Job Description

Who we are looking for

We are looking for an ambitious and personable Senior Associate to join our Probate Litigation team. You will have a solid background in contentious trusts and probate work and will be looking to continue developing your career within a leading specialist team.

You will have excellent client care, communication and matter management skills, together with the confidence to build trusted relationships with clients, colleagues and professional contacts. You will be able to work well with experienced professionals within a team-orientated environment, whilst also maintaining high work standards and find sound solutions to complex legal issues.

Comfortable taking ownership of a wide range of Probate Litigation matters, you will provide high-quality advice and deliver exceptional client service while representing a leading law firm.

The team

The firm's award-winning Contentious Trusts and Probate team is one of the largest specialist teams in the UK, acting on a broad range of complex, high-value and often cross-border inheritance, trust and estate disputes. Consistently recognised as a Tier 1 / Top Tier team by The Legal 500, our department is praised for handling "high value, complex disputes with ease" and is widely regarded as a leader in the field. The team was also named Best Contentious Probate Team at the British Wills and Probate Awards 2025, reflecting their exceptional expertise, depth of talent and commitment to achieving outstanding results for clients.

The role

We are looking for a Senior Associate to assist Partners and senior members of the team, as well as conducting their own work on a broad range of complex matters. Typical work that the department deals with includes:

• Draft Larke-v-Nugus letters and interrogate and interpret responses.
• Act for claimants and defendants on IPFDA claims and validity challenges, included drafting proceedings, drafting witness statements, undertaking disclosure and instructing counsel.
• Assess and review enquiries and advising members of the public. Converting those enquiries into clients.
• Applying for medical records reviewing and interpreting the same.
• Assist with matters arising from the Myerson Private team, including advising on Estates that become contested.
• Give accurate, prompt, realistic and relevant advice in response to clients’ enquiries whilst managing their expectations.
• Gain an understanding of clients’ requirements and how to achieve their needs.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with clients.

The role will also provide scope for you to be involved in practice development, not only for the department, but also for the other legal services offered by the firm.

Our firm

Myerson is a Top 200 UK Law Firm as recognised by The Lawyer. We are also proud to be ranked ‘Top Tier’ by The Legal 500, commended by The Times ‘Best Law Firms', and accredited as ‘World Class’ in the Best Companies League Table 2023.

We are one of the largest independent law firms in the North West, a bold claim we are proud to make because it’s been hard won. No instant growth through acquisition or merger. Instead, growth earned from our day-to-day endeavours, an entrepreneurial approach to doing business, and a rock-solid reputation. We recruit staff who are motivated by our core values and have an affinity to our collegiate and independent ethos.

In September 2024, Myerson became a 100% employee-owned business. We are incredibly proud to have been the first law firm in the Manchester market to make this positive step to safeguard our independence, stability, and people first culture for years to come. Being employee-owned means shared responsibility, strong collaboration, and a difference our clients can feel.

As an award-winning law firm, we are passionate about finding eager, knowledgeable individuals and supporting them to become leaders in their field. We are strong advocates of a successful work/life balance, finding forward-thinking individuals with enthusiasm for their role.