Property Litigation Solicitor (NQ+)

JMC Legal Recruitment; Southampton; Hybrid; GBP 36,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Competitive salary

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

JMC Legal Recruitment is helping a respected regional firm in Southampton expand its Property Litigation team. You will manage a varied caseload, from dilapidations to lease renewals, with strong partner support and meaningful client responsibility from day one.

The role suits an NQ–4 PQE solicitor seeking growth in a collaborative environment with hybrid working and a competitive salary package.

Qualifications

• Qualified as a solicitor with NQ–4 PQE in property litigation.
• Experience with commercial landlord and tenant disputes valuable.
• Strong drafting, negotiation and client-facing skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage a varied caseload of property litigation matters.
• Handle dilapidations, forfeiture, lease renewals and notices.
• Present possession claims and rent recovery actions.
• Advise on boundary, easement and adverse possession issues.
• Develop expertise with support from partners and mentors.

Skills

Commercial landlord/tenant disputes

Dilapidations

Lease renewals

Possession claims

Boundary/easement disputes

Enfranchisement knowledge

Education

NQ to 4 PQE Property Litigation Solicitor

Job description

Property Litigation Solicitor | NQ-4 PQE | Southampton, Hampshire

A highly regarded regional law firm is growing its specialist Property Litigation team in Southampton, offering the chance to work on high-quality disputes alongside experienced lawyers in a collaborative, supportive environment. Whether you've just qualified or you're a few years in, this is somewhere that genuinely invests in your development.

The Opportunity

You'll manage a varied caseload while gaining exposure to increasingly complex, high-value matters:

• Commercial landlord and tenant disputes with genuine commercial stakes
• Dilapidations, forfeiture, lease renewals, break notices
• Possession claims and rent recovery
• Boundary, easement, and adverse possession disputes
• Leasehold enfranchisement and property-related professional negligence

Early client responsibility, strong partner support, and genuine opportunities to develop real expertise. You're not shadowing. You're actually doing the work, with proper backing.

The Firm

A highly regarded regional practice where Property Litigation is a key practice area, not a support service. Legal 500-recognised and genuinely respected in the market. They're growing because they're good, and they're investing in experienced lawyers to help build the team.

About You

• NQ to 4 PQE as a Property Litigation Solicitor
• Confident managing your own caseload (or ready to develop that confidence with proper support)
• Commercial, pragmatic, and client-focused
• Strong drafting, negotiation, and communication skills
• Experience in collective enfranchisement or specialist property disputes beneficial but not essential
• Ready to join a team that will genuinely develop you

What's On Offer

• Broad, high-quality caseload from day one
• Clear progression within a growing Legal 500-recognised team
• Supportive partners genuinely invested in your development
• Hybrid working and an excellent work-life balance
• Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package
• Real client responsibility with proper mentorship and support
• Access to experienced litigators who actually mentor junior lawyers
• Southampton location combining thriving property litigation market with quality of life

Why This Works

Property Litigation is a core strength here, not a sideline. That means partners who understand the practice, clients with genuine disputes, and work that actually builds expertise. You're not processing templates or support tasks. You're handling real litigation.

The emphasis on supportive partners genuinely invested in your development isn't marketing. It's why they're growing. They understand that developing junior litigators properly builds a stronger team.

The legal 500 recognition shows this isn't a struggling practice or a volume operation. It's a firm that's respected, growing, and genuinely investing in people.

If you're an NQ-4 PQE property litigator looking for a team that will genuinely develop you, challenge you, and give you real opportunities to progress, this is it.