Court of Protection Solicitor

Role: Court of Protection Solicitor (Hybrid Role)

Leading law firm looking to recruit dedicated and experienced Solicitor for highly sought permanent positon.

Salary: Competitive. Accountability within a remote working culture is the norm within this business.

Gemini Recruitment are currently partnering with a large and established law firm. Our client serves corporate entities and private individuals in over 25 practice areas from offices throughout London and across England and Wales. Our client’s accomplishments are acknowledged and recommended in The Legal 500 and Chambers and Partners, as a top tier firm.

Our client holds the Investors in People Gold Accreditation Quality Standard Mark and is LEXCEL, Cyber Essentials Plus and ISO 27001-2013 accredited and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority.

Court of Protection Background:

The Court of Protection adjudicates or resolves disputes that concern adults who lack mental capacity to make decisions. Disputes typically include whether the person has the capacity to make decisions and what is in that person’s best interests.

Our Client's Court of Protection team has been recognised by The Legal 500 for their dedication to achieving the best possible results for their clients and for putting a "tremendous amount of work" into their cases. The team is multidisciplinary team regularly collaborating with the company’s experts in mental capacity, mental health, community care, clinical negligence, family, childcare and public law.

They are dedicated to their clients and support family members and advocates and are regularly instructed by the Official Solicitor in cases relating to the wellbeing of an individual who lacks capacity, including health and welfare, medical treatment, financial issues and mental capacity.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

• Report directly to Department Director
• Responsible for all aspects of Court of Protection work and, on occasions, where appropriate providing technical expertise and guidance to other team members
• Professional pro-active approach, strong client care skills and a sensitive and sympathetic understanding of clients’ needs
• Variety of duties, including dealing with a range of Court of Protection matters, including personal injury trusts; statutory wills and gift applications; deputyship applications; ongoing deputyship administration; health and social care judicial review and ancillary applications such as trustee orders
• Responsible for all aspects of Litigation work and on occasions, where appropriate providing technical expertise and guidance to other team members.
• Ability to manage appropriate caseload types and complexities
• Attending clients, taking instructions and preparing cases
• Dealing with correspondence
• Maintaining accurate time-costing procedures
• Implementing any recommendations made by your supervisor/director following monthly file reviews ensuring that these are dealt with promptly
• Ensuring compliance with file management.
• Conduct litigation and advocacy in relevant court hearings.
• You will have a professional, pro-active approach, strong client care skills and be interested in Business Development and Marketing to supplement the substantial work volumes brought in by the Company.

Key Skills Required:

• Must have a clean, valid Practising Certificate at the time of applying
• Team player and adapt well to new challenges
• Previous proven supervisory experience and working on key performance indicators
• Professional with a pro-active approach; excellent client care skills and ability to deal with vulnerable client matters sensitively and resolve complicated practicalities
• Excellent networking and communication skills with the ability to successfully market the Company and generate new business
• Excellent analytical and organizational skills
• Ability to use own initiative and sound judgment
• Working knowledge of the publicly funded Court of Protection work and the ability to service privately funded cases
• Have extensive experience in dealing with Court of Protection-related work
• Experience in own advocacy is an advantage
• Excellent IT Skills -familiar with Microsoft Office applications and document management skills
• Proven ability to manage a demanding caseload and meet deadlines.
• Attention to detail and ability to maintain accurate and organized case records.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team and build strong client relationships.

This list is not exhaustive and there may be other duties as reasonably required.

On offer is an attractive salary package, a supportive team environment and real prospects for promotion. The Company will consider applicants wishing to work part time, full time or with flexible working hours. The Company will allow hybrid-working.

The company is committed to Equal Opportunities and embraces diversity and inclusivity of its staff and strives to ensure that their workforce reflects the diversity of the communities they serve.

The recruitment process will fully comply with GDPR and other applicable laws. Background checks including CRB / DBS checks will establish your eligibility to work in the UK and suitability to the role.