Contentious Probate Solicitor

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Salary: £55000 - £75000 per annum

Contentious Probate Lawyer, 5+ Years’ Experience, Bedford/ Hybrid Working, Competitive Salary + Bonus. Join a highly regarded law firm with a growing Litigation team renowned for its expertise in Contentious Probate matters. Offering hybrid working, a performance related bonus, excellent benefits and genuine opportunities for career progression. Job Ref: 5075

OVERVIEW:
This is an excellent opportunity to join an experienced Litigation team handling a broad range of complex and high value Contentious Probate disputes on behalf of a diverse client base. You will manage your own caseload from initial instruction through to resolution, providing clear and practical advice on sensitive and often complex private client litigation matters. Your responsibilities will include conducting legal research, carrying out early case assessments, drafting pleadings and court documentation, preparing matters for hearings, conferences and mediations, and ensuring compliance with court deadlines.

Applications are open to qualified Solicitors or Legal Executives with at least 5 years' litigation experience and a strong background in Contentious Probate matters. The successful candidate will possess excellent technical knowledge, strong organisational skills and a proactive, commercially minded approach, together with the confidence and sensitivity required when advising clients on emotionally challenging disputes. In return, the firm offers a competitive salary, performance related bonus scheme, additional holiday incentive scheme, 26 days' annual leave plus Bank Holidays, pension contributions, a healthcare plan and flexible hybrid working arrangements.

HOW TO APPLY:
Contact Kaye Thumpston on 0207 183 8586 or email kaye.thumpston@enllegal.co.uk with your CV or simply call for a confidential discussion.

eNL will never share your CV with a third party without your express permission. As part of our candidate care process, we aim to respond to all applications within 7 days. If you have not been contacted within this timescale, your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. Please note our advertisements use PQE/salary levels purely as a guide.

At eNL we value diversity and inclusion. We want to attract people at all levels and encourage applications from all suitably qualified candidates whatever your ethnicity, religion, age, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or any characteristics protected by law in the jurisdictions in which we operate.

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