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Private Client Legal Secretary 📍 Birmingham 💼 Full-Time | Permanent 💰 Salary - £26,000 - £29,000 The Opportunity A well-established and highly regarded law firm is seeking an experienced Private Client Legal Secretary to join its friendly and supportive Private Client team. This is an excellent opportunity for someone with strong organisational and administrative skills to support fee earners across a broad range of private client matters including Wills, Probate, Lasting Powers of Attorney, and Estate Administration. Key Responsibilities • Providing full secretarial and administrative support to Private Client fee earners, • Audio and copy typing of legal documents and correspondence, • Preparing and amending Wills, LPAs, Probate documents, and client letters, • Managing diaries, appointments, and meeting arrangements, • Opening and closing files and maintaining accurate client records, • Liaising with clients, courts, financial institutions, and third parties professionally and sensitively, • Handling telephone and email enquiries efficiently, • Assisting with billing, file management, and compliance procedures, • Ensuring confidentiality and excellent client care at all times About You • Previous experience as a Legal Secretary, ideally within Private Client, • Strong audio typing and administrative skills, • Excellent communication and client care abilities, • Highly organised with strong attention to detail, • Ability to manage workloads and prioritise effectively, • Proficient in Microsoft Office and case management systems, • Professional, personable, and able to work well within a team What’s on Offer • Supportive and collaborative working environment, • Competitive salary and benefits package, • Long-term career stability, • Opportunity to work within a well-respected Private Client department, • Modern systems and flexible working options where applicable

Head of Private Client – Birmingham Overview A leading, well-established regional law firm is seeking an experienced Head of Private Client to lead and develop its highly regarded Private Client department in Birmingham. This is a senior leadership role offering the opportunity to take ownership of a growing practice, shape strategy, and drive continued expansion across wills, trusts, probate, and high-value estate planning work. The Role As Head of Private Client, you will take responsibility for the overall leadership, performance, and strategic direction of the department. You will manage a high-quality caseload while also playing a key role in business development and team leadership. Key responsibilities include: • Leading the Private Client department and setting strategic direction, • Managing a varied caseload including complex wills, trusts, probate, estate administration, and tax planning matters, • Advising high-net-worth individuals, business owners, and families on succession and wealth protection, • Driving business development initiatives and strengthening existing client relationships, • Building relationships with key referrers including accountants, financial advisers, and wealth managers, • Managing, mentoring, and developing junior lawyers and support staff, • Supporting cross-departmental collaboration with corporate, property, and family teams, • Ensuring high standards of technical quality, compliance, and client service, • Contributing to the overall growth and profitability of the wider firm About You The ideal candidate will be: • A qualified Solicitor in England & Wales (or equivalent) with significant Private Client experience, • Likely at Partner level, or a Senior Associate ready for a step up into leadership, • Technically strong across wills, trusts, probate, and tax planning, • Experienced in advising high-net-worth and complex estate clients, • Commercially minded with a track record of business development, • A confident leader who enjoys developing and growing a team, • Strong communicator with excellent client relationship skills What’s on Offer • Senior leadership role with real influence over strategy and growth, • Opportunity to lead a well-established Private Client team in Birmingham, • Competitive salary and bonus structure (DOE), • Clear progression and succession planning opportunities, • Hybrid working and flexible arrangements available

Commercial Property Solicitor 📍 Location: Birmingham 💼 Salary: DOE 🕓 Full-time | Permanent The Opportunity A long-established, award-winning regional law firm is seeking a Commercial Property Solicitor (NQ+ PQE) to join its growing Real Estate team in Birmingham. With a heritage dating back to 1826 and a strong presence across the West Midlands, Shropshire and Worcestershire, the firm has built an excellent reputation for delivering high-quality, client-focused legal services. Employing over 200 professionals, the firm offers a full-service legal platform to both businesses and private clients, combining technical excellence with a modern, forward-thinking approach. This is an excellent opportunity to join a collaborative and progressive firm that places real emphasis on career development and long-term progression. Key Responsibilities • Manage a varied caseload of commercial property matters from instruction through to completion, • Advise landlords, tenants, developers, and investors on:, • Acquisitions and disposals of freehold and leasehold property, • Drafting and negotiating leases, assignments, and renewals, • Development projects, site acquisitions, and plot sales, • Secured lending and refinancing transactions, • Option agreements and overage arrangements, • Conduct title investigations and due diligence, • Build and maintain strong client relationships, delivering clear and pragmatic advice, • Work collaboratively with colleagues across departments and support junior team members About You • Qualified Solicitor (England & Wales) with experience in commercial property, • Confident managing your own caseload with minimal supervision, • Strong drafting, negotiation, and client care skills, • Commercially aware with a proactive and organised approach, • A team player who thrives in a supportive and collaborative environment What’s on Offer • Join a well-established and highly regarded regional firm recognised in leading legal directories such as Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners, • Supportive, people-focused culture with a strong emphasis on client care and teamwork, • High-quality, varied work across a broad client base and multiple sectors, • Genuine opportunities for career progression within a growing firm, • Modern systems and a commitment to innovation and efficiency If you are looking to take the next step in your career within a forward-thinking and reputable firm, please get in touch for a confidential discussion.

