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Paralegal

2i Recruit Ltd
Posted 15 days ago, valid for 3 days
Location

Godalming, Surrey GU8 5SG, England

Salary

£24,000 - £28,800 per annum

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Contract type

Full Time

Life Insurance

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  • A lovely company based in Godalming is seeking a Paralegal to join their family law team.
  • The role requires knowledge and experience in family law, along with effective time management skills, and a commitment to client care.
  • The Paralegal will assist with various tasks including client meetings, document preparation, and managing court bundles under supervision.
  • The position offers a salary of £25,000 and requires at least 1 year of relevant experience.
  • Company benefits include private healthcare, flexible hours, 25 days of holiday, and life insurance.

We are delighted to be working with a lovely company based in Godalming who are looking for a Paralegal to join their family law team. The Paralegal will be joining a small, supportive and close-knit team. The Paralegal will be responsible for assisting with family law administration and support with client management.

Company Benefits

  • Private healthcare
  • Flexible hours
  • 25 days holiday
  • Life insurance

Job Responsibilities

  • Answering the phone
  • Initial meetings with clients
  • Scanning and filing documents
  • Preparing file opening including client care documents
  • Closing files and archiving
  • Engrossing documents and sending them to clients for signature
  • Drafting of letters
  • Diary management, room booking and assisting with travel arrangements for fee earners
  • Data input
  • Family: (with supervision) preparation of court bundles, drafting court applications, sitting behind counsel at hearings, managing straight forward divorce applications, drafting briefs and collating documents to go with the same and collating form E’s and the information for them.
  • To undertake such other reasonable additional duties as are consistent with this job description from time to time allocated by the dedicated fee earner

Experience and Skills Requirements

  • Able to manage time effectively and manage competing priorities.
  • Knowledge and experience of family law.
  • Commitment to client care and proving high levels of service.
  • Attention to detail to ensure good levels of punctuation and spelling and formatting in accordance with company standards.
  • Competent IT skills to include Microsoft Office programmes.
  • A general awareness of the legal market.

If you have not been contacted within 5 working days, then unfortunately on this occasion your CV has not been shortlisted.

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In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.