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Bradford, England, United Kingdom

Associate at Schofield Sweeney LLP, based in the Real Estate team in Bradford

Hull, England, United Kingdom

Leeds, England, United Kingdom

Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Junior member of the Commercial Property team, assisting with a broad range of matters. Regularly assisting with landlord and tenant matters, development projects, corporate transaction support and sale & purchase matters, plus bank funding as appropriate.

Leeds, United Kingdom

First seat (September 2015 - March 2016) spent working in the Commercial Dispute Resolution team. I gained experience of debt recovery work, director disputes, contract disputes, breach of agency agreements and road transport regulatory hearings. I also attended court to conduct final charging order hearings, instructed Counsel and attending an interim application hearing, and assisted with preparing applications and witness statements for a variety of matters.Second seat (March 2016 to… Show more First seat (September 2015 - March 2016) spent working in the Commercial Dispute Resolution team. I gained experience of debt recovery work, director disputes, contract disputes, breach of agency agreements and road transport regulatory hearings. I also attended court to conduct final charging order hearings, instructed Counsel and attending an interim application hearing, and assisted with preparing applications and witness statements for a variety of matters.Second seat (March 2016 to March 2017) spent working in the Commercial Property team. I dealt with property finance work, leases and agreements for lease, property purchases, sales of businesses and their connected properties, registration of charges, investigating unregistered title and attempting to rectify title defects. I also dealt regularly with SDLT queries, registration of transactions and research tasks, and assisted partners and senior fee earners with more complicated transactions. Towards the end of my time in the seat, I provided assistance with the transfer of large agricultural holdings from a dissolving partnership to a new partnership, including detailed title reviews and outlining a strategy for first registration.Final seat (March 2017 to September 2017) spent working in the Residential Development team. My work includef drafting and negotiating site compound leases and licences, assisting with infrastructure agreements, attending site inspections and client meetings and assisting with title queries, searches and enquiries. I have also assisted with a number of discrete research tasks and drafting some precedent documents under supervision.Outside of my seats, I have also helped with setting up the inaugural National Sports Negotiation Competition and with Shulmans' support of the BPP Law School Leeds Debating Competition. Show less

Liverpool, United Kingdom

Assisting the Professional and Financial Risks team in Liverpool and London. My duties included assisting legal directors and partners with high-value claims (including preparation for mediations), taking conduct of lower-value claims under supervision, corresponding with clients and third parties, preparing reports to clients and insurers and updating internal records for billing and other purposes. As part of this role, I gained useful experience of professional negligence claims involving… Show more Assisting the Professional and Financial Risks team in Liverpool and London. My duties included assisting legal directors and partners with high-value claims (including preparation for mediations), taking conduct of lower-value claims under supervision, corresponding with clients and third parties, preparing reports to clients and insurers and updating internal records for billing and other purposes. As part of this role, I gained useful experience of professional negligence claims involving surveyors and valuers, solicitors, construction experts and other professionals, as well as limited experience of personal injury claims. Show less

Wrexham

Provided admin support to a busy Customer Services team in the aerospace materials business for 5 weeks. My duties included processing quotation requests, sending invoices to customers, filing documents electronically, maintaining the archives and assisting with reports and order maintenance as required.

Chester, United Kingdom

Responsible for helping to promote and run events at the University of Law's Chester centre, as well as promoting the University at schools, colleges and university events across the North Wales, West Midlands and North West regions. My duties included contacting event attendees, organising Student Ambassadors for open days and other events, attending events off site, contacting prospective students, dealing with a wide range of queries regarding studying law and the University and helping to… Show more Responsible for helping to promote and run events at the University of Law's Chester centre, as well as promoting the University at schools, colleges and university events across the North Wales, West Midlands and North West regions. My duties included contacting event attendees, organising Student Ambassadors for open days and other events, attending events off site, contacting prospective students, dealing with a wide range of queries regarding studying law and the University and helping to develop new marketing ideas for the University. I also had extensive experience of conversion calls to students applying for our postgraduate courses and telemarketing to interested persons. Show less

Chester

Helping with open days and other on-campus events, promoting the College of Law/University of Law brand and advertising our services to applicants alongside my LPC studies. In this role I built upon my existing customer service skills to provide a good reception to guests, using my knowledge to help them make informed decisions about their choice of provider and promoting the merits of the Chester centre.

Wrexham

Working as part of a busy admin team at the Wrexham branch of a national (and international) electrical contracting and engineering company. Working predominanty on the low voltage (LV) installation and test & inspection side of the business, my duties consisted of providing comprehensive admin support to contracts managers with clients in the telecommunications and social housing sectors. This included providing a contact point for both the contracts managers and electricians working off site,… Show more Working as part of a busy admin team at the Wrexham branch of a national (and international) electrical contracting and engineering company. Working predominanty on the low voltage (LV) installation and test & inspection side of the business, my duties consisted of providing comprehensive admin support to contracts managers with clients in the telecommunications and social housing sectors. This included providing a contact point for both the contracts managers and electricians working off site, placing purchase orders for materials and processing delivery notes and invoices, raising sales invoices for works carried out, inputting data for test & inspection certificates, handling calls from clients and suppliers, managing files on behalf of the contracts managers and helping with any other tasks required in the office. I also had experience helping with commercial matters such as business forecasting and contract negotiations. Show less

Legal Practice Course, Law, Distinction

Activities and Societies: Legal Advice Centre (x3), Streetlaw, Mock Employment Tribunal, Chester Employment Rights Advice Line and member.

Bachelor Of Laws (Ll.B.), Law, 1St

Activities and Societies: Holdsworth Law Drama Society, University of Birmingham Motor Racing Club, University of Birmingham Fencing Club.

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