Property Litigation Solicitor (x3) - Leeds

Duncan Lewis Solicitors (Ltd) is regulated by the Solicitor’s Regulation Authority and was founded in 1998, headquartered in the City of London. We are recognised by the Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners UK independent legal directories as a top-tier law firm in all key practice areas. We are a paperless law firm with over 500 personnel that embraces hybrid-working, servicing both corporate entities and private individuals in over 25 areas of law across 60 languages.

Our litigation teams are ranked and recommended by The Legal 500 UK Directory for their excellence in Commercial Litigation, Professional Negligence, Contentious Probate and General Litigation work across the South East. The team has extensive experience in acting for both claimants and defendants in complex and high value civil/commercial litigation matters, including:

• Bankruptcy and Insolvency
• Building Disputes
• Civil Fraud
• Consumer/Commercial Disputes
• Contract Disputes
• Debt
• Interim Applications
• International Cross Border Disputes
• Contentious Probate Disputes
• Professional Negligence
• Residential Property Disputes

Main Responsibilities of the Role:

• Report directly to Department Director
• Professional proactive approach, strong client care skills and a sensitive understanding of clients’ needs
• Responsible for all aspects of Litigation work and providing technical expertise and guidance to other team members
• Ability to manage appropriate caseload types and complexities
• Attending clients, taking instructions and preparing cases
• Dealing with correspondence
• Maintaining accurate time costing procedures
• Implementing recommendations made by your supervisor following monthly file reviews
• Ensuring compliance with file management

Key tasks include:

• Boundary disputes - resolving disagreements between neighbours about property lines.
• Landlord and tenant issues - dealing with rent arrears, lease breaches, eviction proceedings, and lease renewals.
• Rights of way and easements - advising on access rights and usage of land.
• Nuisance and trespass claims - acting where someone’s use of their property interferes with another’s.
• Disputes over property ownership - handling cases like co-ownership disagreements or claims under trusts.
• Development issues - disputes related to property development, including restrictive covenants and planning.
• Disrepair - acting for landlord and tenant.
• Mortgage Repossessions.
• Commercial property matters - lease related matters - dilapidations, arrears of rents, lease forfeiture.

Key Skills Required:

• Must have a clean, valid Practising Certificate at the time of applying
• Committed team player and adapt well to new challenges
• Professional with a pro-active approach; excellent client care skills
• Excellent networking and communication skills
• Excellent analytical and organizational skills
• Ability to use own initiative and sound judgment
• Working knowledge of publicly funded Litigation work
• Extensive experience in dealing with Probate Litigation related work
• Experience in own advocacy is an advantage
• Excellent IT Skills - familiar with Microsoft Office applications and document management skills

The recruitment process will fully comply with GDPR and other applicable laws. Background checks including CRB/DBS checks will establish your eligibility to work in the UK and suitability to the role.

Duncan Lewis is committed to Equal Opportunities and embraces diversity of its staff. We guarantee an interview for candidates that disclose a disability and meet the essential requirements for the post.