We're Hiring!
Working for Fishers Solicitors is like joining a new work family. As well as being dynamic, innovative and forward thinking, our professional team of staff are friendly, efficient and have the desire to provide exceptional client care at the heart of all they do.
We are an expanding five partner firm with offices in Leicestershire and Staffordshire and employ approximately 50 people.
We currently have two exciting vacancies...
Senior Dispute Resolution Solicitor
We are now recruiting for a Senior Dispute Resolution Solicitor to be based at our offices in Ashby de la Zouch.
The successful candidate will be responsible for dealing with a broad and varied commercial litigation caseload.
Skills and experience we are seeking in the ideal candidate:
Essential:
- A minimum of 5 years PQE
- Unrestricted practicing certificate
- Knowledge and experience of dealing with the following litigation matters:
- Partnership disputes
- Landlord and Tenant disputes
- Commercial disputes
- Inheritance (Provision for Family Dependents) Act
- TOLATA Claims
- Neighbour disputes
- Boundary disputes
- Company disputes
- Misappropriation of monies
- Contract disputes
- Nuisance disputes
- 1954 Tenancy Act claims
- Possession claims
- Professional Negligence claims
- Good working knowledge of CPR
- Ability to manage own case load
Desirable:
- Judicial review procedures and petitions to the government
- Experience of dealing with banking disputes
- Exposure to agricultural issues would be a distinct advantage
- Previous Business Development experience
The successful candidate will be able to work well on their own initiative as well as being an excellent team player.
We have a competitive salary and benefits package on offer including 23 days’ holiday plus Bank Holidays and a Christmas shut down period, car parking on site, an auto enrolment pension scheme, Death in Service benefit, and an employee discounts portal.
Please apply by sending a copy of your CV to alexandra.white@fisherslaw.co.uk, including a covering note stating your salary expectations.
Commercial Solicitor - Ashby de la Zouch
We are now looking for a Commercial Solicitor to join our busy team, dealing with a varied caseload.
Skills and experience we are seeking in the ideal candidate:
Essential:
- A minimum of 3 years PQE
- Unrestricted practicing certificate
- Working knowledge of the Partnership Act 1890
- Working knowledge of Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2000
- Working knowledge of the Companies Act 2006
- Working knowledge of Companies House procedures/requirements
- Experience in drafting Commercial documents including partnership agreements, shareholder agreements, sale/purchase agreements
- Ability to manage own case load
- Previous business development experience
Desirable:
- Previous corporate transactional experience
- Experience in Commercial Litigation
The successful candidate will also work well on their own initiative as well as being an excellent team player.
We offer a competitive salary and benefits include, 23 days’ holiday plus Bank Holidays and a Christmas shut down period, an auto enrolment pension scheme, childcare voucher scheme, an employee discounts portal and car parking on site.
Please apply by sending a copy of your CV and include a covering note stating your salary expectations to alexandra.white@fisherslaw.co.uk
How we will use your information
As a prospective employee, as part of the recruitment process, Fishers Solicitors will ask you for an up to date CV and potentially a covering letter to support your application. These documents are likely to include information relating to your career history, qualifications, salary, personal details and potentially medical history if you have chosen to include that information as part of your application. This data is collected from you to enable us to make decisions regarding your suitability for the advertised role and the source of this data is you as the Data Subject.
Should you be invited to attend an interview, an assessment record will be generated which assesses your performance in the assessment process. The source of this data is both you as the Data Subject and us as the Data Controller.
For prospective employees, your personal data will be stored for a period of 6 months post application.
Should you be successful in your application, further data will be requested and you will be issued with a further privacy notice informing you how that data will be used. Should you become an employee of Fishers Solicitors, your CV, covering letter and interview assessment records will then be kept for a period of 6 years post employment.
If you are unsuccessful for the role which you have applied for but another suitable role becomes available during the retention period, then we may use your personal email address to contact you regarding this new opportunity.
We will only disclose information about you to third parties if we are legally obliged to do so.
If in the future we intend to process your personal data for a purpose other than that which it was collected we will provide you with information on that purpose and any other relevant information.
Your rights
Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and The Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA) you have a number of rights with regard to your personal data. You have the right to request from us access to and rectification or erasure of your personal data, the right to restrict processing, object to processing as well as in certain circumstances the right to data portability.
If you have provided consent for the processing of your data you have the right (in certain circumstances) to withdraw that consent at any time which will not affect the lawfulness of the processing before your consent was withdrawn.
You have the right to lodge a complaint to the Information Commissioners’ Office if you believe that we have not complied with the requirements of the GDPR or DPA 18 with regard to your personal data.
Identity and contact details of controller and person responsible for Data Protection
Fishers Solicitors is the controller and processor of data for the purposes of the DPA18 and GDPR.
If you have any concerns as to how your data is processed you can contact: Andy Robinson, COLP at Andrew.robinson@fisherslaw.co.uk or you can write to Andy Robinson at 4-8 Kilwardby Street, Ashby de-la-Zouch, LE65 2FU.
