family medicine physician Leeds, England
Job description
Details
Full-time
Leeds
07/08/2023
Location
2 Embankment
Sovereign Street
Leeds, LS1 4BA
About us
Lupton Fawcett LLP is a well-established law firm with offices in Leeds, Sheffield and York.
We seek a newly qualified solicitor to provide high quality legal service as a member of the Family Department to a wide range of individual privately funded clients on a local, regional and national basis.
About the job
Key responsibilities:
Advising and representing individuals on a whole range of family law matters;
Advising clients in relation to court applications and proceedings;
Delivering a client-focused and commercial service at the highest level;
Where appropriate conducting advocacy;
Where appropriate advising upon the merits of a claim or application;
Where appropriate instructing Counsel to advise and / or to conduct advocacy;
Dealing with all aspects of a busy and profitable caseload;
Taking clients’ instructions;
Advising upon the law, procedure and other issues;
Analysing and preparing case documents, researching and having an awareness of current case law;
Maintaining and growing your own caseload, subject to an appropriate level supervision by the Department Head;
Quality:
Helping to ensure that quality standards are progressively developed;
Consistently delivering high quality legal services through appropriate monitoring and management of own personal training and development;
Contributing to the firm via membership of committees, projects and associations;
Adherence to the standards as set by the SRA and to all of the firm’s policies and procedures.
Finance:
Delivering agreed billing and other targets (WIP and aged debt in particular) in accordance with departmental and personal financial budgets.
Marketing:
Taking an active role in the department and firm wide marketing and business Development activities and initiatives;
Helping to cross sell the department’s services internally;
Also in attending external business development opportunities;
Helping to maintain Legal 500/Chambers rankings.
General:
Working diligently and in good faith within the general working practices required of a qualified solicitor;
Maintaining the highest standards in relation to personal conduct, relations with colleagues; stakeholders and third parties;
