Experience

Hanne & Co

• Legal Services

• Solicitor

  • Sep 2019 - Present

• Trainee Solicitor

  • Mar 2018 - Sep 2019

  Trainee Solicitor- Conveyancing DepartmentDuration of seat: 15 months (by the end of the training contract)Residential - Assisting with all freehold and leasehold residential conveyancing transactions, including registered and unregistered land. - Dealing with a transaction from start to completion.- Dealing with all post-completion matters including stamp duty, registration with the Land Registry (inc. dealing with requisitions), registration of charges at Companies House, notices to Landlords. - Drafting documents including: contact for sale, leases, deed of variation, licence for alterations, Notices to Landlord etc.- Dealing with other matters including: transfers of part, first registration, grant of a new lease, lease extensions (inc statutory, whether Section 42 or 45 notice), re-mortgage, buy back from the Crown, right to buy, legal charges, Section 5 notices and Section 21 notices.Commercial - Representing landlords, tenants, lenders and Guarantors in various transactions.- Drafting the following: licence to assign, contact for sale, deed of variation and grant of a lease.- Dealing with many of the same transactional processes as detailed in my residential property experience for Commercial transactions, including registration at Companies House. - Taking instructions from clients.- Researching into planning requirements for small developments.Trainee Solicitor- Family DepartmentDuration of seat: 3 months- Working with the Partner and Head of Department assisting with divorce, complex financial remedy proceedings, TOLATA and private child matters.- Attending court to support the clients and take a detailed record of the proceedings.- Taking new enquiry telephone calls, determining eligibility for legal aid and assistance.



Creighton and Partners

• Paralegal

  • Sep 2016 - Feb 2018

  Working for a Director assisting with both care proceedings and Rule 16.4 cases. Care Proceedings - Assisting with cases where we have represented parents or Children’s Guardians. - Updating bundles, witness statements and court applications. - Taking client instructions in person (including prison visits) and over the phone. - Attending court (including 11 day final hearing) to support the parent client and take notes of the hearing. Rule 16.4 cases- Representing Children’s Guardians in cases where children have been made party to proceedings in private family cases. - As well as the above mentioned responsibilities I would also be responsible for ensuring the court timetable is kept to, putting court bundles together and drafting protocol documents.



Citizens Advice

• United Kingdom
• Non-profit Organizations
• 700 & Above Employee

• Advice Support Worker

  • Aug 2013 - Aug 2016

  Whilst studying the LPC I used my spare time to volunteer with Citizens Advice Camden. My responsibilities included: - Supporting both the General Help department and the face-to-face Disability and Debt Department - Corresponding with third parties including; HMRC, DWP, banks and loan companies - Corresponding with clients regarding their case- General admin Whilst studying the LPC I used my spare time to volunteer with Citizens Advice Camden. My responsibilities included: - Supporting both the General Help department and the face-to-face Disability and Debt Department - Corresponding with third parties including; HMRC, DWP, banks and loan companies - Corresponding with clients regarding their case- General admin



Bar Pro Bono Unit

• United Kingdom

• Casework Intern

  • Jul 2016 - Jul 2016

  The summer after completing the LPC I interned at the Bar Pro Bono Unit. My responsibilities included the following: Logging new applications, writing case summaries, organising case documents, actioning case files sent back from the reviewing barrister, writing to clients, liaising with barristers to assist our clients with representation. The summer after completing the LPC I interned at the Bar Pro Bono Unit. My responsibilities included the following: Logging new applications, writing case summaries, organising case documents, actioning case files sent back from the reviewing barrister, writing to clients, liaising with barristers to assist our clients with representation.