Private Client Solicitor - Excellent Rewards & Prospects
Job description
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Private Client Solicitor/Lawyer - Braintree. Are you looking for a firm that will support you with further training and specialist courses? Looking to take more responsibility or just progress your career? I am pleased to be working with large, agile and long established firm who have an opportunity that will offer a path to Partner with exceptional rewards along the way.
- Dealing with all matters of Private Client
- Wills - from basic to extremely complex
- Lasting Power of Attorneys
- Probates
- STEP qualification would be advantageous but not essential as funding will be provided
- Supervisory experience also would be an advantage
Salary will be depend on experience and be complimented with a very generous bonus.
Please apply with a current CV, I look forward to your application.
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Application advice
5 AI-generated recommendations to maximise your chances.
⭐ Highlight your Private Client experience prominently at the top of your CV — the advert lists Wills, LPAs and Probate as core duties, so name all three explicitly in your Personal Statement.
📊 Quantify your caseload: e.g. 'Managed a portfolio of 80+ active probate and LPA matters simultaneously, reducing average completion time by 15%'.
🎯 Mention any STEP study or membership, even if in progress — the advert flags STEP as advantageous and states funding will be provided, so showing awareness signals genuine commitment.
🤝 If you have supervised junior fee-earners or paralegals, dedicate a bullet to it — the advert specifically calls out supervisory experience as an advantage and references a path to Partner.
🌐 Tailor your cover letter to the Braintree location and the firm's long-established, agile culture — emphasising your willingness to take on greater responsibility aligns directly with the progression narrative in the advert.
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Add these 3 bullets under your most recent experience:
- •Drafted and executed over 120 Wills annually, including complex testamentary trust arrangements reducing clients' IHT exposure by an average of £45,000 per estate.
- •Managed a caseload of 65 active LPA registrations simultaneously, achieving a 98% first-submission acceptance rate with the Office of the Public Guardian.
- •Supervised 2 paralegals across probate administration files, cutting average grant-of-probate turnaround from 14 weeks to 9 weeks through structured file reviews.
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Dear Hiring Manager,
Private client law — specifically the drafting of complex Wills and the administration of probate estates — is where I have focused my legal career, making this Private Client Solicitor opportunity at your Braintree firm a natural next step. Your commitment to funding STEP qualification and offering a genuine path to Partner reflects exactly the environment in which I want to develop.
My background in private client practice has given me hands-on experience across the full spectrum of Wills, Lasting Powers of Attorney and probate matters, including estates with significant Inheritance Tax considerations and discretionary trust structures. I have also begun to take on supervisory responsibility for junior fee-earners, a role I am keen to expand as I progress towards a senior position.
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Interview questions
10 questions generated from this advert.
Technical
- ›Walk me through how you would handle a complex Will involving a discretionary trust and potential Inheritance Tax mitigation.
- ›What steps do you take when registering a Lasting Power of Attorney with the Office of the Public Guardian, and what common errors do you look out for?
- ›How do you approach an estate where the deceased died intestate and there are competing claims from family members?
- ›What is your experience with Court of Protection applications, and at what point would you advise a client to pursue deputyship?
- ›How do you keep up to date with changes in Inheritance Tax legislation and HMRC practice, and how have you applied a recent change in your work?
Behavioural
- ›Tell me about a time you managed a particularly complex or sensitive probate matter and how you guided the client through it.
- ›Describe a situation where you had to balance a heavy caseload while maintaining quality — how did you prioritise?
- ›Give an example of when you identified an opportunity to take on more responsibility and how you approached it.
- ›Tell me about a time you had to explain a complicated legal concept, such as testamentary capacity or IHT reliefs, to a client with no legal background.
- ›Describe a situation where you supervised or mentored a junior colleague and the impact it had on their development or the team's output.
STAR answer examples
Model answers using the Situation-Task-Action-Result framework. Adapt to your own experience.
Tell me about a time you managed a particularly complex or sensitive probate matter and how you guided the client through it.
Describe a situation where you had to balance a heavy caseload while maintaining quality — how did you prioritise?
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