Brady Solicitors

Overview

Brady Solicitors is an award‑winning specialist leasehold and property management law firm founded in 2008 and positioned as a market leader for managing‑agent, freeholder, RMC/RTM and leaseholder work. The firm is notable for its client‑centric fixed fee pricing model, deep First‑tier Tribunal (FTT/LVT) and service‑charge recovery expertise, and a strong track record of industry awards and sector thought leadership. Headquartered in Nottingham with a London office, Brady combines rapid growth and a tight specialist focus to act as a practical extension of clients’ in‑house credit control and block‑management teams.

• Headquarters: Nottingham, 28 Regent Street
• Founded: 2008
• Lawyers: 40+ (lawyers and support staff)
• Offices: 2

Values & Culture

Practice Areas

• Dispute Resolution & Litigation
• Real Estate
• Housing & Social Housing

Geographic Focus: UK‑focused specialist practice headquartered in Nottingham with an additional London office; serves clients nationally across England and Wales and acts for managing agents, RMCs/RTM companies, freeholders, leaseholders and property investors.

Training Contract

The firm prefers candidates to join initially as a paralegal or business‑support member and, after around six months’ experience in a team, to apply into a trainee cohort when recruitment windows open. Training contracts comprise seat rotations across core departments (Service Charge/Arrears Recovery, Defended Debt Resolution, Litigation) with potential opportunities in Lease Extension and Enfranchisement. Trainees are given early responsibility for their own caseloads with regular one‑to‑ones, cohort‑based skills development, external technical training (e.g., fixed costs, multi‑track claims, specialist barrister sessions) and supervision from a Training Principal and departmental supervisors.

Seat Options

• Service Charge (Arrears Recovery)
• Defended Debt Resolution
• Litigation
• Lease Extension
• Enfranchisement

SQE Support

The firm states it is able to consider applications for financial sponsorship under the SQE and to support trainee QWE requirements alongside training; it also supports LPC candidates following the traditional route.

Mentorship

Structured supervision from departmental supervisors and a Training Principal; regular 1:1s and reviews; mentoring and peer support from the trainee cohort and newly qualified solicitors; examples of personal development mentors for junior staff are referenced.

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Programmes & Schemes

Notable Matters

What Brady Solicitors Looks For

Key Competencies

• Commercial awareness
• Client care and empathy
• Teamwork
• Clear communication
• Organisation and time management
• Resilience and initiative
• Attention to detail
• A specialist interest in leasehold/property law

Evidence Signals

• Paralegal or property‑sector experience (managing agents, account management)
• Experience of arrears recovery, litigation or tribunal work
• CILEX/LPC/SQE progress or relevant vocational qualifications
• Examples of client‑facing responsibilities and measurable impact (e.g., improved recoveries, process improvements)
• Involvement in credit control, account management or business support roles

Benefits & Wellbeing

• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Competitive salary
• Generous bonus scheme
• Company pension
• Access to private healthcare through Bupa
• In‑house events and awards
• Ongoing professional development, training and support (external courses and funded PSC)
• Hybrid working (office + remote)
• Access to transport season ticket loan schemes
• Random acts of kindness
• Access to a dedicated online learning platform

Wellbeing

Private healthcare via Bupa, a People & Culture function focused on engagement and wellbeing, ongoing learning and development opportunities, and an emphasis on supportive supervision and mentoring.

Awards & Recognition

• ARMA Ace Awards — Legal Services winner (2018)
• ARMA Ace Awards — Legal Services winner (2019)
• ARMA Ace Awards — Legal Services winner (2023)
• ARMA Ace Awards — Legal Services winner (2024)
• ARMA Ace Awards — Legal Services finalist (2022)
• Property Management Awards — Legal Services winner (multiple years; firm references successive wins)
• Lexcel re‑accreditation (repeated/ongoing; re‑accreditation noted June 2019 and multi‑year retention)

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Brady states a strategic commitment to create an inclusive and supportive environment, to attract, recruit and retain staff from the widest available pool and to embed inclusive policies and practices across the business. The People & Culture function and EVP work are referenced as mechanisms to drive this.

• Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Innovation

Brady invests in sector‑specific innovation: a Leasehold Resource Centre that produces practical downloadable guides for clients, integration of systems with clients to streamline arrears recovery, and client‑centric fixed‑fee pricing to deliver predictability. Trainees and staff engage with an online learning platform and externally funded technical courses; the firm also runs sector training for managing agents and ARMA.

• Leasehold Resource Centre (free online guides and downloads)
• Dedicated online learning platform for staff development
• Targeted Bespoke Pricing (client‑centric fixed fee model)
• Systems integration with client case management for arrears recovery

Quick Application Angles

• Stress your specialist leasehold experience or concrete exposure to service‑charge/arrears work (the firm is a market leader in arrears recovery and lists fast recoveries such as £30k in one week).
• Show commercial awareness of Brady’s client‑centric fixed‑fee model — explain how you would prioritise client outcomes and cash‑flow protection for managing‑agent clients.
• Demonstrate teamwork, supervisory readiness and time‑management with examples (Brady emphasises early responsibility, regular 1:1s and hands‑on caseload management for trainees).
• Reference tribunal or litigation exposure and any technical training you’ve taken (the firm has strong FTT/LVT expertise and funds specialist external courses such as PSC).
• If applying from a non‑law or business support background, highlight projects where you improved processes, credit control or client communications — Brady frequently integrates with clients’ systems and values operational impact.