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Name Newly Qualified
Address 126 Law Street, Leicester, LE1 2JQ
Telephone Home
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Email newlyqualified@yahoo.com
Date of Birth 8 August 1978
Status Single
Nationality British
Education & Qualifications
2003-2004 College of Law Chester
Legal Practice Course - Commendation
2000-2003 De Montfort University, Leicester
LLB Law (Hons) 2:1
1993-2000 Leicestershire High School, Leicester
3 'A' Levels: History (A), English (B), French (B)
10 GCSE’s – 5 A’s, 4 B’s, 1 C
Employment History
2003-date Leicester Law, Leicester
Trainee Solicitor
Seats Included: -
Mar 2004 – Aug 2005 Corporate
• Negotiated the terms of a sale of a small business and completed the sale.
• Attended the managing director of two international companies at the company’s premises in order to up-date their company books.
• Drafted board minutes, shareholder resolutions and the relevant Companies House forms in order to carry out several company transactions including the buy-back of shares, increasing the share capital, creating new classes of shares and appointing directors.
• Drafted the incorporation documents of a public limited company.
Sept 2003 - Feb 2004 Trusts & Tax
• Completed numerous probates (taxable and non-taxable) from start to finish, which included taking initial instructions, corresponding with executors, relatives and the Inland Revenue etc, drafting the IHT200 and oaths, making distributions and completing the estate accounts.
• Drafted several Wills and in doing so considered estate planning aspects.
• Drafted a discretionary trust and considered the tax implications.
• Dealt with aspects of existing trusts such as drafting deeds of appointments.
• Drafted many enduring powers of attorney and also registered enduring powers of attorney with the Court of Protection.
• Given the responsibility of her own files, which involved meeting clients on her own, completing the work and billing in a timely manner.
• Assisted with the registration of a charity at the Charity Commission.
Mar 2003 - Aug 2003 Rural services
• Completed residential sales and purchases.
• Successfully completed applications for adverse possession.
• Drafted commercial leases for the letting of offices as part of a farm diversification project.
• Worked on key client files and gained knowledge of the needs of those clients.
• Undertook research on several points of law and presented it in a report format so that it could be easily digested by the lawyer concerned.
• Compiled weekly digests of key issues in farming for posting on the internet.
Sept 2002 - Feb 2003 Clinical negligence
• Experience gained of client contact by attending meetings, drafting and telephone contact.
• Instructed medical experts, liability experts and Counsel.
• Attended conferences with Counsel to consider the client’s prospects of success.
• Conducted a court ordered search of documents at the defendant’s premises.
Marketing
I represent Leicester Law at various marketing events and prepare articles which have been published in the local newspapers, for example, on the liabilities that can arise from office Christmas parties. I also have been involved in a successful tender and entertain clients when the opportunity arises.
Additional Information
University
De Montfort University: Elected as student representative for the staff/student committee and teaching committee. This involved putting forward the views of the student body and suggesting new ideas. The law department adopted some of my ideas, one of which was to offer more commercial courses.
Computer Knowledge
IT literate – confident with Windows 1998, XP, Microsoft Office, Outlook Express and uses the Internet and Intranet daily.
Language Skills
Basic understanding of French.
Memberships
Leicestershire Trainee Solicitors Group Committee Member.
National Treasurer of the Law Society’s National Trainee Solicitors Group.
Interests
Reading, swimming, ten-pin bowling, music; films and travelling.
