Recruitment

We are looking for an experienced Private Client/Probate Paralegal to join our team.

Hours:Full time or Part Time

About Us

We are a small, friendly, and growing law firm based in Altrincham, dedicated to providing clear, compassionate, and practical legal advice to our clients. Our team prides itself on delivering excellent service and building lasting relationships with individuals and families during some of life’s most challenging times.Our commitment to client care is reflected in our 5-star Google reviews, with clients frequently praising us for being friendly, approachable, and helpful.

The Role
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We are looking for an experienced Probate Paralegal to join our team. The successful candidate will support our Director & Solicitor, Karen Yates, in all aspects of probate and estate administration, ensuring matters are handled efficiently and with sensitivity.
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Key Responsibilities include:

• Preparing probate applications and relevant legal documents.
• Liaising with clients, executors, beneficiaries, and third parties such as HMRC, banks, and financial institutions.
• Conducting legal research where required.
• Drafting correspondence and maintaining accurate case files.
• Supporting solicitors with client meetings and case management.

• Competitive salary (commensurate with experience).
• Friendly, supportive working environment.
• Opportunity to develop your career within a growing law firm.
• Flexible working arrangements considered.
• Be part of a firm that genuinely values its staff and is recognised by clients for outstanding client care.

Purpose of Role: To provide support to the Solicitor and to effectively maintain and service a workload, where required.

Responsible to:Partner/Solicitor

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Attendance on client in person and on the telephone.
• Maintain high professional standards, confidence and integrity.
• Process cases in an efficient manner.
• Maintain up to date knowledge of developments in law and in practice.
• Be willing to learn new skills and areas of work.
• Comply fully with the Office Manual and Staff Handbook.
• Such other tasks as the firm may from time to time require.

Knowledge / Skills:

• Effective communicator, both face to face and over the telephone.
• Work accurately under pressure.
• Prioritise tasks.
• Effective management of time.
• Good standard of computer literacy with a willingness and ability to learn new technology.
• Research skills.

Qualities:

• Discretion and ability to work in a confidential environment.
• Pleasant, approachable and polite.
• Flexible and adaptable.
• Ability to work as a part of a team.
• Highly motivated.

Experience:Experience in public law / care proceedings and Legal Aid work a definite advantage.

Butcher & Barlow is one of the most respected Law Firms in the North West. Our aim is to build long term relationships with our clients through trust and respect, unpinning those relationships with a sense of togetherness and a common goal. We work with our clients, not for them, sharing the decision making process with them.

We work with each other with the same integrity, inspiring confidence in our clients, professional contacts and colleagues through our collaborative approach, working as a team to progress matters quickly and efficiently.

Application process:Please send us your CV with a covering letter using the form below or email your CV with a covering letter torecruitment@butcher-barlow.co.uk.

No application form is required.