Trainee Solicitor
SLS Solicitors · Oldham
Employer Description:
SLS Solicitors is a modern law firm providing expert legal advice and guidance to individuals in England and Wales.
SLS Solicitors has straightforward pricing and uncomplicated processes, providing you certainty about the legal services you pay for and confidence in their team of experts.
Our team of specialist has a mixture of professionals including solicitors, barristers, consultants lawyers, fellows, executives and litigation specialists.
Full Description:
We are seeking a motivated and detail orientated housing disrepair paralegal or caseworker to join our our growing legal team. This role offers an excellent opportunity for some passionate about social justice and housing law, who is eager to develop to develop hands-on experience managing housing disrepair claims from pre-action though to litigation.
Draft letters of claims in line with Housing Conditions pre-action protocol.
Develop a solid understanding of the civil procedure rules, with a particular focus on pre action disclosure applications.
Review landlord disclosure documents to identify key evidence, including notices of complaint from tenants
Instruct and liaise with expert surveyors to obtain detailed housing despair reports.
Review expert reports to ensure this repair falls within the scope of section 11 over landlord and tenant act 1985 and not causation is clearly established
Value claims accurately ,including general damages, special damages, and rent abatement.
Instruct barristers for formal advice on prospects of success and viability of claims
Prepare and issued court proceedings awareness the deadline procedure payment
Skills required
Legal drafting skills
Ability to draft clear, concise, and legally sound letters of claim court documents and correspondence
Knowledge of Civil Procedure rules
Qualifications required
A 2:2 and above Law degree
Training you'll get
BPP apprenticeship training programmes are delivered virtually by our fully qualified and industry-experienced training team. Using their expert knowledge, we’ve purposefully built our programmes around the real-world use of modern technology, so that the skills we create can be directly applied in the workplace.
Throughout the apprenticeship learners receive coaching, help and guidance from a dedicated team who are there to ensure they get the most from their work experience.
Future prospects
Clear pathway to progress into a fee-earner or solicitor role, or into more senior case handling positions such as litigation executive, team leader or supervisor.
Develop expertise in housing Law
Gain exposure to court proceedings, barrister conferences and potential attendance at hearings, preparing for future roles involving advocacy or complex litigation.
Possibility to broaden knowledge across firm- specialism, including immigration, tenancy deposit claims and lawful eviction.
The essentials
Hours, commitment and the dates that matter.
Training provider
Delivers the training for this role and manages your application.
