£80,000 - £100,000 Per Annum
Full Time
Permanent
Manchester, Greater Manchester
Legal
Posted 7 hours ago
Expires In 29 Days
Job Description
In-house Barrister, Civil Litigation | At least 5 years PQE | Manchester | Up to £95,000 DOE | Flexible working hours | Applications are invited from candidates based anywhere in England and Wales | This is an exciting opportunity to join a respected firm at a pivotal stage, where you can contribute to its continued development. To apply or find out more, contact Melanie Daly at eNL on 0161 850 0745 for a confidential discussion, quoting Job Ref 5720
THE OPPORTUNITY:
Join a supportive and forward-thinking team offering a varied workload, excellent professional development and the opportunity to grow your own practice. Benefits include:
• An experienced team to help manage and organise your workload.
• Nationwide travel, with reasonable travel and subsistence expenses covered by the firm.
• Practising certificate renewal fees paid by the firm.
• A welcoming, collegiate team that encourages open discussion and the sharing of legal knowledge.
• Access to extensive legal resources, training materials and mentoring from an experienced Barrister.
• Work tailored to your level of experience, with opportunities to supervise pupils or undertake the training required to do so.
THE ROLE:
You can expect instructions to undertake advocacy and written work across a broad spectrum of civil litigation. You can expect to cover practice areas such as personal injury, clinical negligence, and costs. You could also be instructed in matters relating to civil liberties, housing disrepair, and consumer claims litigation. The firm is seeking candidates who are motivated to contribute to the continued growth of the firm while developing their own practice.
The successful candidates will have responsibilities such as:
• Court advocacy
• Attendance at conferences, settling papers
• To keep up to date with procedural changes, case law, and developments in legislation.
• To assist with the training and mentoring of less experienced advocates.
• Provide a high-quality service
THE CANDIDATE:
Applications are welcomed from those with at least 5 years of experience, candidates must hold, or be eligible to hold, a practicing certificate. The successful candidate will also have other qualities such as:
• Higher right of audience
• Exception attention to detail
• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral
• The ability to work both independently as week as part of a team
• Resilience
The firm also desires candidates that have these qualities, although this is not essential:
• Experience of personal injury litigation
• Working knowledge of the Civil Procedure Rules
• Experience as a pupil supervisor
• Good level of IT literacy
THE FIRM:
The firm offers its solicitors a high-paced, ambitious environment with strong career progression, balanced against heavy workloads and high-performance targets.
This is an excellent opportunity for a driven individual seeking a collaborative working environment, strong practical support and a remuneration structure that recognises their contribution and success.
HOW TO APPLY:
contact Melanie Daly at eNL on 0161 850 0745 or email melanie.daly@enllegal.co.uk with your CV, or simply call for a confidential discussion quoting Job Ref 5720
eNL will never share your CV with a third party without your express permission. As part of our candidate care process, we aim to respond to all applications within 7 days. If you have not been contacted within this timescale, your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. Please note our advertisements use PQE/salary levels purely as a guide.
At eNL we value diversity and inclusion. We want to attract people at all levels and encourage applications from all suitably qualified candidates whatever your ethnicity, religion, age, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or any characteristics protected by law in the jurisdictions in which we operate.
THE OPPORTUNITY:
Join a supportive and forward-thinking team offering a varied workload, excellent professional development and the opportunity to grow your own practice. Benefits include:
• An experienced team to help manage and organise your workload.
• Nationwide travel, with reasonable travel and subsistence expenses covered by the firm.
• Practising certificate renewal fees paid by the firm.
• A welcoming, collegiate team that encourages open discussion and the sharing of legal knowledge.
• Access to extensive legal resources, training materials and mentoring from an experienced Barrister.
• Work tailored to your level of experience, with opportunities to supervise pupils or undertake the training required to do so.
THE ROLE:
You can expect instructions to undertake advocacy and written work across a broad spectrum of civil litigation. You can expect to cover practice areas such as personal injury, clinical negligence, and costs. You could also be instructed in matters relating to civil liberties, housing disrepair, and consumer claims litigation. The firm is seeking candidates who are motivated to contribute to the continued growth of the firm while developing their own practice.
The successful candidates will have responsibilities such as:
• Court advocacy
• Attendance at conferences, settling papers
• To keep up to date with procedural changes, case law, and developments in legislation.
• To assist with the training and mentoring of less experienced advocates.
• Provide a high-quality service
THE CANDIDATE:
Applications are welcomed from those with at least 5 years of experience, candidates must hold, or be eligible to hold, a practicing certificate. The successful candidate will also have other qualities such as:
• Higher right of audience
• Exception attention to detail
• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral
• The ability to work both independently as week as part of a team
• Resilience
The firm also desires candidates that have these qualities, although this is not essential:
• Experience of personal injury litigation
• Working knowledge of the Civil Procedure Rules
• Experience as a pupil supervisor
• Good level of IT literacy
THE FIRM:
The firm offers its solicitors a high-paced, ambitious environment with strong career progression, balanced against heavy workloads and high-performance targets.
This is an excellent opportunity for a driven individual seeking a collaborative working environment, strong practical support and a remuneration structure that recognises their contribution and success.
HOW TO APPLY:
contact Melanie Daly at eNL on 0161 850 0745 or email melanie.daly@enllegal.co.uk with your CV, or simply call for a confidential discussion quoting Job Ref 5720
eNL will never share your CV with a third party without your express permission. As part of our candidate care process, we aim to respond to all applications within 7 days. If you have not been contacted within this timescale, your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. Please note our advertisements use PQE/salary levels purely as a guide.
At eNL we value diversity and inclusion. We want to attract people at all levels and encourage applications from all suitably qualified candidates whatever your ethnicity, religion, age, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or any characteristics protected by law in the jurisdictions in which we operate.