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- Divorce and Civil Partnership;
- Matrimonial / Civil partnership finance matters;
- Private law children’s cases;
- Co-habitation agreements and disputes;
- Separation agreements;
- Nuptial agreements;
- Non-Molestation and Occupation Orders
- Manage own caseload from instruction to conclusion;
- Ensure that diary dates and reminders are kept and observed;
- Meet relevant quality and professional standards;
- Proactively build and grow department;
- Actively develop new sources of potential income streams;
- Promoting a positive working environment within firm;
- Marketing and promoting the firm and its service offerings;
- Undertaking research on developing areas of law and procedure to remain up to date on key
- issues;
- Maintaining training requirements as expected by the firm and the SRA;
- Providing training to members of department where appropriate
- Experience of supervising staff
- Be a member of Resolution
- An accredited Mediator would be an advantage
- General administrative tasks in relation to individual file management including obtaining acceptable ID and signed client care letters;
- Attending upon clients, taking instructions and giving advice, confirming that in writing;
- Writing letters and emails and corresponding with court, solicitors and clients;
- Drafting and issuing court papers and other legal documents ;
- Dealing with all court directions, including reports and valuations etc;
- Representing clients at Court hearings where appropriate;
- Briefing and liaising with Counsel for hearings;
- Implementation of final orders;
- Billing and seeking to meet billing targets;
- Using existing precedents, template documents and other processes to enable department to be run efficiently;
- Producing updated precedents for use by the department where appropriate;
- Producing articles for website on current issues, landmark cases and developments in family law on a regular basis, , or as requested of you;
- Utilising social media frequently, in particular LinkedIn and Twitter, to promote the firm and its service offerings;
- Running and/or assisting in the running of stalls, trade shows, attending networking events where appropriate;
- Other tasks as requested by the firm
