Mallory Pryce Recruitment

Legal Assistant

• Provide comprehensive secretarial and administrative support to solicitors, legal executives and paralegals
• Manage diaries, arrange meetings, prepare documents and coordinate appointments
• Produce, format and proofread correspondence, attendance notes, reports, legal documents and client communications
• Open new matters and maintain electronic and paper files
• Update case management systems and ensure records are complete and organised
• Monitor key dates and deadlines and prepare task lists
• Collate information and follow up with clients, fee earners and third parties
• Handle incoming telephone calls, emails and post
• Take accurate messages, respond to routine enquiries and refer urgent matters appropriately
• Prepare and manage meeting papers, bundles and file materials
• Arrange couriers, scanning, copying, filing and other administrative tasks
• Assist with billing and time recording, including preparing draft bills
• Liaise with accounts staff regarding billing information
• Maintain confidentiality and comply with anti-money laundering, client identification, conflict check, data protection and file management requirements
• Improve team processes, precedents, templates and administrative workflows

Legal Secretary

Attorney

• Manage a varied caseload of commercial property matters, including acquisitions, disposals, freehold and leasehold transactions, investment sales and purchases, development work, secured lending, refinancing and portfolio management
• Advise clients on the legal, commercial and practical aspects of commercial property transactions
• Identify risks and propose clear, effective solutions aligned with client objectives
• Draft, review and negotiate contracts, leases, agreements for lease, licences, transfers, development documentation, overage agreements, deeds of variation and related property documents
• Review and report on title, leases, searches, replies to enquiries, planning documentation, occupational arrangements and due diligence materials
• Handle landlord and tenant matters including lettings, renewals, assignments, underlettings, rent reviews, licences to alter, licences to assign and lease restructures
• Support property development and investment transactions
• Manage transactions from initial instruction through exchange, completion and post-completion
• Monitor key dates, ensure correct execution, and complete registration and post-completion requirements
• Communicate with clients, lenders, agents, surveyors, planning consultants, managing agents, solicitors and relevant authorities

Commercial Property Solicitor

Associate

• Manage a varied caseload of clinical negligence claims from initial instruction through investigation, litigation, settlement or trial
• Take responsibility for complex and high-value claims, developing case strategies and advising clients on legal, medical, evidential and financial aspects
• Investigate potential claims by reviewing medical records, expert evidence, witness statements, treatment histories and complaints documentation
• Draft and review letters of advice, letters of claim, pleadings, schedules of loss, witness statements, applications, expert instructions and other litigation documentation
• Instruct, liaise with and manage medical and other experts
• Conduct negotiations with NHS bodies, healthcare providers, medical defence organisations, insurers and legal representatives
• Manage cases in accordance with the Civil Procedure Rules, the Pre-Action Protocol for the Resolution of Clinical Disputes, limitation requirements, court directions and regulatory obligations
• Prepare cases for alternative dispute resolution, interlocutory hearings and trial, working with counsel
• Provide clear, empathetic and commercially focused advice to clients and their families
• Support the development of junior lawyers and legal support colleagues through supervision, delegation, technical guidance and feedback

Senior Associate, Clinical Negligence

• Manage a varied caseload of commercial property matters, including acquisitions and disposals, freehold and leasehold transactions, investment sales and purchases, development work, secured lending, refinancing and portfolio management
• Advise clients on the legal, commercial and practical aspects of commercial property transactions
• Identify risks and propose clear, effective solutions aligned with client objectives
• Draft, review and negotiate contracts, leases, agreements for lease, licences, transfers, development documentation, overage agreements, deeds of variation and related property documents
• Review and report on title, leases, searches, replies to enquiries, planning documentation, occupational arrangements and due diligence materials
• Handle landlord and tenant matters, including new lettings, renewals, assignments, underlettings, rent reviews, licences to alter, licences to assign and lease restructures
• Support property development and investment transactions
• Manage transactions from initial instruction through exchange, completion and post-completion
• Monitor key dates, ensure correct document execution, and complete registration and other post-completion requirements
• Maintain effective communication with clients, lenders, agents, surveyors, planning consultants, managing agents, other solicitors and relevant authorities