Residential Conveyancing Solicitor / Licensed Conveyancer / Chartered Legal Executive – Regional Law Firm | Hybrid Working I’m working with a well-established regional law firm that’s looking to grow its Residential Property team by bringing on an experienced Residential Conveyancing Solicitor. It’s a great opportunity for someone who’s confident managing their own files and wants to join a genuinely supportive and friendly team. You’ll find flexibility, progression, and a steady, manageable caseload. What you’ll be doing: You’ll manage your own end-to-end caseload of residential property work, including: • Freehold and leasehold sales and purchases, • Remortgages and transfers of equity, • Shared ownership, lease extensions, and new builds, • More complex matters like trust, probate, matrimonial, and attorney-related cases You’ll also take care of post-completion work (Land Registry applications, MR01 submissions, title registration, etc.). You’ll have the freedom to get on with your work independently, but there’s always support from the team when you need it. This is a client-facing role, so clear communication and attention to detail are key. Depending on your experience, you may also get involved in supporting or mentoring junior team members. What they’re looking for: • Qualified Solicitor, Licensed Conveyancer, or CILEX with solid residential conveyancing experience, • Comfortable managing your own caseload from start to finish, • Confident handling more complex matters (or happy to learn), • Organised, accurate, and proactive in keeping matters moving, • Good working knowledge of case management systems and Microsoft Office What’s on offer: • Competitive salary (based on experience), • Hybrid and flexible working options, • Enhanced holiday allowance and family-friendly benefits, • Private healthcare or cashback scheme, • Pension contribution, • Regular training, mentoring, and genuine progression opportunities, • A positive, supportive culture that values quality work and a healthy work–life balance This role would suit someone who enjoys residential conveyancing and wants to be part of a team where they’ll be trusted to do good work, encouraged to develop, and supported to balance life and career. If you’d like a confidential chat, or know someone who might be interested, feel free to get in touch: 📞 07748 846629 📧

Contentious Trusts & Probate Solicitor Location: West Midlands Position: (NQ - 4PQE) Firm: Legal 500 Department: Dispute Resolution – Contentious Trusts & Probate The Opportunity An excellent opportunity has arisen for a Newly Qualified Solicitor or an associate solicitor to join a well-established regional law firm with a strong reputation in private client disputes. The successful candidate will become part of a highly regarded contentious trusts and probate team, advising on a broad range of complex and high-value matters. The Role You will work closely with experienced partners and senior lawyers on a varied caseload of contentious probate and trust disputes. This role offers exposure to high-quality work and direct client contact from an early stage. Key responsibilities will include: • Advising clients on disputes relating to wills, trusts, and estates, • Handling claims under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975, • Managing disputes involving executors, trustees, and beneficiaries, • Assisting with cases involving undue influence, lack of testamentary capacity, and fraud, • Drafting legal documents, pleadings, and correspondence, • Engaging in alternative dispute resolution, including mediation, • Supporting senior team members on complex litigation matters Candidate Requirements • Qualified solicitor (or due to qualify imminently) in England & Wales, • Seat experience in contentious probate, litigation, or private client disputes, • Strong technical knowledge and a keen interest in contentious trusts and probate work, • Excellent drafting and communication skills, • Commercial awareness and a client-focused approach, • Ability to manage time effectively and work both independently and as part of a team What’s on Offer • High-quality work within a supportive and collaborative team, • Clear opportunities for career progression, • Competitive salary and benefits package, • Ongoing professional development and training If this is of interest, please get in touch with Rory Brand at Simpson Judge today for a highly confidential chat.

