Paralegal - Court of Protection

ENGINEERINGUK; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking national law firm that values integrity and innovation. As an Associate, you'll play a vital role in managing deputyship and personal injury trusts, ensuring clients receive the best support. You'll work in a collaborative environment, contributing to team objectives while developing your legal expertise. This role offers a chance to make a real difference in the lives of clients who need guidance in managing their affairs. With generous benefits and a commitment to well-being, this is an exciting opportunity for those looking to thrive in a supportive legal setting.

Benefits

25 days holidays plus bank holidays

Flexible pension schemes

Two paid volunteering days

Health membership refunds

Well-being initiatives

Qualifications

• Experience in managing deputyship and personal injury trusts.
• Ability to handle administrative tasks for clients efficiently.

Responsibilities

• Manage routine tasks related to deputyship and personal injury trusts.
• Assist clients with setting up bank accounts and payments.
• Maintain up-to-date legal knowledge and attend training.

Skills

Administrative Management

Client Communication

Legal Knowledge

Time Management

Education

Law Degree

Job description

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We're a national law firm with a local reach. Our philosophy is 'we're legal and financial experts that care' - something you'll find in the way we work with our clients and how we support our teams. But we're more than just a law firm - we're a team of people working together to help individuals and businesses navigate life's ups and downs. Working here you'll feel a part of our friendly and inclusive environment.

We'll value you for who you are and what you bring. We support each other and push boundaries to achieve incredible things and make a real difference to our clients and communities.

We're always looking to support our colleagues to work in a way that works best for them and everyone else, including our clients, the business and the regulators. Please speak to a member of our Recruitment and Onboarding team for more information.

Your Role and What You'll Be Doing

The Court of Protection is the judicial body responsible for making decisions relating to the management of finances and other affairs of those individuals who lack the mental capacity to do so themselves. As one of the UK's leading firms of solicitors, we have a dedicated and experienced team who specialise in all matters relating to the Court of Protection. You'll join Partner Sean Attwood who provides expert evidence to budget future deputyship support costs for clients and whose clients have received multi-million-pound settlements as a result of serious injury or medical negligence.

We help clients who are responsible for managing someone else's affairs, those who are concerned about the ability of someone else to manage their own affairs or another person's affairs and clients who may be concerned about their own ability to manage their affairs.

About You

• Dealing with the routine management of deputyship and personal injury trusts with appropriate supervision and assisting senior team members with complex cases.
• Dealing with administrative matters on behalf of clients to get their affairs in order, such as setting up bank accounts and standing orders, making payments, assisting with benefits applications and obtaining quotes for insurance.
• Taking instruction from clients and undertaking written and telephone correspondence with clients, other solicitors and third parties.
• Achieve time recording and fee income targets to ensure profitable working.
• Attend and contribute to team/practice area meetings and comply with directions/decisions made to ensure team objectives achieved.
• Keep up to date with changes in relevant law and practice and attend appropriate training events to ensure up to date legal knowledge and best practice.

We’re proud of our values, and we’re looking for people who share them

• To be pioneering with an imaginative outlook
• To be approachable and caring
• To be tenacious in the pursuit of our objectives
• To be efficient in the provision of our services
• To work with a foundation of integrity.

If this sounds like you, we'd love to receive your application.

The closing date for applications is Tuesday 20th May 2025.

Our Benefits - What We Can Offer You

• 25 days holidays as standard plus bank holidays - You can 'buy' up to 35hrs of extra holiday too.
• Generous and flexible pension schemes.
• Volunteering days - Two days of volunteering every year for a cause of your choice (fully paid)
• Westfield Health membership, offering refunds on medical services alongside our Aviva Digital GP services.

We also offer a wide range of well-being initiatives to encourage positive mental health both in and out of the workplace and to make sure you're fully supported. This includes our Flexible by Choice programme which gives our colleagues more choice over a hybrid way of working subject to role, team and client requirements.

We have been ranked in the Best Workplaces for Wellbeing for Large Organisations for 2024!

Our responsible business programmes are fundamental to who we are and our purpose. We're committed to being a diverse and inclusive workplace where our colleagues can flourish, and we have established a number of inclusion network groups across our business to support this aim.

Our commitment to Social Responsibility, community investment activity and tackling climate change is a fundamental part of who we are. It's made up of four strands: Our People, Our Community, Our Environment and Our Pro Bono.

Additional Information

As part of the Irwin Mitchell Group's on-boarding process all successful applicants are required to complete the group's employment screening process. This process helps to ensure that all new employees meet our standards in relation to honesty and integrity therefore protecting the interests of the Group, colleagues, clients, partners and other stakeholders.

We carry out pre employment screening to establish your eligibility to work in the UK, criminal record and financial checks with our trusted 3rd parties.

The employment screening process will fully comply with Data Protection and other applicable laws.

Irwin Mitchell LLP is an equal opportunity employer.

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