Tag Archive: conveyancing

1. We’re Hiring! Residential Conveyancer

   August 29, 2025 1:29 pm Leave a Comment

   

   🌟 We’re Hiring: Residential Conveyancer (4 Days a Week) 🌟

   Looking for a role where your expertise is valued, your clients matter to you, and you still have time for life outside the office?

   We are a small but ambitious and growing firm, and we are searching for a skilled Residential Conveyancer to join our team.  With us, you will play a key role in shaping our future and delivering excellent service to our clients.

   What we offer:

   • A genuine four-day working week – giving you balance without compromising your career.
   • A supportive, close-knit team that values collaboration and celebrates success.
   • Excellent support staff.
   • Competitive pay and benefits, recognising your skills and contribution.
   • The opportunity to grow with the firm as we continue to expand.
   • A professional environment where client care, quality, and compliance are at the heart of everything we do.
   • And if you are relocating to Devon? You’ll enjoy a lifestyle that blends career satisfaction with fresh air, coastlines, and countryside right on your doorstep.

   What we are looking for:

   • Experience managing a full residential conveyancing caseload from instruction to completion.
   • Strong organisational skills and an eye for detail – you know how important precision is in this work.
   • A client-focused approach with clear, friendly communication.
   • A proactive team player who enjoys contributing to a positive, forward-thinking culture.

   If you are ready to combine professional excellence with a healthier work-life balance, (and maybe a new start in beautiful Devon), we would love to hear from you.

   📩 How to Apply

   Please forward your CV and a short cover note to lm@scottrichards.co.uk telling us why this role feels like the right next step for you or give Lindsey or Hayley a call to discuss further.

2. We’re Hiring! – Update: Now closed to applicants

   September 6, 2024 10:15 am Leave a Comment

   

   Job description: Secretarial Support

   We a looking for additional support staff in the following departments:

   1) Commercial Property

   2) Residential Property

   Do you possess excellent communication, IT, and customer service skills and enjoy working within a team environment? If so, you could be just the person we are looking for to join our 29 hour, 4-day a week SR support team.

   Due to internal staff progression, we require an 2 additional Legal Assistants – one in our Commercial Property team and the other in our Residential Property team. Our Legal Assistants are instrumental when it comes to client service by taking varied client enquiries, making appointments as required and ensuring that we deliver the best experience to our clients – something we all pride ourselves on. As a valued member of our admin support team, each Assistant will deal with the administrative aspects of property sales, purchases and transfers, from start to finish, for the relevant property team.

   Effective admin support ensures that our Solicitors and Paralegals can progress their client matters from file openings through to completion and closure. Work is frequently progressed through Diktamen dictations combined with general file management, legal compliance, and working efficiently within our Leap case management system – all of which can be learnt on the job.

   With a willingness to learn, we hope that the right candidate for each dedicated team can bring their accurate typing skills, amazing attention to detail, and a high standard of grammar, spelling, and punctuation with them. Having a sense of humour, being a multi-tasker and able to work to deadlines would be the icing on the cake!

   Do you have previous legal experience that you could bring to this role, or perhaps you would like to make a complete change from your current non-legal position? Either way, we will provide ongoing SR training to the successful candidates.

   If you feel either of these roles could be right for you, please forward an up-to-date CV with a covering letter confirming which role you are applying for. If possible, please include a short summary about yourself and what you feel we could offer you as an SR employee. Send all of this to Lindsey McIntyre, HR Manager (lm@scottrichards.co.uk).

   If you have any questions about the role, please do give Lindsey a call on 01626 772441.

   Closing Date: Sunday 15th September 2024 (6pm)

   Interview Date: Monday 30th September 2024 (no other dates available)

   Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

   Pay: From £21,500.00 per year

   Benefits:

   • Company events
   • Employee discount
   • Free fitness classes
   • Health & wellbeing programme

   Schedule:

   • 8 hour shift

   Work Location: In person

   Application deadline: 15/09/2024

   Reference ID: Secretarial Support – Commercial Property / Secretarial Support – Residential Property

   Expected start date: 04/11/2024

3. Official Announcement – New Partners!

   April 19, 2024 12:10 pm Leave a Comment

   Scott Richards is delighted to welcome James Goode and Alice Darch to the Partnership.