Role: Contentious Probate Paralegal Location: Birmingham Firm: Legal 500 Salary: DOE Overview An established and highly regarded regional law firm is seeking a Contentious Probate Paralegal to join its busy litigation team in Birmingham. This is an excellent opportunity for a motivated individual with a strong interest in contentious trusts and estates work to gain hands-on experience in complex and high-value disputes. Key Responsibilities • Assisting solicitors with a broad range of contentious probate matters, including will disputes, inheritance claims, and trust disputes, • Drafting legal documents, correspondence, and witness statements, • Managing case files, ensuring compliance with court deadlines and procedural requirements, • Conducting legal research and preparing case summaries, • Liaising with clients, counsel, experts, and other third parties in a professional manner, • Attending client meetings and, where appropriate, court hearings, • Supporting with disclosure exercises and trial preparation Requirements • Previous experience in litigation or contentious probate (preferred but not essential), • A law degree (LLB) or equivalent legal qualification; LPC/SQE preparation or completion advantageous, • Strong organisational skills and attention to detail, • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, • Ability to manage competing priorities and work effectively under pressure, • A proactive and team-oriented approach Desirable Skills & Experience • Familiarity with the Civil Procedure Rules, • Experience assisting with mediation or alternative dispute resolution, • Exposure to high-value or complex estates What’s on Offer • Competitive salary and benefits package, • Structured training and career development opportunities, • Supportive and collaborative working environment, • Exposure to high-quality, complex legal work If this is of interest please get in touch with Rory Brand at Simpson Judge for a highly confidential chat

Are you interested in seeking a career within industrial recruitment? Pertemps is an award-winning independent recruitment company seeking experienced consultants to join grow our hugely successful and busy Birmingham based Industrial & Driving Division.\n \n This excellent package includes an attractive salary, OTE potential of up to £35k within your first year, plus an unrivalled commission structure which is to be reviewed annually thereafter.\n You will work with a broad range of industrial/engineering clients, which you would be responsible for servicing and developing, alongside broader sales responsibilities. Customer service would be a very important element of your role as you would need to uphold high standards to both our workers and our clients.\n Being one of the largest independent agencies in the UK with over 200 locations nationally and a turnover in excess of £800 million Pertemps is truly a market leader in the staffing industry, and one which is committed to the mentoring, training and development of every employee in the business.\n \n As a Recruiter joining our team you will:\n - Talk to and influence decision makers at all levels.\n - Sell service packages to them and rigorously drive the Pertemps brand.\n - Assist with inbound queries at all levels from prospective and existing workers\n - Deal with Business-to-business onsite sales and telesales.\n - Interview and independently select Industrial or Driving staff.\n - Manage key accounts including rotational on-call requirement.\n - Support tender processes and presentations.\n - Positively profile the business within the local community.\n \n The successful Recruitment Consultant will form part of a focused and well-established team of recruiters, which is hungry for success and committed to further increasing the local market share.\n This is a challenging position, but for those that succeed the rewards and career potential can be fantastic. In return you will receive a salary of £27,000 with an OTE of up to £35,000 in your first year, with your salary being reviewed at the end of year 1.\n Your package will also include excellent benefits such as a company car (after qualifying period), car parking, 24/7 out of hours support, unrivalled commission structure and pension scheme along with eligibility into company share scheme after qualifying period.\n \n The ideal Recruiter will hold the following skills and experiences:\n - Experience within a sales environment or recruitment sales role is required\n - Ability to absorb knowledge and learn a range of new IT systems and recruitment compliance processes\n - Confident speaking to new people on the phone\n - Acting as a recruiter for high-volume candidate onboarding drives\n - A good judge of character\n - A tenacious attitude towards sales\n - Ideally some experience in upselling to clients and working 'off-script'\n - Characteristics of somebody capable of winning new business and building relationships\n - Ability to manage multiple workloads without detracting from quality of service\n - Excellent communication and negotiation skills.\n - IT Literate with basic use of Excel, Word, Outlook (training will be provided to further develop these skills)\n - Comfortable building rapport and creating new accounts with clients face-to-face\n \n The Industrial market in the Birmingham area is huge and continues to grow, therefore opportunities are rife for motivated individuals with the ability to close sales, as well to provide a well-rounded service to their workers and clients alike.\n \n If you are interested in applying for our Recruitment Consultant role, please click apply or alternatively email (url removed)

Residential Development Senior Associate –.I’m supporting a well-established national law firm that’s looking to add a.Residential Development Senior Associate.This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys working with major housebuilders and developers on a broad mix of residential devel

Please get in touch with Rory Brand at Simpson Judge for a highly confidential chat if this is of interest.

