Senior Property Lawyer
Location: Hastings
Hours: Full time, hybrid available
Salary: £DOE
Key Tasks & Activity Standards of Performance
Managing on a day to day basis a caseload within the Transactional Team which includes all aspects of the conveyancing transaction from instruction to completion, registration and closure of the file.
Daily tasks include:
Ensuring due diligence in all areas of processing a residential property transaction
Use the OMS to progress cases efficiently and to the timescales set
Accountable for all other dealings with other lawyers and other legal aspects on all property transactions
Assess risk on every transaction by using skills to make pragmatic decisions and to ensure appropriate legal advice is given
Draft legal documents, to include:
Standard Precedent Letters
Contract packs
Exchange letters
Freehold AP1s
Freeform letters Post Completion works to include:
Preparing and sending applications to the Land Registry
Stamp Duty Land Tax submissions
File closures
Checking account ledgers
When requested
Chase files
Ensure compliance
See if files can be archived
Conveyancing Searches through online system
Land Registry Searches
Pre-completion searches
Complete SDL...