Kent Law Society
Job Vacancies
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Job Vacancies
Legal Jobs are posted for a small fee for Kent Law Society’s Member Firms.
If you are a member and looking for a Legal job, then please contact our Administrator, who will discuss with the Committee to see how we can assist you.
PRIVATE CLIENT LAWYER – FULL OR PART TIME
Looking for a rewarding private client role by the sea with genuine work life balance?
Boys & Maughan Solicitors is seeking a Private Client Lawyer to join our established team serving Thanet and Canterbury. You will manage a varied caseload including wills, probate and lasting powers of attorney while helping to grow our private client services across East Kent.
Applications are welcome from Solicitors, Chartered Legal Executives and experienced non admitted practitioners. Lawyers with around three to eight years’ private client experience are particularly encouraged to apply, although candidates with more or less experience will be considered. STEP membership or Accredited Lifetime Lawyer status would be advantageous.
We offer flexible working with up to 40 per cent home working available, a friendly and collaborative team environment, and a strong established client base.
Salary is competitive and dependent on experience.
To apply, please send your CV and covering email to Kerry Curson, Human Resources Manager, Boys & Maughan Solicitors at vacancies@boysandmaughan.co.uk.
19th Mar 2026
CONVEYANCING SOLICITOR/LEGAL EXECUTIVE/LICENSED CONVEYANCER, Dover, Deal and Sandwich
Due to team expansion, Stillwell & Singleton seeks a highly motivated and experienced individual to join its Conveyancing Department.
This is an excellent opportunity for a qualified Solicitor, Legal Executive or Licensed Conveyancer to manage residential conveyancing cases independently, from instruction to post-completion.
The individual would need to be able to work within any of our Offices based in Dover, Deal and Sandwich.
For further details or to apply please contact Hazel Anderson at ha@stilwellsingleton.co.uk
9th Dec 2024
PRIVATE CLIENT SOLICITOR/CILEx, Folkestone
Rootes & Alliott/T R S Miller of Folkestone & Hythe require a full or part-time Solicitor/Legal Executive for a busy Private Client department.
Please apply with CV by e-mail to mail@rootes-alliott.co.uk or to 27 Cheriton Gardens, Folkestone, CT20 2AR
5th Nov 2024
PRIVATE CLIENT SOLICITOR, CILEx/PARALEGAL, Deal
Williamson & Barnes seek a Solicitor, CILEx or Paralegal to join our small private client team. We are a long-established High-Street practice in the attractive coastal town of Deal, Kent and combine traditional values with a modern approach.
The successful candidate will have experience of Wills, LPAs, Estate and Trust administration. Excellent communication skills, the ability to work both independently and within a team, and a friendly personality are required.
Excellent prospects for the right candidate.
Apply in confidence to s.hyland@williamson-barnes.co.uk or in writing to Mrs S Hyland, Williamson & Barnes, 12-14 Queen Street, Deal, Kent CT14 6EU.
21st Oct 2024
COMMERCIAL PROPERTY SOLICITOR/CHARTERED LEGAL EXECUTIVE, Margate or Canterbury
We are seeking a commercial property solicitor or experienced Chartered Legal Executive, ideally with three or more years' post qualification experience, to join either our branch in St George's Place Canterbury or main Margate office in Margate.
The successful candidate will be responsible for:
- Contracts subject to planning
- Sales and purchases
- Asset sales and purchases
- Overages and options
- Commercial lending
- Leases - granting and assignment
- Running your own transactions day to day, whilst also assisting with the team's property development caseload
- Acting for developers, occupiers, high net worth individuals, retailers, lenders and borrowers, and
- Developing and, latterly, growing our commercial client offering.
We will consider applications from individuals who wish to work on a full or part-time basis. Working from home is often effective and we believe in its benefits, so have a permanent and occasional working from home policy. You would be welcome to propose up to 40% home working.
To apply, please email your CV and a message explaining the qualities you would expect to bring to the role, relevant experience and details of your availability to Vanessa Gawler-James, Human Resources Manager, Boys & Maughan.
If you would like to discuss the post before applying, you would be welcome to call Vanessa on 01843 234000.
9th Oct 2024
SENIOR RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY LAWYER, Margate / Thanet
We are seeking an experienced residential conveyancer to join our highly respected team. Applications are welcome from solicitors, Chartered Legal Executives, licensed conveyancers and unqualified conveyancers.
The position will most likely be based at our main office in Margate, but you would be welcome to also indicate a preference for a role at our other Thanet offices in Birchington, Broadstairs, or Ramsgate.
