Property Litigation - Solicitor

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PROPERTY LITIGATION – SOLICITOR 4 years + PQE Locations – Leeds, Birmingham or Manchester. Our Property Litigation team acts for organisations across the public, private and third sectors, which include landlords, landowners, tenants, developers, lenders, receivers, investors and local authorities. As a Property Litigation Solicitor, you will be joining a strong, fast-growing property litigation team, currently operating out of five offices:
Birmingham, London, Leeds, Liverpool, and Manchester.

• Managing your own heavy caseload of mixed (predominantly commercial) property litigation work;
• Effectively managing and delegating to junior colleagues;
• Working with and supporting partners and legal directors as part of a team on larger, complex cases;
• Leading and assisting with business development and profile-raising initiatives;
• Achieving set targets / key performance indicators;
• Ensuring relevant deadlines, compliance and quality measures are adhered to;
• Complying with relevant Weightmans and client policies and procedures;
• Working in accordance with Weightmans’ values.

• You will have previous experience and a genuine and demonstrable interest in the above area of work.
• A genuine interest in business development;
• Strong communication skills with a professional and enthusiastic approach to work;
• Confidence in working directly with clients;
• An ability to build strong relationships with clients and intermediaries;
• An aptitude for drafting and legal analysis;
• A keenness to work collaboratively with colleagues at junior and senior levels;
• Excellent project management skills and the ability to work efficiently to meet deadlines;
• A practical and commercial approach to their work;
• Experience of dealing with the following types of property litigation work:
  • Conditional contracts, option agreements and overage obligations and other property contracts;
  • Enforcement / challenge of restrictive covenants and easements;
  • Rights of light and nuisance;
  • Injunctions and access rights for landlords and developers;
  • Possession claims including eviction of squatters and protester actions;
  • Title and boundary disputes;
  • Commercial and residential leasehold;
  • Breaches of covenant, including dilapidations and reinstatement claims;
  • Break clauses;
  • Unopposed and contested lease renewals;
  • Forfeiture;
  • Rent review arbitration and expert determinations.