Job Description

Paralegal - Commercial Property, Carlisle

Burnetts is one of the most progressive law firms in the North of England and have not only achieved awards for being a Great Place to Work each year from 2021, but also hold the accreditations for being one of the UK wide Best Workplaces for Women, for Wellbeing, and for Development.

We have an exciting new role of Paralegal that we are recruiting for, to support our Commercial Property team in Carlisle on a full-time basis.

Who are we looking for?

The successful candidates will ideally be a law graduate or have worked within a law firm and be able to demonstrate knowledge and experience of property matters. You will assist fee earners within the department and run transactions on case management with close supervision and support. You will also be involved in working for key clients of the firm and project based/corporate support work.

Daily tasks will include:

Initial drafting of documents Liaising with other team members and clients Land Registry - drafting of applications/forms, submitting applications and dealing with requisitions with supervision/support. Registration of charges at Companies House. Drafting and submitting SDLT returns. Post completion - sending documents to the other side, checking Land Registry titles once completed, sending documents to client's and banks. Using our case management system.
The successful candidate will have a proactive, 'can-do' attitude to enable them to work closely with a team of legal fee-earners, paralegals and legal assistants on all aspects of this work, and may have a fee earning target themselves. The ability to work as part of a team is therefore essential together with excellent communication, organisational and IT skills.

What do we offer?

This is an excellent opportunity for the right candidate with the potential of longer-term career advancement in a forward-thinking law firm with a well-established client base. Along with this we will provide you with a competitive salary, pension, 30 days holiday and Private Medical Health Insurance; in addition, we will even give you your birthday off every year too!

Our values of

Togetherness, Balanced, Accountable, Progressive

and

Integrity

, help to engender a culture of providing excellent client service within a caring and supportive internal environment. Please see our website for further information about who we are and what we value at: https://www.burnetts.co.uk/. To read more about how great it is to work for us, please visit

https://www.greatplacetowork.co.uk/workplace/item/3520/Burnetts

If this role sounds like the next step in your career, then please send a copy of your CV with a covering letter to yourfuture@burnetts.co.uk

Closing date: Friday, 18th July 2025

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Benefits:

Additional leave Bereavement leave Casual dress Company events Company pension Discounted or free food Employee discount Enhanced maternity leave Enhanced paternity leave Health & wellbeing programme Life insurance Paid volunteer time Private dental insurance Private medical insurance Sick pay Store discount
Schedule:

Monday to Friday
Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 18/07/2025