Angela Gladstone
Broxburn,West Lothian
Summary
Offering strong organisational skills and keen eye for detail. Knowledgeable about office management, document preparation, and client communication. Ready to use and develop written communication, time management, and research skills in a Paralegal or Legal Secretarial role.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
Work history
Legal Secretary
GSB Solicitors
Edinburgh
05.2025 - 07.2025
- Proving assistance in high volume conveyancing. Drafting Securities, Dispositions, LBTTs, using LE/LMS Portal to order loan funds. Requesting redemption statement, ordering loan funds, Loding Advance Notices, preparing cash statements and invoices and general associated appointed tasks relating to conveyancing.
Legal Secretary
Black & McCorry
Livingston
09.2024 - 12.2024
- Working for the Director, using digital dictation, covering private client, conveyancing, commercial and Executry work to include typing Wills and Powers of Attorney using digital dictation. Making appointments for Director, using outlook calendar, reception and telephone answering. Dealing with clients and third parties.
- TEMP
Legal Secretary - Conveyancing
Neilsons Solicitors
Edinburgh
02.2024 - 08.2024
- Secretarial support in very high volume conveyancing caseloads. Utilisation of bespoke in-house system to carry out secretarial duties which include setting up files drafting standard securities, ordering loan funds using LMS and lender exchange portal, assisting with settlements, drafting dispositions and generally all work involved in residential conveyancing, working in secretarial pool and also secretary for the senior solicitor. Submitting offers for clients, researching past sales prices studying home reports and advising clients on price to offer.
- FTC
Legal Secretary
Court W & AS Bruce
Broxburn
11.2023 - 02.2024
- Secretarial work for head of the department, dealing with all elements of civil court, using Lawware. Audio dictation, preparing letters of engagement, drafting of Ordinary Cause Forms, Minutes of Agreement, contact work, Guardianship, small claims, residence orders.
- FIXED TERM CONTRACT
Paralegal
Thomas Docherty Solicitors
Falkirk
01.2023 - 11.2023
- Executry work, to include dealing with KLTR in intestate estates and lodging Initial Writs to have Executor Dative appointed. Writing out to banks etc for valuation as at date of death, thereafter inputting information into C1 under instruction of partner. Assisting partner with simple Wills, typing Powers of Attorney and generally assisting with Executry and private client dictation.
- Carrying out residential conveyancing from inception to completion. Submitting Offers, negotiating and drafting missives in sale and purchase. Noting title, raising observations to client and other side, receiving loan instructions, using portals, drafting Securities, LBTT’s, requesting deposit, SOF, through to settlement instructing purchase price, sending cash statement to client, registering deeds via ROS online services. Preparing seller’s drafts, taking instructions on Offers and drafting formal letters to conclusion. Answering purchaser’s observations, having Disposition signed, obtaining redemption statement, redeeming loan, discharging Security and all other general work involved in residential conveyancing. Title transfers, Executry sales, some basic commercial work. Reception and scheduling appointments, diary management.
Conveyancing Paralegal
Blair Cadell Solicitors
Edinburgh
03.2022 - 12.2022
- Autonomous role as Paralegal. Dealing with purchases, sales and general residential conveyancing from inception to completion, including post settlement and registration work.
- Perusing Home Reports, sales particulars, examining titles, preparing title reports, dealing with drafting missives, raising observations on title with selling solicitors, drafting Security documentation, perusing LE and LMS, requesting deposit, source of funds, drafting Disposition, drafting LBTT Returns and all matters involved in a residential purchase, including registration of deeds online.
- Drafting qualified acceptances in sales and dealing with missives to conclusion, responding to observations, obtaining redemption figures, preparing sellers’ drafts, all work required up to and including settlement, including redeeming loan and preparing and submitting Discharge.
Legal Secretary/PA
McEwan Fraser Legal
Edinburgh
10.2021 - 02.2022
- Working for Partner in both a Secretarial and PA capacity with elements of paralegal work.
- Receiving instructions from clients, drafting Qualified Acceptances for approval by Partner and preparing any further missives required, including concluding missives. Use of Lawware CMS.
- Ordering Multisearches, Coal Reports, Level 3 Plans Reports. Ordering redemption statements.
- Assisting with drafting purchase missives, drafting Security documentation and LBTT’s, ordering loan funds through LMS and Lender Exchange, lodging Advance Notices. Uploading documentation to LMS and LE.
- Drafting Dispositions. Registering deeds using ROS digital online portal. Registering Discharges of Inhibitions via online portal with Books of Council and Session.
- Preparing Discharges, including E Discharges, searching SCOTLIS. Using the Edinburgh Statutory Notice Service to obtain Reports.
- Using Council portals to check the position regarding alterations, obtaining Home Reports and perusing same, obtaining quotes and thereafter issuing principal Title Indemnity Policies. Assisting with post settlement matters, including post settlement claims.
Legal Secretary
Urquharts, Solicitors
Edinburgh
01.2021 - 10.2021
- Working for Associate Solicitor, using a mixture of digital dictation in residential conveyancing.
- Preparing fee quotes, Terms of Business, submitting Offers, noting interest, comparing past prices. Typing all missives. Obtaining ID and uploading to system.
- Drafting Dispositions, LBTT, Land Registration Forms, Securities, using LMS/Lender Exchange to order loan funds.
