Full time

Contentious Probate Solicitor

eNL
Bedford, Bedford, MK40 1HG
money-bag £55000 - £75000 per annum
Posted: 26 June 2026 (3 days ago)
Closing date: 26 July 2026
Ref: 60273571

About the Role

This role as a Contentious Probate Solicitor in Bedford offers a full-time, hybrid working arrangement with a salary between £55,000 and £75,000 per annum. You will join a reputable law firm’s expanding Litigation team, managing your own caseload of complex, high-value probate disputes from instruction to resolution. Your responsibilities include providing clear, practical advice on sensitive matters for a diverse client base. The position requires at least five years’ post-qualification experience and strong technical skills in this niche area. The firm provides a performance-related bonus, excellent benefits, and genuine career progression opportunities within a supportive environment.

Contentious Probate Lawyer, Bedford, Hybrid Working, 5 years’ experience, Competitive Salary Bonus. Join a well-established and highly regarded law firm with a growing Litigation team renowned for its expertise in contentious probate matters. Offering hybrid working, a performance related bonus, excellent benefits and genuine opportunities for career progression, this is an outstanding opportunity for an ambitious litigation lawyer looking to develop their career within a supportive and collaborative environment. Job ref: 4416
• Join an experienced Litigation team handling a broad range of complex and high-value Contentious Probate disputes on behalf of a diverse client base.
• Manage your own caseload from initial instruction through to resolution, providing clear, practical advice on sensitive and often complex private client litigation matters.
• Your responsibilities will include conducting legal research, carrying out early case assessments, drafting pleadings and court documentation, preparing matters for hearings, conferences and mediations, and ensuring compliance with all court deadlines.
• Applications are welcomed from qualified Solicitors or Legal Executives with at least 5 years' of litigation experience and a strong background in Contentious Probate matters.
• A proactive, organised and commercially minded approach is essential, together with the confidence to advise clients on sensitive matters with empathy and professionalism.
• In return, the firm offers a competitive salary, performance-related bonus scheme, additional holiday incentive scheme, 26 days' annual leave plus Bank Holidays, pension contributions, a healthcare plan and flexible hybrid working arrangements.
• To apply, contact Kaye Thumpston on 0207 183 8586 or email kaye.thumpston@enllegal.co.uk with your CV, or simply call for a confidential discussion.
eNL will never share your CV with a third party without your express permission. As part of our candidate care process, we aim to respond to all applications within 7 days. If you have not been contacted within this timescale, your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. Please note our advertisements use PQE/salary levels purely as a guide.
At eNL we value diversity and inclusion. We want to attract people at all levels and encourage applications from all suitably qualified candidates, whatever your ethnicity, religion, age, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or any characteristics protected by law in the jurisdictions in which we operate.

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