Residential Property Paralegals

Scottish Legal News; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading law firm in Scotland seeks experienced Residential Property Paralegals to support their team in Edinburgh, Elgin, and Inverness. The role involves assisting lawyers with due diligence, preparing legal documents, and managing caseloads independently. The firm promotes a culture of innovation and aims to deliver extraordinary opportunities for its employees while pursuing excellent client outcomes. If you are passionate about your career and ready to make an impact, this role might be for you.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Benefits package

Career development opportunities

Responsibilities

• Assisting lawyers with title due diligence.
• Preparing first drafts of standard securities and discharges.
• Ordering all relevant searches.
• Preparing Land Registration application forms and submitting deeds for registration.
• Preparing LBTT submissions.
• Handling all aspects of a case with your own caseload from start to finish.

Job description

Harper Macleod LLP Edinburgh, Inverness, Elgin

We are looking for experienced Residential Property Paralegals across our Edinburgh, Elgin & Inverness locations. The role will involve:

• Assisting lawyers with title due diligence
• Preparing first drafts of standard securities and discharges
• Ordering all relevant searches
• Preparing Land Registration application forms and submitting deeds for registration
• Preparing LBTT submissions.
• Handling all aspects of a case with your own caseload from start to finish

Let your ambitions and ours go hand in hand

At Harper Macleod you’ll be part of a collective effort that is never satisfied: celebrating the successes and inspiring one another to always improve. You want to deliver extraordinary results for your clients. We want to deliver extraordinary opportunities for you and encourage you to make a difference.

Harper Macleod’s culture is the sum of the actions of the people who make up our business – it’s built around taking calculated risks and pushing for innovative solutions. You know that doing things the right way is always the best way – the right things for clients, colleagues, and our communities. We will never compromise on this.

In 2025, we were proud to be named the best law firm in Scotland by the prestigious Chambers UK to go alongside many other accolades. A year earlier, we were named ESG Firm of the Year and the only Scottish law firm to be included in Legal 500’s Green Guide, both for the second year running. We offer a competitive salary and benefits package, active colleague engagement, wellbeing, sustainability & CSR programs, and the opportunity to develop your career.

We believe the best is yet to come for Harper Macleod. If this sounds like the type of firm you’d like to be part of, maybe the best is yet to come for you?

To apply please send a CV and current salary details to [e-mail]

Harper Macleod LLP is committed to promoting equal opportunities and developing a diverse workforce.