Residential Conveyancing Legal Secretary
Residential Conveyancing Legal Secretary Gateshead
Looking for a Legal Secretary who has worked within a Conveyancing department to effectively assist the Fee Earner in the daily management of client matters.
The Main Responsibilities of this role will include:-
- Initial enquiries on sale and purchase files
- Due Diligence in relation to AML obligations and risk management
- Obtaining all required documentation from client and other side and liasing with third party providers such as HMLR, Search Providers and Lenders
- Drafting sale contracts and re-mortgage documentation as required by Fee Earner
- Regular updates to client on progress of matter and dealing with ad-hoc enquiries from clients, Estate Agents and third parties
- To ensure that telephone calls are taken from the switchboard promptly.
- Assist with good practical compliance to ensure high levels of Client Care required under the SRA Code of Conduct.
- To make appointments and maintain an up to date diary system. To ensure that all of the outgoing post is correctly identified between DX and Royal Mail post.
- To ensure that all enclosures are present and that the post is prepared and delivered to the post room in good time for the close of business.
- To ensure that correspondence and enclosures are sent to the correct recipient to ensure compliance under the Data Protection Act 2018 (GDPR)
- To undertake photocopying, fax and document binding duties when appropriate. To ensure the confidentiality and security of all Practice and Client documentation and/or information
Great opportunity to join a firm of highly experienced staff and grow and devlop with the oppotyunity.