   

   Introducing James & Alice is Partner Solicitor, and Head of Residential Conveyancing, Adam Clinch-Othman:

   “Personally, and as a firm we are thrilled to announce Alice’s and James promotion to join as Partners of Scott Richards. We consider partnership to be a recognition of an individual’s contributions to the firm but also the legal profession as a whole. Becoming a solicitor takes years of hard work, dedication and that deserves huge credit in itself – but then to go that one step further to want and agree to take on additional responsibilities and help the existing Partners shape the future of our long-established firm, that recently celebrated our centenary, is something very exciting, that should be celebrated and an aspect that we are proud to advocate.

   

   Alice joined us from another local law firm in 2021 and from the moment she has stepped to the doors, she has repeatedly demonstrated her expertise and skill in helping our clients move home as well as achieving their objectives in other property matters. Her respected reputation in our area goes hand in hand with her communication skills with our clients. Alice is a truly valued member of our Residential conveyancing team who supports others without hesitation. She is also active in various sub committees organised by the Devon and Somerset Law Society that helps her keeps abreast of issues which impact on our sector and in turn she feeds back to help ensure that we as a firm are on the front foot in terms of the latest trends and developments in our profession.

   I have known James since we were trainees at a previous law firm in Devon pre 2011 – but James had already been able to squeeze in a first career in publishing. On completion of our respective training contracts, as often in life, we followed different paths but kept in touch regularly. Prior to James joining our firm in 2022 he had worked at other law firms and was a self-employed consultant solicitor. James has developed an expertise in complex leasehold work including lease extensions and collective enfranchisement, as well as cultivating a following of property portfolio clients. Every interaction that James has with clients, peers and other members of the legal profession is always handled with his unruffled, calm, genial and professional manner. He has the ability to resolve and navigate complex transactions and help clients identity the crux of the issue quickly.

   

   Both Alice and James’ promotions within the firm are a testament to their work ethic and skill but also a reflection of their respective characters and personalities, displaying I believe already the necessary traits for role as Partner. I have confidence and optimism that they will flourish and excel in these new roles whilst gaining further insight into the business operation side of running a legal practice, a view that I know is shared by our Managing Partner, Jamie Dyson, and Senior Partner, Paul Dyson, and their vision for entrenching Scott Richards continued success for the future. “

   Congratulations both!

   At Scott Richards, we are committed to providing comprehensive legal services in a straightforward and reliable way, whilst maintaining our social and environmental responsibilities. For a first-class service, delivered in a sustainable way, Go Green with Scott Richards Solicitors.

   To book an appointment with James, Alice or any of our team at either our Teignmouth or Newton Abbot offices, call 01626 772 441 or email law@scottrichards.co.uk.

4. National Conveyancing Week 2024

   March 19, 2024 9:59 am Leave a Comment

   

   Monday 11th – Friday 15th March 2024 marked the second annual National Conveyancing Week! The initiative raising the profiles of conveyancers, amongst those associated with the home moving process.

   Our Residential Conveyancing Team took part in online workshops, seminars and networking events, all designed to educate, motivate and reassure those working in the field of conveyancing.

   On Wednesday 13th March, we hosted our second annual Cake, Coffee & Conveyancing Chat – a great way to start our Wednesday!

   

   Thanks to our local estate agents, mortgage advisors and IFAs who came along and helped us raise money for our chosen charity, Alzheimer’s Society.

   Led by our Head of Conveyancing, Adam Clinch-Othman & Solicitor, Alice Darch, our conveyancing team shared changes in legislation, resources provided by #NCW2024 and discussed the roles we all play in the conveyancing process. We also held an online question & answer section, through our Instagram page.

   

   A productive morning & £60 raised for charity! We look forward to 2025’s event.

   Adam’s T Shirt

   

   

   

   

   

5. Saturday Surgery Dates 2025-2026

   August 24, 2022 4:01 pm Leave a Comment

   At Scott Richards, we are fully committed to providing our clients and local community with the best possible service. Being regularly available outside of standard business hours is just one of the ways we make sure we are doing just that!

   Whether you require specific or general legal advice, or an estimate for a legal service, why not take this opportunity to pay us a visit?

   Pop in to see us, no appointment necessary on any of the below dates, from 9.30am – 12.30pm.

   

   NEWTON ABBOT OFFICE – Saturday Surgery Dates

   13th September 2025

   11th October

   8th November

   13th December

   10th January 2026

   14th February

   14th March

   11th April

   9th May

   13th June

   11th July

   8th August

   TEIGNMOUTH OFFICE – Saturday Surgery Dates

   27th September 2025

   25th October

   29th November

   December – no surgery

   31st January 2026

   28th February

   28th March

   25th April

   30th May

   27th June

   25th July

   29th August