Paralegal - Property Litigation - Full or Part Time
Job description
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Paralegal - Property Litigation - Full or Part Time. If you have experience with property litigation and would like to join a firm that offers the best progression prospects, flexibility along with superb rewards, this could be the perfect time accelerate your career. In addition, this business offers support, an exceptional environment and takes great pride in their reputation.
Providing support to the Fee Earners, you will have:
- Paralegal/Legal Assistant experience with a background in property litigation
- Knowledge or exposure to land/property matters, in particular leasehold
- Ideally, landlord and tenant issues/disputes
Some of the benefits include:
- A very competitive salary & generous bonus
- A four-day working week or part time hours
- Flexibility around individual criteria
- Generous holiday entitlement
- Study support
- Free parking
If you would like to know more about this position and similar opportunities then please apply with a current CV to arrange a confidential chat.
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Application advice
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⭐ Lead with 'Property Litigation Paralegal' as your CV headline — the advert's core requirement is property litigation experience, so make this the first thing a recruiter sees.
📊 Quantify your caseload: e.g. 'Managed 40+ active property litigation files simultaneously, supporting 3 fee earners across leasehold and landlord-tenant disputes'.
🎯 Explicitly call out leasehold and landlord/tenant experience in your Personal Statement — the advert flags these as key knowledge areas, so mirror that language precisely.
🌐 Mention any study support you have received or qualifications you are pursuing (e.g. CILEx, LPC) — the firm offers study support, signalling they value candidates on a development path.
🤝 Highlight flexibility and adaptability in your profile — the role is offered full or part time with a four-day week option, so demonstrating you thrive in varied working arrangements will resonate with this employer.
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- •Supported 3 fee earners across 35+ concurrent property litigation files, including leasehold enfranchisement and landlord/tenant possession claims, reducing administrative backlog by 25% within 6 months.
- •Drafted pre-action protocol correspondence and court bundles for 12 landlord/tenant dispute matters, contributing to 9 successful early settlements and saving an average of 4 weeks per case.
- •Conducted legal research on leasehold reform legislation for a portfolio of 20 residential property clients, producing concise briefing notes adopted as standard templates by the wider litigation team.
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Dear Hiring Manager,
Property litigation is the area where I have built my paralegal career, and the opportunity to join your Ipswich firm — with its focus on leasehold matters and landlord/tenant disputes — is precisely the environment in which I want to develop further. Your commitment to study support and genuine progression makes this role stand out.
My background in property litigation has equipped me with hands-on experience supporting fee earners across active caseloads, drafting correspondence, managing court deadlines, and advising clients on leasehold and land dispute matters. I am comfortable working at pace across multiple files while maintaining accuracy and client care.
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Interview questions
10 questions generated from this advert.
Technical
- ›Walk me through how you would manage a leasehold dispute from initial instruction through to resolution.
- ›What experience do you have drafting correspondence or court documents in property litigation matters?
- ›How familiar are you with the Pre-Action Protocol for Property Disputes, and how have you applied it?
- ›Describe a landlord and tenant matter you have supported — what were the key legal issues and how did you assist the fee earner?
- ›What case management systems or legal software have you used to track litigation files and deadlines?
Behavioural
- ›Tell me about a time you managed competing deadlines across multiple litigation files — how did you prioritise?
- ›Describe a situation where you identified an error or risk in a legal matter before it escalated. What did you do?
- ›Give an example of when you had to explain a complex legal process to a client in plain language.
- ›Tell me about a time you worked closely with a fee earner under significant time pressure — how did you support them?
- ›Describe a moment when you took initiative to improve a process or workflow within a legal team.
STAR answer examples
Model answers using the Situation-Task-Action-Result framework. Adapt to your own experience.
Tell me about a time you managed competing deadlines across multiple litigation files — how did you prioritise?
Describe a situation where you identified an error or risk in a legal matter before it escalated. What did you do?