Experience

Norton Peskett Solicitors

• United Kingdom
• Legal Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Personal Assistant

  • Jul 2002 - Present

  Working in the Matrimonial Department and dealing with various types of Family Law including Divorce, Contact and Residence, Non-Molestation Orders and Care Proceedings. I dealt with Clients on a daily basis either by telephone or face to face. Dealing with their enquiries and making appointments leading up to advising them on ways to deal with certain matters. I would work closely with other Solicitors both within the Company and also other Firms. I would liaise with the Court and Counsel regularly. My main duties were typing, making appointments, retaining Counsel for Hearings and assisting the Solicitor for whom I worked. I understand the importance of confidentiality and of how conflicts can arise within Solicitors' firms. As I progressed to Personal Assistant I was given the responsibility of preparing the Briefs for Counsel and dealing with post daily. I have also attended Court and sat behind Counsel in numerous Hearings. I am fully aware of the Court process within all types of Family Law. I have a vast understand of Legal Aid and know how to prepare forms to obtain funding, how to amend certificates and how to obtain the funds for experts and counsel together with dealing with profit on account. Show less

• Graduate Trainee Legal Executive

  • Jun 2013 - Jun 2014

  As a Graduate Trainee, I am developing my own case load with clients dealing with residential conveyancing. Assisting clients through the process of buying and selling their houses, re-mortgaging and transferring the property. On a day to day basis I deal with not only clients but also other Solicitors, Estate Agents and Mortgage Brokers. Updating each of them on the relevant transactions. I work on the files from the beginning by obtaining the necessary documents from the clients and liaising with them and the Estate Agents and Solicitors for the other party taking the Clients through the whole process and finishing with completion of the transaction. I have to follow strict money laundering procedures and Solicitor's Rules as well as dealing with the different banks who may be lending money to the Clients. Show less



Pleasurewood Hills Family Theme Park

• United Kingdom
• Leisure, Travel & Tourism
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Catering Assistant

  • Jul 1999 - Jun 2001

  Prepared food and drink for customers of an internal cafe selling hot drinks and waffles. Cleaning and preparing food services. Opening and closing the cafe, taking money and cashing up. Prepared food and drink for customers of an internal cafe selling hot drinks and waffles. Cleaning and preparing food services. Opening and closing the cafe, taking money and cashing up.