEX – from £25 per hour Contact InterimLawyers.co.uk with your requirements (we have over 700 active locums registered with us covering the UK – CVs usually sent within 60 mins). Looking for summer 2018 annual leave cover? Book now. 17041438 Wills & Probate Locum Solicitor available for roles on 2 days…
Reading Time: 2 minutesToday is the day when the LAA have issued a whole new load of contract awards after recent tenders by law firms across the UK. So far we have had telephone calls from law firms asking about Family Law Supervisors and Mental Health Law Supervisors. Any more? I can’t remember if Housing or Immigration are…
Reading Time: 3 minutesNew Locum Solicitors & ILEX – from £25 per hour Contact us with your requirements (we have over 700 active locums registered with us covering the UK – CVs sent within 60 mins). CAN-27357 Residential and Commercial Property Solicitor with 30 years experience, looking for locum residential conveyancing posts in the Midlands. 14031059 Conveyancing Executive…
Reading Time: 3 minutesAsk a Recruitment Consultant – questions this month on our chat bot Questions sent to us via our Chat service online, together with general career questions emailed across. We do our best to answer all queries, sometimes after a fairly lengthy delay if we are busy! Q: I am currently studying to become a solicitor…
Reading Time: 4 minutesNew Permanent Solicitors and ILEX Ref 12031221 Associate Private Equity Solicitor with 7 years PQE specialising in advising private equity sponsors on mergers and acquisitions, management equity plans and corporate restructurings. London. CAN-27321 2 year PQE Conveyancing Solicitor dealing with residential property including New Builds and some commercial property. Looking for a post in London…
Reading Time: < 1 minuteYes. This could be the shortest article I have ever written! Here is what to write.. 1. Make sure you cc in any agent you are working through so they know what has been said.. The firm may think you are trying to circumnavigate their involvement.. 2. Thank the interviewer for their time and say…
Reading Time: 2 minutesMinutes from HMRC’s latest IR35 forum indicate that similar reform could hit the private sector soon. This could be a worry to a good number of law firms who regularly use locums. Our own thoughts on it are that provided the contractual position is clear and the locum is a senior lawyer who is able…
Reading Time: 2 minutesSummary February has been the usual mixed month – shorter by a few days and interspersed with skiing holidays! The effect it has on recruitment is the same every year – the market goes quiet for about 10 days and then gets busy again for March as we approach the end of the financial year.…
Reading Time: 4 minutesNew Locum Solicitors & ILEX – from £25 per hour NB: Plenty of locum availability at the moment for conveyancing and wills & probate assignments. Contact us with your requirements (we have over 500 active locums registered with us). Spring and Summer 2018 bookings being taken now. 16020918 Conveyancing Locum Solicitor – 25 years PQE.…
Reading Time: 3 minutesFocus on Law Firms for Sale 15111344 Well established high street general practice law firm with 2 offices in Middlesex/NW London looking to sell or merge due to retirement of partners. The practice undertakes family work (including care proceedings), conveyancing and probate. 40% family and children work, 20% conveyancing and 35% private client. Longstanding leasehold…