Assistant Practice Manager

Job description

Tanfield, based just outside Gray’s Inn in London, is a modern set of chambers whose members pride themselves on providing the best possible level of service to its clients. Tanfield is a leading set in business and property who have “considerable talent in property-related disputes across all levels of seniority, as well as private client, insolvency and restructuring”.

The set has a strong reputation in the market for being approachable and responsive, and both barristers and clerks feature repeatedly in Chambers UK and Legal 500.

We are looking to recruit An Assistant Practice Manager to join our team immediately.

The successful candidate will be conscientious, hard-working, and enthusiastic; you will also be capable of working as part of a team as well as using your own initiative. This role is ideal for someone who is interested in starting a career as a barrister’s clerk.

Duties for this role as an example:

 Attend fixing appointments at the High Court and County Court.
 Enter briefs/instructions/inbound documents onto the LEX system.
 Administer and assist with clerking the pupils’ diaries.
 Assist with daily court listings and notification of barristers’ diaries.
 Assist with clerking junior barristers’ diaries in liaison with the Senior Practice Managers.
 Assist with the administration & calls relating to any direct access work.
 Ensuring all barristers have been notified on movements for the following day.
 Assisting barristers with photocopying and court runs.
 Assisting the PM with the clerks’ email mailbox.
 Assist with set-up for work/social events when required
 Agreeing and negotiating brief fees, tranches, fixed fees for paperwork and hourly rates & billing.

The deadline for applications is Friday 22nd August 2025. We will review applications on a rolling basis and reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications. We shall be holding interviews before the closing date, so we encourage early applications.

Full job description available.

Please email Deborah Haigh at administration@tanfieldchambers.co.uk

Tanfield Chambers is an equal opportunity employer.