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: < 1 minuteA specialist personal injury firm are looking for an EL/PL lawyer with around 2 -3 years’ experience to work at their Central Manchester office. The successful candidate would ideally have some experience of holiday sickness/travel cases and will be running their own caseload with the help of an assistant. The post will be full-time, permanent…
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: < 1 minuteA small North Lincolnshire firm are looking for a residential conveyancer to work at their busy Scunthorpe office. The firm are happy to consider solicitors, legal executives or licensed conveyancers who can manage a residential caseload without supervision. The post will be full-time, permanent and salary will be negotiable depending on experience. If you are…
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: < 1 minuteA medium sized firm with offices in Berkshire and Middlesex are looking for a litigation solicitor to work at their busy Slough office. Ideally the firm are looking for a solicitor with a minimum of 5 years’ PQE and able to manage a mixed caseload of civil and commercial litigation work. The post is full-time,…
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: < 1 minuteA small but well established North London firm are looking for a litigation solicitor with a minimum of 3 years’ PQE to work at their office situated a 10 minute walk from Archway Underground Station. The caseload will be a mixture of commercial and civil litigation so experience in both aspects is essential. The post…
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…
Reading Time: 3 minutesI write this article from a personal perspective and it is an expression of opinion only. I often get asked by candidates if they think firms discriminate against them and this article is about our experiences of behaviour that is both overt and implied. Discrimination against Law Firms Law firms often think that as recruiters…
Reading Time: 2 minutesRates are now at their lowest levels, but will start to go up as we get into Spring. Bookings for the summer are at summer rates. Up to £35 per hour in Conveyancing is still the norm for most locums, although the current competitive level for longer term assignments are £30. January 2018 Locum Rates…
Reading Time: 2 minutesSummary January 2018 has been the busiest January on record for us since we started 18 years ago. All sectors have been busy – locum and permanent, qualified and non-qualified. There has been a surge in demand for solicitors in all areas of law, although we have heard from partners at London firms reporting that…
Reading Time: 2 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. CAN-27240 20 year PQE Solicitor dealing with private…
Reading Time: 3 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. 22011041 20 year PQE Family and Wills &…
Reading Time: 2 minutes22nd January 2018 – Ten Percent Legal – New Candidates Good morning. Please find below a list of new locum and permanent candidates registered with us in the past 7 days. We have 10,500+ solicitors and legal executives on our database and we recruit at all levels from partners to legal cashiers. New Locum Solicitors…
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. CAN 15712 – Wills & Probate Solicitor with over 10 years PQE available for locum cover across London and the South East. May be prepared…
Reading Time: < 1 minuteKent based law firm are looking for a family law solicitor with LAA family law supervisor status in view of the new contracts. Full time, part time or fee share options all considered. Apply with CV for vacancy 17547.