Solicitor

4 weeks ago


Manchester, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom Sandstone Legal Full time

Contentious Probate Dispute Resolution Solicitor

Sandstone Legal Limited is seeking a solicitor or legal executive with 3 years’ experience of undertaking contentious probate work to join our expanding contentious estates department.


  • Position: Solicitor or legal executive – contentious probate
  • Location: Manchester
  • Responsible to: Head of Department
  • Hours: Fulltime
  • Experience: Minimum of 3 years
  • Salary: Competitive – negotiable dependent on experience, bonus scheme and benefits package.

About us: Sandstone Legal Limited provide a supportive environment for career development, offering opportunity for professional growth. We are looking to recruit talented people and will encourage and assist them to achieve their potential.


About this role: Candidates should be capable of working with a degree of autonomy on the full range of contentious estates matters, including capacity disputes, will validity disputes, equitable estoppel, constructive trusts, administration disputes and 1975 Act cases.

The candidate must have the ability to build and run a caseload of contentious probate cases, including will validity disputes, 1975 Act claims and estate administration disputes.

The candidate will be required to work independently managing their own caseload within a supportive team and seek guidance from colleagues and the head of the department.


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