- Typing Qualified Acceptances, preparing seller’s drafts, obtaining redemption figures, preparing Discharges in paper format or where possible in digital format, instructing Multi Searches, Level 3 Plans Reports, searching SCOTLIS and obtaining copy deeds.
- Typing up Cash Statements and completion of loan redemption instructions.
Legal Executive
Ralph Hendrie Legal
Edinburgh
12.2020 - 12.2020
- Assisting Solicitor, drafting legal documentation. Drafting missives including Qualified Acceptances. Responsible for digital online submissions for a high volume of registrations. Searching SCOTLIS, thereafter preparing sellers’ drafts. Drafting Securities, liaising with lenders, ordering loan funds. Use of Lawware system. Assisting with First Home Funds transactions, drafting Standard Security, Shared Equity Agreement, Ranking Agreement for approval.
- Temp
Legal Secretary
Clancys
Edinburgh
02.2020 - 10.2020
- Drafting legal documentation in conveyancing. Dealing with client enquiries and complaints in a professional manner. Undertaking general administrative tasks.
- Completing the legal work to achieve sales, purchases and other legal related matters. Using the online portals of NHBC, LBTT website, Registers of Scotland, Millar & Bryce and First Scottish. Liaising with clients, estate agents, surveyors, lenders and other third parties. Large volume of audio and copy typing using legal terminology. Reception.
- Put on furlough leading to redundancy due to COVID 19 pandemic.
Temporary Legal Secretary
Agency
08.2019 - 02.2020
- Used Philips Speech Director for audio typing, carrying out a mixture of residential, commercial and private client work, including executry and trusts. Utilised Denovo case management system, including opening ledgers, instructing searches, using the system to generate cheque requests and pay in cheques. Registered company securities with the land register and preparing MR01’s to register at companies house, drafting dispositions, using SCOTLIS to search titles and typing wills and executry administration work.
- Gained knowledge within the executry field as well as some basic drafting of court documentation and commercial security work.
- TEMPORARY WORK FOLLOWING FAMILY BEREAVEMENT
Legal Secretary
Saxe & Howie
Bathgate
10.2018 - 07.2019
- Provided full secretarial support in residential conveyancing and some commercial conveyancing, typing letters, drafting deeds, instructing searches, drafting LBTT’s and missives. Prepared legal documentation including some commercial work to achieve purchases, sales and other legal matters.
Senior Paralegal
Macbeth Currie
Edinburgh
01.2014 - 09.2018
- Carried out Edinburgh and Midlothian conveyancing for sales and purchases, liaising with clients over the telephone and in person. Took instructions regarding property purchases and ensured clients understood the Scottish standard clauses. Utilised historical sale prices and knowledge of the property market to negotiate with solicitors and agree the best price possible for the client. Managed the whole conveyancing transaction, including receiving the offer, sending to client, discussing terms of sale and drafting missives. Submitted LBTT, prepared and submitted land registration forms with deeds for registration and on completion of registration provided client and lender with updated title view. Issued quotations, terms of business, cooling off letters and where appropriate conflict of interest letters.
- REDUNDANCY FOLLOWING RETIREMENT OF PARTNER AND CLOSURE OF OFFICE
Senior Paralegal
Stuart & Stuart
Bonnyrigg
01.2007 - 01.2014
- Held responsibility for undertaking autonomous fee earner paralegal duties in regard to purchases, sales, title transfers, remortgages, Right to Buy, Newbuild purchases, part exchange from inception through to completion. Drafted all residential conveyancing deeds, noted titles, prepared forms, drafted formal letters, drafting and submitting LBTT. Drafting missives, noting title (Sasine and LR).
- REDUNDANCY DUE TO FINANCIAL RECESSION
Education
Paralegal Certificate - undefined
Strathclyde University
Skills
- Experienced Legal Secretary and Paralegal with 27 years of experience
- Workload management
- Legal contract negotiation
- Document examination and creation
- Data Entry and management
- Client negotiation and interaction
- Experience in Word, Outlook and Excel
- Experience in Case Management and Database Management
- AML and GDPR experience
- Summarising of technical documents
- Conversant in all administrative duties
Timeline
Legal Secretary
GSB Solicitors
05.2025 - 07.2025
Legal Secretary
Black & McCorry
09.2024 - 12.2024
Legal Secretary - Conveyancing
Neilsons Solicitors
02.2024 - 08.2024
Legal Secretary
Court W & AS Bruce
11.2023 - 02.2024
Paralegal
Thomas Docherty Solicitors
01.2023 - 11.2023
Conveyancing Paralegal
Blair Cadell Solicitors
03.2022 - 12.2022
Legal Secretary/PA
McEwan Fraser Legal
10.2021 - 02.2022
Legal Secretary
Urquharts, Solicitors
01.2021 - 10.2021
Legal Executive
Ralph Hendrie Legal
12.2020 - 12.2020
Legal Secretary
Clancys
02.2020 - 10.2020
Temporary Legal Secretary
Agency
08.2019 - 02.2020
Legal Secretary
Saxe & Howie
10.2018 - 07.2019
Senior Paralegal
Macbeth Currie
01.2014 - 09.2018
Senior Paralegal
Stuart & Stuart
01.2007 - 01.2014
Paralegal Certificate - undefined
Strathclyde University