You should expect to manage a caseload, be able to demonstrate your experience in leasehold, freehold, new build properties, remortgages and lease extension work and enjoy a challenging, fast-moving professional environment.
We will consider applications from individuals who wish to work full or part-time. If part-time interests you, we often find that working hours spread out across four days works well. Working from home is effective, and we believe in its benefits, so we have a permanent and occasional working-from-home policy. You would be welcome to propose up to 40% home working.
To apply, please email your CV and a message explaining the qualities you would expect to bring to the role, relevant experience and details of your availability to Kerry Curson, Human Resources Manager, Boys & Maughan.
If you would like to discuss the post before applying, you would be welcome to call Kerry on 01843 234000.
9th Oct 2024
CHILDREN PANEL ACCREDITED CHILD CARE LAWYER, Margate
* Outstanding reputation * Relocation support * Flexible working arrangements
We are seeking a Child Care solicitor or chartered legal executive with strong advocacy skills and experience of dealing in all aspects of children law, to join our busy and highly regarded Family Department. Children Panel Accreditation is eseential.
The position is either full- or part-time, and your salary will be negotiable depending on experience. Working from home is often effective and we believe in its benefits, so have a permanent and occasional working from home policy. You would be welcome to propose up to 40% home working.
To apply, please send a CV and covering message explaining the qualities you would expect to bring to the role, your preference for full- or part-time, relevant experience and details of your availability to Kerry Curson, Human Resources Manager, Boys & Maughan by email to: vacancies@boysandmaughan.co.uk
KNOCKER & FOSKETT'S PRIVATE CLIENT TEAM - vacancy for a full-time Senior Fee Earner
Required qualifications, skills, knowledge and experience
- The successful candidate will have a minimum of 4+ years PQE with proven experience and knowledge in the preparation of Wills, Probate, Trusts, Lasting Powers of Attorney, Court of Protection and elderly client matters.
- Able to relate to clients at all levels and demonstrate excellent levels of client care.
ROLE - Undertake fee earning to high standards of accuracy and efficiency.
- Able to work with a full caseload in a busy office under supervision.
- Assist in the devlopoment and marketing of the firm.
To apply or find out more, please send your CV with a covering letter to bl@knocker-foskett.co.uk for the attention of Barry Landa.
Kent Law Society - Advertising Standard Terms
1. Application of Standard Terms:
1.1. These terms and conditions ('Standard Terms') govern all requests by the advertiser ('Advertiser') for the placement of advertisements with Kent Law Society (KLS) for publication on the KLS Website. These terms may also be applied in respect of the placing of advertising on KLS Social Media when the same may be made available to advertisers.
1.2. No request to place advertisements shall be accepted on any terms other than these Standard Terms and any terms or conditions stipulated by the Advertiser shall be void where they are inconsistent with these Standard Terms.
1.3. By submitting copy for an advertisement, the Advertiser agrees unconditionally to be bound by these Standard Terms.
1.4 KLS shall not be deemed to have accepted a request, or become contractually bound to publish, until it has acknowledged to the Advertiser by email that the wording is agreed and that payment has been received in accordance with these Standard Terms, at which point such acceptance shall form a legally binding agreement between the Advertiser and KLS ('Agreement'). A separate Agreement shall arise in respect of each request which is accepted by KLS.
1.5. If there is an inconsistency between any of the provisions of these Standard Terms and the provisions of the offer, the provisions of these Standard Terms shall prevail.
2. Advertising Copy
2.1 KLS only publishes copy for advertising listings in accordance with its house style ('house style'). The house style as at 1.1.17 is described in the First Schedule to these conditions. KLS reserves the right to amend its house style at any time without notice.
2.2 KLS reserves the right to edit and amend publishing copy to fit the house style, but the advertiser is not contractually committed until it has accepted, by email, any such editing or amendment of the copy.
2.3 KLS will accept reasonable requests for subsequent amendment of copy after publication without further charge, provided that the said amendments do not constitute a new advertisement.
3. Advertising Charges
3.1 Payment must be made in advance. Payment details are set out in the Second Schedule to these conditions.
3.2 The charge for a single Situations Vacant advertisement is £50.00. For the said sum of £50 the advertiser is entitled to a listing of 100 words including title in the house style, to remain on KLS website for two calendar months from the date of publication.
3.3 Additional vacancies requested at the same time are charged at the rate of £25.00 per additional vacancy, with a listing limit of 75 words. Likewise an extra 75 words may be purchased in respect of a single advertisement for the sum of £25.00.
