Location: Liverpool (Office-Based)
Contract: Full-time
Department: Residential Conveyancing
About Us
DTM Legal is a top-tier law firm based in the North West, with offices in Chester and Liverpool. We work with clients across the UK, delivering clear, practical legal advice with a focus on building strong, lasting relationships. Our team of specialists is known for its proactive, client-focused approach, and we pride ourselves on our friendly and collaborative working environment.
The Role
The prime role of the Legal Assistant is to provide direct support to the Fee Earners within the team to enable the Fee Earners to operate at optimum efficiency. This will include but will not be limited to the main duties and responsibilities given below. The ideal candidate will be bright, enthusiastic and hardworking and will feel confident in assisting team members both on individual transactions and as part of wider (possibly multi-disciplinary) project teams. This is a significant opportunity for someone to gain excellent experience early on in their legal career.
Duties and responsibilities
- Reviewing initial documents received from our client.
- Checking signatures against ID documents.
- Completing initial, ongoing, and final risk assessments.
- Requesting property searches.
- Raising enquiries as directed by fee earner
- Replying to enquiries
- Sending enquires to client for responses.
- Corresponding with clients, brokers, estate agents, solicitors, and all other parties.
- Reviewing and reporting on mortgages offers.
- Reporting to mortgage lenders.
- Reviewing lenders requirements throughout a transaction.
- Reviewing search results and reporting on search results.
- Drafting documents
- Obtaining and reviewing proof and source of funds and wealth.
- Obtaining draft indemnity insurance.
- Placing indemnity insurance on risk.
- Completing SDTLT return and calculating SDLT liability.
- Scanning in correspondence and signed documents.
- Raising bills
- Preparing completion statements
- Obtaining redemption statements
- Make payments.
- Suggesting and agreeing completion dates
- Requesting mortgage funds
- Requesting deposits
- Sending post completion documents
- Submitting applications to Land Registry
- Sending clients and mortgage lenders updated title documents.
- Preparing files for archiving
- Making and answering calls
- Exchanging contracts
- Completing transactions
Skills
- Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
- Ability to work on your own initiative and make decisions
- Enthusiastic and approachable
- Ability to work as part of a team
- Able to prioritise effectively
- Highly committed.
- Approachable.
- Client focussed.
- Responsible for self-development and comply with relevant training requirements by the SRA and in-house training when required.
Apply Now
If you’re ready to take the next step in your legal career and join a dynamic, forward-thinking team, we’d love to hear from you.
Please send your C.V. and a cover letter to:
