Our people are what set us apart as a law firm and we pride ourselves on taking exceptional care of our team. We are proud to be one of the most progressive law firms in the North of England and to have been ranked 23rd in the Top 100 UK’s Best Workplaces™ 2025 by Great Place to Work©
We have an exciting new role of Paralegal that we are recruiting for, to support our Commercial Property team in Carlisle on a full-time basis.
Who are we looking for?
The successful candidates will ideally be a law graduate or have worked within a law firm and be able to demonstrate knowledge and experience of property matters. You will assist fee earners within the department and run transactions on case management with close supervision and support. You will also be involved in working for key clients of the firm and project based/corporate support work.
Daily tasks will include:
- Initial drafting of documents
- Liaising with other team members and clients
- Land Registry – drafting of applications/forms, submitting applications and dealing with requisitions with supervision/support.
- Registration of charges at Companies House.
- Drafting and submitting SDLT returns.
- Post completion – sending documents to the other side, checking Land Registry titles once completed, sending documents to client’s and banks.
- Using our case management system.
The successful candidate will have a proactive, ‘can-do’ attitude to enable them to work closely with a team of legal fee-earners, paralegals and legal assistants on all aspects of this work, and may have a fee earning target themselves. The ability to work as part of a team is therefore essential together with excellent communication, organisational and IT skills.
What do we offer?
This is an excellent opportunity for the right candidate with the potential for longer-term career advancement in our forward-thinking law firm, with a well-established client base. Along with this we will provide you with a competitive salary, pension, 30 days holiday and Private Medical Health Insurance; in addition, we will even give you your birthday off every year too!
Our values of Together, Balanced, and Progressive, help to nurture our culture of providing outstanding client service within a caring and supportive environment. Please see our website for further information about who we are and what we value at: https://www.burnetts.co.uk/. To read more about how great it is to work for us, please visit
https://www.greatplacetowork.co.uk/workplace/item/3520/Burnetts
If this role sounds like the next step in your career, then please send a copy of your CV with a covering letter to yourfuture@burnetts.co.uk
Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
We are committed to improving the diversity of our workforce to better reflect the communities we serve. We welcome applications from everyone and work to promote an inclusive, supportive culture that values and celebrates our differences.
If you have not already done so, please let us know if you require any support so we can make the right adjustments and considerations should they be required.
Closing date: Friday 6th March 2026