3.4 After two months from publication KLS will automatically remove the advertisement without reference to the advertiser. Should the advertiser require an extention of time, a further two months may be purchased for £25.00, but only if the advertiser requests the same before the end of the original two month term.
3.3. All advertisement rates are subject to immediate revision at any time and requests are accepted on the basis of the price prevailing at the time
3.4 Should the advertiser require the advertisement to be removed before the end of two months, KLS will remove it without charge, but will not be obligated to return any part of the advertising charge on any proportional basis.
4. Advertiser Warranties
4.1. The Advertiser warrants that it is contracting with KLS as principal. The Advertiser further warrants that it has all rights, authority and permissions relating to its copy or material to enter into an agreement with KLS for the publication of the Advertiser's advertisement.
4.2. The Advertiser hereby grants KLS the right to publish the advertisement as requested in the Advertiser's order subject to any subsequent agreed amendment.
4.3. The Advertiser warrants that the publication or re-production of any advertisement submitted by the Advertiser, by KLS, will not breach any intellectual property rights and or other proprietary rights of any third party.
4.4. The Advertiser shall ensure that all advertising copy and or other content submitted for publication and or broadcast, to KLS is, legal, decent, honest and truthful
4.5. The Advertiser shall check that its published advertisement is correct and any errors found must immediately be notified to KLS in writing
4.6. The Advertiser shall indemnify KLS and keep KLS indemnified in respect of any loss, liability, claim, proceedings, demands, damage, expense, including legal expenses, incurred by KLS as a result of the Advertiser's breach of these Standard Terms and or any other such appropriate terms implied by law.
5. KLS Rights
KLS shall use its reasonable endeavours to ensure that all matter appearing in it online publications is subject to copyright. No part may be reproduced, copied, published, or stored by any means whatsoever without the prior written consent of KLS.
6. Data Protection
6.1 By requesting KLS to accept an advertisement for it, the Advertiser consents to KLS maintaining, recording, holding and using personal data which is collected about it.
6.2. KLS shall be entitled to disclose the name and address and/or other details of Advertisers to the Police, Trading Standards Office, or any other relevant Authority or as otherwise required by law.
7. Confidentiality
No party shall use any other party's confidential information for any purpose other than to perform its obligations under these Standard Terms.
8. Cancellation and Limitation of Liability
8.1 The Advertiser may cancel the advertisement at any time, but will not be entitled to the return of any part of the advertising charge.
8.2 KLS may cancel the advertisement at any time.
8.3 In the event that internet service is interrupted for any reason, preventing the appearance of the advertisement, the performance of the contract shall be deemed to have been postponed or frustrated, at the sole discretion of KLS. In such circumstances KLS may extend the publication term by an equivalent number of days, or return a portion of the contract charge pro rata as it thinks fit.
8.4 KLS shall not be liable, whether in contract, tort, or otherwise, for any loss or damage which is indirect, consequential or economic. KLS's maximum aggregate liability for any loss or damage arising out of or in relation to any advertisement ordered by the Advertiser whether in contract, tort or otherwise shall not exceed the total amount of the charges for the relevant advertisement actually paid by the Advertiser.
8.5 Except as expressly set out in these conditions, all conditions, warranties, terms and undertakings, express or implied, statutory or otherwise in respect of the obligations of KLS (and specifically those relating to satisfactory quality and or fitness for a particular purpose) are excluded to the fullest extent permissible at law.
8.6. KLS shall have no obligation to repeat the publication of any advertisement, or refund or make any adjustment to the charges, where in the reasonable opinion of KLS the error, misprint or omission does not materially detract from the advertisement.
9. Other terms
9.1. No failure or delay by KLS to exercise any right or remedy provided under these Standard Terms or by law shall constitute a waiver of that or any other right or remedy, nor shall it preclude or restrict the further exercise of that or any other right or remedy. No single or partial exercise of such right or remedy shall preclude or restrict the further exercise of that or any other right or remedy.
9.2. These Standard Terms constitute the whole agreement between the parties and supersede all previous agreements between the parties relating to the placement of advertisements with KM.
9.3. If a provision or part of any provision of these Standard Terms is found to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, the provision shall apply with the minimum modification necessary to make it legal, valid and enforceable.
9.4 A person who is not a party to an Agreement arising under these Standard Terms shall not have any rights under or in connection with it.
9.5. These Standard Terms and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with them or their subject matter shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of England and Wales.
Email Kelly-Anne Iddenden
Kent Law Society's Administration Officer for all queries.