IBB is Heathrow’s closest major law firm and a Thames Valley heavyweight. It is a full-service firm, working for clients all over the South East of England. IBB has three offices, one in each of Uxbridge and Reading for corporate, charity, employment, IT/IP, real estate, private client and community legal services, the other in South Bucks for private clients. IBB boasts one of the region’s largest real estate teams outside of London and a corporate team working with UK headquarters of multinationals and large SMEs based in the South East. IBB handles complex work with great attention to detail and high-quality client service. The firm has a clear vision to understand what our clients want and to deliver the best service possible through our legal professionals, support staff and technology. IBB’s partners are recommended in the legal directories as leading individuals in their fields and there are six accredited commercial mediators and one accredited family mediator within the firm. IBB is also ISO 9001:2000 and Lexel-accredited.
High net worth private clients form a significant part of the client base for IBB’s private practice. Services including wills, probate, tax, trusts, estate planning and property advice for individuals. Work is also undertaken for institutional clients. The team is particularly strong in its Court of Protection work. Five solicitors are members of STEP. Other related teams with whom there is a close working relationship are contentious probate, charities, family law including children’s cases, employment and personal injury.
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1. Legal tasks as required including:
- Drafting documents including deputy applications, Trustee Act applications, deputy reports, lasting powers of attorney, witness statements
- Recording chargeable and investment time
- Preparing correspondence and documents on matters
- Liaising with clients and others by email, telephone and in person
- Assisting the Court of Protection fee earners
- Checking lengthy documentation and proofreading as required
- Completing legal form
- Paying bills on behalf of clients.
2. Administrative tasks to include:
- File opening in accordance with IBB procedures to include data input, completion of internal forms and procedures, preparation of anti-money laundering documentation, setting up the paper file and file labels, preparing the initial letters for fee earner review
- File closing in accordance with IBB procedures to include data input, checking ledger balances, filleting files, returning client documents, completion of internal forms
- Preparation of bills in accordance with IBB procedures, to include collating disbursement receipts, liaising with accounts and preparing all documentation to be sent to the client in accordance with defined procedures
- Filing time sheets, incoming correspondence, outgoing copies, invoices, reports and paper files in/out of the filing system. Assisting with file checking and organising in preparation for semi-annual quality audits.
- Checking deeds in and out of the deeds storage facility. Collecting deeds from the floor and returning them to storage.
- Printing, scanning, copying documents. Generally liaising with the document management centre on document production/collation tasks.
- Ad hoc data input as and when required (CRM and PMS)
- Maintaining Court of Protection calendar
3. Any other duties as and when required
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