Solicitor - Housing Litigation.We are seeking a robust housing litigator to join our team of solicitors and paralegals.This is an exciting opportunity for an ambitious solicitor with excellent communication and client care skills.You are expected to have a strong attention to detail and be able to w

Role: Property Solicitor (HoD).I am recruiting for a top Legal 500 firm who are looking to hire a Senior Residential Property Solicitor to join their team in Central London.My client is a large media and entertainment firm in Central London who offer a range of services representing HNW and UHNW cli

Medical Negligence Solicitor (Newly Qualified-4 PQE / CILEX).An opportunity has arisen for a newly qualified solicitor or CILEX Fellow with Litigation Practice Rights to join a busy civil litigation team specialising in clinical negligence work.Applicants should have experience assisting with or man

Advising a diverse client base, including high-net-worth individuals, families, and elderly or vulnerable clients, with professionalism, empathy and sound judgement. Any lawyers interested in this position with the experience listed above should contact Sam Higgins at Simpson Judge on 07770109301 or

A regional legal practice in South Yorkshire is seeking a newly qualified Medical Negligence Solicitor to join their civil litigation team.The role requires expertise in clinical negligence cases, and candidates will manage high-value claims while providing practical legal advice.Successful applican

Competitive (dependent on experience).We are a friendly, well-established small legal firm based in Sheffield, known for providing a high-quality, personal service to our clients.Due to continued growth, we are looking to recruit a motivated and organised Conveyancing Assistant to support our busy p

Simpson Judge Ltd is seeking a Corporate Solicitor with 2-4 years' PQE to join their team in the UK.

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A civil litigation firm based in South Yorkshire is seeking an experienced Dispute Resolution Solicitor to join their busy team.This role involves managing a varied caseload, advising clients on various contentious matters such as property and contract disputes, and actively participating in busines

West Midlands | Hybrid Working.Love NetSuite? Thrive on delivering full-cycle ERP implementations? This is one for you.We’re working with a fast-growing, forward-thinking consulting firm that’s investing heavily in its NetSuite practice and they’re looking for a hands-on Implementation Consult

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Advising a diverse client base, including high‑net‑worth individuals, families, and elderly or vulnerable clients, with professionalism, empathy and sound judgement.

Family Partner - Tier 4 Legal 500.Join a successful Tier 4 Legal 500 Family team working on high-value private family matters, within an established and a highly successful department.Managing a caseload of complex private family law matters, with a focus on divorce and financial remedy.Advising hig

Simpson Judge Ltd is seeking a qualified Employment Solicitor (NQ+) for their office-based team in Wirral.

A legal services firm based in Harrogate is seeking an experienced Legal Secretary to support a Family Solicitor.The role involves providing full secretarial support, managing diaries, and preparing legal documents in a busy office environment.Applicants must possess proven experience as a Legal Sec

A leading law firm is seeking a Corporate Associate Solicitor with 1-3 years of PQE to join their Southampton office.The successful candidate will work on a variety of corporate transactions including mergers and acquisitions, private equity deals, and public company work.This role offers a supporti

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Children Law Solicitor (Care / Public Law).We are seeking an experienced Children Law Solicitor to join a busy and well-established family law team.This is an excellent opportunity to work within a large, highly regarded children law department handling a wide range of public and private children ma

Join a leading law firm renowned for its commitment to excellence and client satisfaction.Our client specializes in real estate, corporate and commercial, banking and finance, dispute resolution, immigration and employment offering innovative legal solutions to a diverse range of clients.My client i

If you are a Corporate Solicitor who is looking for an opportunity to progress within a rapidly growing firm, apply directly or email your CV to Sam Higgins at Simpson Judge Legal.

An excellent opportunity has arisen for a Property Litigation Solicitor (1–4 PQE) to join a highly regarded Dispute Resolution team within a well-established London law firm.The firm has a strong reputation in real estate and commercial matters, advising a broad client base including property comp

A notable law firm in South Yorkshire is seeking an experienced Children Law Solicitor to manage a diverse caseload of childcare matters within a busy family law team.Responsibilities include advising on child protection and care proceedings, conducting advocacy, and participating in professional me

Simpson Judge Ltd is looking for a detail-oriented Paralegal to join their Corporate team in Leicester.

A dynamic private client law firm in Sheffield is seeking an experienced Senior Private Client Solicitor or Legal Executive with over 10 years of experience.This role entails leading and developing a small team, managing various private client issues such as probate, wills, and trusts while providin

Simpson Judge is looking for a Property Litigation Solicitor (1–4 PQE) to join its Dispute Resolution team in London.

A well-regarded law firm in South Yorkshire is seeking an experienced Criminal Defence Paralegal to manage a varied caseload.The ideal candidate will have experience in criminal defence work, be confident in managing deadlines, and capable of attending police stations to represent clients.The firm o

Conveyancer (Solicitor or Licensed Conveyancer).Full-Time, Office-Based (5 days per week).An established and well-regarded law firm in Alfreton is seeking an experienced Conveyancer to join its strong and supportive team.This is a fantastic opportunity to step into a busy, well-maintained caseload d

Simpson Judge Ltd is looking for a Senior Private Client Lawyer in England, offering a salary range of £60,000 to £80,000.