Court of Protection Senior Associate

The Role

We are seeking a Senior Associate with a strong background in Court of Protection to join a busy team in Southampton.
As a Court of Protection Senior Associate team you will be running your own caseload of Deputyship and Trustee matters on the back of a variety of serious injury work to include Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence.
Focusing on property and financial affairs, you will liaise with clients and their financial advisers, property associates and various third parties to oversee the financial affairs of vulnerable clients, managing their estate with technical expertise and excellent client care.

As a Senior Associate, you will carry out supervision of less experienced team members when required and delegate to paralegals and legal assistants in the Court of Protection team.
As a technical lead in the Court of Protection department, you will thrive in a senior, client facing role.
Applicants who would like to take an active role in the development of the team and junior lawyers are encouraged to apply.

The Firm

The law firm have a regional presence; they are multi discipline with a specialist focus on personal services.
They have an abundance of work coming through from an array of sources to include an in house specialist team that sees them thriving in the catastrophic injury and clinical negligence sectors, most notably at the high value end.
As a claimant law firm, they have devised a structure that allows them to build on the relationships and offer a fuller service to their client who have suffered brain injuries which has resulted in the expansion of a very successful Court of Protection offering.

This is a growing area of the business and there is considerable scope for career development as this role is a replacement for a Senior Associate that has moved into a more senior position in the team .
The role is in a supportive and successful team working collaboratively with internal and external avenues to provide a great legal service in Court of Protection law.