Senior Probate Solicitor: Complex Estates & Charity Work

Wilsons Solicitors LLP; Salisbury; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Wilsons Solicitors LLP is seeking an experienced Senior Probate Solicitor to join our dedicated private client probate team in Salisbury. You will handle high‑quality workload and advise on complex estates.

You'll work closely with colleagues across private client and trusts teams, supervise solicitors and paralegals, and contribute to delivering trusted solutions for our clients, including charities and vulnerable individuals.

Qualifications

• Qualified solicitor with substantial probate experience.
• Experience supervising solicitors and paralegals.
• Experience with complex testate and intestate estates and tax reliefs.

Responsibilities

• Administration of large and complex taxable testate and intestate estates including the application of business property and agricultural property reliefs and the calculation of inheritance tax when there are exempt and non-exempt beneficiaries
• Estate administrations on behalf of national charities
• Preparation of wills and LPAs including those for elderly people where mental capacity may be in issue which may involve making home and hospital visits to clients on an urgent basis
• Supervise the work of other solicitors and paralegals.

Skills

Probate law experience

Team supervision

Client advisory

Education

Solicitor qualification (SRA)

Job description

Wilsons Solicitors LLP is seeking an experienced Senior Probate Solicitor to join our dedicated private client probate team in Salisbury. You will handle high‑quality workload and advise on complex estates.

You'll work closely with colleagues across private client and trusts teams, supervise solicitors and paralegals, and contribute to delivering trusted solutions for our clients, including charities and vulnerable individuals.