Solicitor/FCILEX – Inheritance & Trust Disputes – Exeter-5+ PQE

Overview

As Solicitor or FCILEX in Inheritance & Trust Disputes, you play a pivotal role in managing high-value contentious private client matters from Exeter. You will work with a respected regional team, handling a mix of claims and disputes while supporting junior colleagues and contributing to business development. The role blends technical, advisory, and client-relations work in a collaborative, growth-oriented environment. This is a chance to shape outcomes in complex trusts and probate cases while benefiting from hybrid working and supportive culture.

Pay / Benefits

• hybrid and flexible working
• competitive salary
• profit-share through employee ownership
• 25 days holiday plus birthday off
• private medical insurance
• group life assurance

Responsibilities

• Manage a varied caseload of contentious trusts and probate matters
• Advise on claims under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975
• Handle disputes over validity of wills and estate administration
• Address breach of trust and trust administration issues
• Manage capacity and undue influence claims
• Oversee disputes involving cohabiting or separating unmarried couples and draft cohabitation agreements
• Support junior team members and contribute to business development
• Provide strategic client advisory and case progression plans

Key requirements

• 5+ years PQE in contentious trusts and probate (or strong litigation with a view to specialising)
• Excellent technical, drafting, and analytical skills
• Strong client management and relationship-building abilities
• Collaborative, proactive, and commercially aware mindset
• Ambition to grow within a supportive team

• Client management
• Relationship-building
• Collaborative mindset
• Drafting
• Analytical reasoning
• Contentious trusts and probate expertise

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