We are seeking an ambitious and conscientious Solicitor (3 yr PQE upwards) to join our growing litigation team based in Belfast. A detailed working knowledge of civil litigation and advocacy in both the County Court and the High Court is required for this role and additionally Chancery experience would be an advantage. We can offer you a varied commercial litigation caseload with a particular focus on professional negligence, banking and real estate litigation with the opportunity for significant levels of client contact.
You will join a growing, vibrant, local litigation team which has the support of a large UK-wide infrastructure and you will be working within a comfortable and modern office environment in the heart of Belfast. We are ambitious and passionate about the work we do and we will encourage you to develop your own skills alongside our experienced partners and legal team. We pride ourselves on working collaboratively in relation to our litigation caseload and across our different office locations as required.
We hope you’ll share our commitment to putting the client at the centre of everything we do and work with us to deliver an exceptional service in a friendly, supportive environment.
We are a values-driven business – our values are at the core of the firm and we evaluate how we behave in accordance with these values through a competency framework. This role is considered to be at competency Level 2 in our internal framework.
Due to the nature of the work undertaken, confirmation of employment will be subject to a variety of checks which will be carried out once an offer of employment is accepted. These checks will include
- employment references covering the last 5 years,
- proof of ID,
- proof of address covering the last 5 years,
- Personnel Vetting credit search (which will only highlight insolvency or County Court Judgments - should any adverse data show on the Personnel Vetting search then any offer of employment made will be withdrawn).
- Terrorism Check (against data supplied by the Bank of England); and
- DBS check previously known as a Criminal Records check.
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