Contentious Trust and Estates Solicitor 0-3 yrs pqe Tunbridge Wells

Location: Tunbridge Wells, Kent, South East
Salary: Highly Competitive
Job Type: Permanent

Job Ref. Number:MM038

Job Title: Contentious Trust and Estates Solicitor 0-3 yrs pqe
Location: Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Salary: Highly Competitive

The Company:

Cripps Harries Hall LLP is a leading regional law practice in the South East. Based in Tunbridge Wells, they currently have 41 partners and employ over 250 people. Although Cripps’ have an office in London all staff are located in Tunbridge Wells.
The firm are highly ranked in the legal directories for providing clients with the highest quality of legal services for both commercial and private clients. Turnover for 2006/2007 was £17.5 million.

Cripps Harries Hall LLP pride themselves on offering both clients and staff an excellent alternative to City law firms. Although they also attract individuals from other regional firms, many of their partners and staff have moved to the firm from London. The firm offer them the opportunity to continue to enjoy the quality of work and clients they previously experienced in the City but without the commute. Many of their clients, whether corporate, institutional or private clients, have relocated all or part of their legal work from London to benefit from their lower overheads.

As a forward-thinking practice Cripps Harries Hall LLP recognise the vital contribution of skilled professionals to their continued development. The firm’s business is providing clients with the highest quality of legal services.

The Role:

An unique opportunity to contribute to the growth and development of this niche team.

Cripps Harries Hall LLP is one of only a small handful of firms which has a dedicated team specialising in disputes about wills, estates, trusts, inheritance tax and related issues.

It is a very much a growing area of work for them and draws upon their acknowledged expertise in both private client work and dispute resolution matters. The firm aim to provide clients with practical and realistic advice in order to avoid litigation wherever possible.

Because of the small size of the team the applicant will have an opportunity to deal with a wide range of work. There will be a lot of direct client contact and the partners specialising in this work will be close at hand to guide and mentor. The applicant will gain experience of defending claims in both the High Court and County Courts in addition to dealing with the Court of Protection.

The Successful Candidate:

The firm are keen to stay at the forefront of this emerging area of law and are looking for a talented and skilful lawyer, ideally with experience of, but certainly an interest in, the contentious side of trust and estates work.

The Benefits:

Salary reviewed annually in May. There will be 25 days holiday pa. In addition, other benefits will be available after a suitable qualifying period: a contributory pension scheme, free private medical care; free permanent health insurance and free life cover.

NB: PQE levels are illustrative only and serve purely as a guide to candidates. Emerson Chase will welcome applications from individuals with more or less relevant experience than stated since such candidates may well be of interest to our clients.

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