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Legal Assistant

LR Legal Recruitment
Posted 6 days ago, valid for 12 days
Location

Reading, Berkshire RG30 3HG

Contract type

Full Time

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  • An established law firm in Reading is seeking a Legal Assistant for its Wills, Probate, Tax & Trusts team with a salary of circa £30,000.
  • The role requires at least 5 years of experience as a paralegal or legal assistant, or a 2:1 degree or CILEX qualification.
  • Responsibilities include processing client cases, conducting legal research, and managing file administration while ensuring excellent client care.
  • Candidates should have strong proficiency in MS Word and ideally experience with practice management systems or large databases.
  • The firm offers competitive salary and benefits, along with opportunities for career progression and professional development.

Legal Assistant (Wills, Probate, Tax & Trusts)

circa £30,000

Reading (RG1)

An established and highly regarded law firm is seeking an experienced Legal Assistant to join its Wills, Probate, Tax & Trusts team. This role will provide valuable support to the lawyers within this growing team. The firm is committed to delivering exceptional client care and has built a reputation for excellence in legal practice management.

As a Legal Assistant, your responsibilities will include processing client cases efficiently and cost-effectively, assisting with delegated tasks, conducting drafting and legal research, managing file administration, and ensuring clients are kept fully informed of the firm’s wide range of services.

The ideal candidate will have at least 5 years’ experience working as a paralegal or legal assistant within a similar team, or a 2:1 degree or CILEX qualification. Strong proficiency in MS Word, other Office products, and ideally experience with practice management systems or large databases is required. The candidate must be enthusiastic, flexible, and efficient with a client-focused approach and be a strong team player willing to support others in the team.

This role offers competitive salary and benefits, depending on experience, and provides excellent opportunities for career progression and professional development.

If you would like to learn more about this opportunity, contact Jemma Sutton for a confidential discussion.

LR Legal is a specialist legal recruitment agency with a reputation based on trust and integrity. We will always ask your permission before sending your CV to any of our clients.

LR Legal Recruitment is operating as an Employment Agency in respect of this vacancy.

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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.