Company: Chadwick Nott
Location: Exeter
Job Description:
Overview
In Exeter, you will lead high-stakes contentious trust and estate disputes within a respected regional practice. You’ll handle complex cases for high net worth individuals, executors, and trustees, balancing autonomy with a supportive team environment. The role focuses on maintaining strong client relationships, contributing to business growth, and delivering robust private wealth litigation outcomes. This position offers meaningful work, progression opportunities, and a culture that prioritizes wellbeing and development.
Pay / Benefits
- High-quality, varied work
- Supportive, collaborative team culture
- Opportunities for progression
- Wellbeing and work-life balance
- Ongoing training and development
- Community involvement
Responsibilities
- Advise on Will disputes and Inheritance Act claims
- Lead executor and trustee dispute work
- Handle professional negligence claims tied to estate and trust administration
- Manage high-value and multi-party disputes
- Maintain an autonomous caseload with support
- Contribute to team development and business growth
Key requirements
- Qualified Solicitor with 7+ years’ PQE in contentious trusts and estates
- Strong technical knowledge in contentious private wealth
- Excellent communication skills and ability to build long-term client relationships
- Confident handling of complex and sensitive matters
- Strong organisational skills and resilience under pressure
- Genuine enthusiasm for client contact, networking and business development
- Excellent communication
- Relationship building
- Resilience under pressure
- Contentious trusts and estates
- Private wealth litigation
- High-value dispute management
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Posted: October 1st, 2026