Solicitor - Property Litigation

DAC Beachcroft; Manchester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

DAC Beachcroft in Manchester is seeking a 0-3 PQE Solicitor to join the busy real estate team, focusing on commercial landlord and tenant disputes. The role promises exposure to contentious and transactional work across telecoms, development, investment, and asset management.

You will work within a collaborative environment with opportunities to network, support marketing activities, and potentially supervise junior staff as you gain experience in property litigation.

Qualifications

• 0–3 PQE Solicitor with strong educational background.
• Experience in commercial landlord and tenant disputes preferred but not essential for moves from general litigation.
• Able to deliver concise commercial advice to clients with tight deadlines.
• Manage a varied workload with appropriate supervision.
• Some experience with client portals and case management software would be useful.
• Support marketing and business development activities within the team.

Responsibilities

• Serving statutory notices and advising on their validity and conditionality.
• Dealing with contentious lease renewals, termination notices and proceedings.
• Interpreting and enforcing lease obligations.
• Arrears recovery and tenant insolvency.
• Obtaining possession of commercial premises.
• Potential for expanding supervisory role (subject to PQE/practical experience).
• Dealing with service charge disputes.
• Acting in dilapidations matters including service of notices and advisory work.

Skills

0-3 PQE

Commercial landlord & tenant disputes

Client-facing communication

Case management software

Portal experience

Business development support

Education

Qualified Solicitor

Tools

Case management software

Client portals

Job description

Location: Manchester

Application Deadline: 7 September 2026

Department: Real Estate - Property Litigation

Location: Manchester

Description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a 0-3 PQE Solicitor to join our busy real estate team based in Manchester to be primarily focused on commercial landlord and tenant disputes.

Our real estate department covers every aspect of contentious and transactional commercial real estate work, including in particular telecoms, development, investment, asset management, construction and landlord/tenant work. Clients include property management and development companies, house builders, health trusts and government bodies (local and central), owner-occupiers and institutions, both in the UK and overseas.

With offices across England, we are continuing to grow our Property Litigation offering, with seamless cross-border services for our clients in the UK backed by full national and international support from across the firm.

Key Responsibilities

Our Solicitors tell us that they enjoy the firm's collaborative working environment which reflects our open door policy and cultural principles of being supportive, creative, determined, and clear. There are also many opportunities to network with other lawyers and other colleagues across our business, to be part of wider firm projects and initiatives and for the candidates to "build their brand".

The work expected of the role will largely be geared towards

• Serving statutory notices and advising on their validity and conditionality
• Dealing with contentious lease renewals, termination notices and proceedings
• Interpreting and enforcing lease obligations
• Arrears recovery and tenant insolvency
• Obtaining possession of commercial premises
• Potential for expanding supervisory role (subject to PQE/practical experience)
• Dealing with service charge disputes
• Acting in dilapidations matters including service of notices and advisory work

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• A 0-3 PQE Solicitor with a strong educational background
• Experience in commercial landlord and tenant disputes is preferable but not essential. Candidates with a strong background in commercial and civil litigation (and looking to move into property litigation) will be given serious consideration.
• Be used to delivering commercial advice to clients who do not have time to read lengthy correspondence. They should be comfortable with key date and tracker maintenance.
• Have handled a varied workload in accordance with client protocols and with an appropriate level of supervision.
• Some experience with the use of client portals and case management software would be useful.
• Support marketing and business development activity within the team e.g. article writing, attending marketing events and client training.

Additional Information

About DAC Beachcroft

We are a leading international legal business with over 3,000 colleagues and a diverse range of capabilities. We are market leaders in insurance, health and real estate but with a full-service offering, including growing Financial Services and Tech capabilities. We represent a wide range of clients – from household names to government departments and NHS bodies. We act for nearly all of the top-20 UK and global insurers, we're market leaders in the provision of strategic, commercial and regulatory advice to providers and commissioners in the health sector, and in real estate we advise all of the UK’s top-five housebuilders.

We are a fast-growing international business with offices around the globe. In addition to our 11 UK offices, we also have offices in Bogota, Buenos Aires, Dublin, Lima, Los Angeles, Hong Kong, Madrid, Mexico City, Milan, New York, Paris, Rome, Santiago de Chile, and Singapore plus a representative office in Miami and broad network of affiliations across the globe.

At DAC Beachcroft we are committed to and recognise the importance of equity, diversity and inclusion across the board, including and beyond the protected characteristics. We take decisions based solely on merit. We value, welcome and seek out people with different backgrounds and life experiences, perspectives, beliefs, ways of thinking and identities.

If you need any reasonable adjustments at any stage (including the application, assessment or interview process), please contact [e-mail] in confidence with the vacancy reference in the subject line, and we’ll be happy to help.

We are happy to talk flexible working with our Flex Forward scheme. We would encourage you to talk to us about our approach to flexible working during the hiring process if you would like to explore this further.

As a Disability Confident Scheme employer, we’re committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process.

We are happy to talk flexible working with our Flex Forward scheme. We would encourage you to talk to us about our approach to flexible working during the hiring process if you would like to explore this further.