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For the person who keeps a fee earner's practice moving: documents produced, bundles built, deadlines never missed. Formatted to show pace and precision.

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  • ✓Legal secretaries in private practice or in-house teams
  • ✓Receptionists and typists moving into legal support
  • ✓ILSPA diploma holders adding credentials

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Thomas Fairweather
Legal Secretary
thomas.fairweather@example.com·+44 7911 305 882·Manchester, UK·linkedin.com/in/thomasfairweather
Summary

Senior legal secretary supporting 3 fee earners on a 180-file commercial property caseload. Produces 50+ dictated documents a week to a same-day standard, files 15-20 SDLT returns a month without a bounce, and types 75 words a minute from audio.

Experience
Senior Legal Secretary — Quayside Solicitors
2022 – Present
  • Support 3 fee earners on a 180-file commercial property caseload from first instruction to completion pack
  • Produce 50+ dictated documents a week through BigHand to a same-day turnaround standard
  • Prepare completion statements and file 15-20 SDLT returns a month without a single rejection
Legal Secretary — Pennine Law LLP
2019 – 2022
  • Managed diaries, court bundles, and e-filing for 4 solicitors in fast-track civil litigation
  • Assembled 30+ hearing bundles a year with zero rejected filings across county and High Court matters
Receptionist & Typist — Salford Legal Advice Centre
2017 – 2019
  • Typed 25+ attendance notes and client letters daily for a 6-adviser community legal centre
  • Booked 90 client appointments a month and kept the case-management system current to the day
Education
B.A. (Hons) English — Manchester Metropolitan University2017
Skills
  • Digital dictation (BigHand)
  • Court bundles & e-filing
  • Diary & deadline management
  • Client correspondence
  • File opening & AML checks
  • Land Registry applications
  • SDLT returns
  • Completion packs
  • Microsoft 365
  • Proclaim
  • LEAP
  • 75 wpm audio typing
  • Document house styles
Certifications
The Legal Secretaries Diploma, ILSPA

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