Conveyancing Solicitor/Legal Executive 12 Month Maternity Cover, Newcastle Upon Tyne

This riole is to cover a period of maternity leave however for the right candidate there is the opportunity for it to go permanent.

Main Responsibilities:-

• research information and communicate with clients and others in person, on the phone, by letter or by email
• use a computerised case management system, as conveyancing tasks are increasingly being completed online
• take instructions from clients
• seek to protect clients'' interests at all times, while taking precautions against potential fraud and money laundering
• send terms of engagement and estimates of fees and disbursements
• obtain or check Land Registry documents or title deeds (if the land is unregistered)
• draft or check sales contracts and agree terms with the conveyancer acting for the other party to the transaction
• collate and send or check supporting legal and financial documents
• deal with all financial aspects of a transaction
• exchange contracts and complete the transaction
• if the property is leasehold, obtain the landlord''s agreement to the sale or the change of mortgage and deal with apportionments of rent and service charges.

Full time-on site office based.